In commemoration of Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24, Bishop David J Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on International Justice and Peace highlighted the tragic loss of so many Armenians in what has been called the first genocide of the 20thContinue Reading
New Delhi: Taking up allegations of oxygen shortage and discrimination in resources leaving Delhi hamstrung in its Covid fight, the High Court said today if medicines were not being sent to places that really needed them, “blood is on their hands”. Delhi logged a record 32,000 cases in a singleContinue Reading
Port-au-Prince: Police in Haiti reportedly fired tear gas as dozens were participating in a “Mass for the freedom of Haiti” led by Catholic bishops on April 15 as part of an ongoing national protest against recent kidnappings of priests and others in the Caribbean nation. Nearly a dozen Catholic bishopsContinue Reading
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar have tested positive for COVID-19 and have been working from home, according to Election Commission of India officials. Chandra, who took over charge on April 13, had assumed charge of the new role from home as he hadContinue Reading
Guwahati: Some time in March, feminist-activist Kamla Bhasin posted a Facebook message saying she had bought a cycle in time for her 75th birthday. She was looking for women her age to bike, and the group would be called Cycling Feminist Aunties in their Seventies. She also asked Hero CyclesContinue Reading
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 20 said the second wave of the coronavirus had hit India like a storm but appealed to states to use lockdowns only as the last resort. In his address to the nation, the prime minister stressed self-discipline to fight the infection, urgingContinue Reading
Dimapur: Amid surging Covid-19 infections in the Christian majority Nagaland, Governor R N Ravi has requested Church leaders to influence people to follow coronavirus protocols. The governor held a meeting on April 19 with leaders of various Christian denominations in Nagaland at Dr Imkongliba Hal inside Raj Bhavan, his residence,Continue Reading
By Jacob Koshy New Delhi: There is no difference in mortality among Covid-19 patients in the first and second wave, say leading doctors in charge of India’s national Covid management strategy. There was a relative increase in instances of those manifesting shortness of breath as a symptom of the infectionContinue Reading
Allahabad: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the Allahabad High Court on April 19 directed the Uttar Pradesh government to impose a week-long lockdown in Lucknow, Varanasi, Kanpur Nagar, Gorakhpur and Allahabad. A two-judge bench comprising justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar passed the order on a PIL on theContinue Reading
Wales: In February this year, Shirley Murphy became the first Indian origin priest. She is now the chaplain to the bishop of St Davids, Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is an irony that she laughs at. “It was the Welsh who converted us, six generations ago. They taught usContinue Reading
