Valletta: A Maltese man who came to India to finalize the adoption of a baby girl has succumbed to Covid-19. Ivan Barbara contracted the disease in India where he had come with his wife. The Maltese Health Ministry said in a statement on April 30 that the 47-year-old was expectedContinue Reading
New Delhi: Twelve people, including a doctor, died at Delhi’s Batra Hospital on May 1 after it ran out of medical oxygen – for the second time in the space of a week. The hospital’s Executive Director, Doctor Sudhanshu Bankata, said the next 24 hours would be “critical” and thatContinue Reading
Karen: Thousands of ethnic Karen villagers in Myanmar are poised to cross into Thailand if, as expected, fighting intensifies between the Myanmar army and Karen insurgents, joining those who have already escaped the turmoil that followed a Feb. 1 coup. Karen rebels and the Myanmar army have clashed near theContinue Reading
By Sami Ahmad Patna: Tabassum Ali is among the most visible faces in Patna, capital of Bihar state. A normal day in the 41-year-old woman goes like this: On April 13 morning, the social worker met with National Cadet Corps’s (NCC) group commander Brigadier Vinesh Rana at Patna. Soon after,Continue Reading
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on April 30 warned state governments and police against clamping down on the spread of information or calls for help through social media from citizens affected by Covid-19. A Special Bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, L Nageswara Rao and S. Ravindra Bhat said anyContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis on April 30 amended part of a law issued last year regulating Vatican City’s judicial system, now allowing the court of first instance to rule on criminal trials of bishops and cardinals. The law previously said that cardinals and bishops could only be judged by theContinue Reading
According to multiple news reports this week, a Catholic priest in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, has been using his pulpit to spread deadly conspiracy theories about masks and vaccines. On Palm Sunday, Fr James Altman preached that COVID-19 health guidelines are “godless, Nazi-esque controls,” telling parishioners, “Let us be clear: God damnsContinue Reading
Melbourne: On the evening of 28 April, a group of people of Indian origin held a candlelight vigil at Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne to pray for the well-being those living in India as its COVID-19 crisis continues. The vigil, titled ‘Pray for India’ also saw multifaith prayersContinue Reading
Meron: A massive stampede at a densely packed Jewish pilgrimage site on April 30 killed at least 44 people in northern Israel, with rescue workers facing chaotic crowds while trying to evacuate the injured. The disaster occurred in Meron at the site of the reputed tomb of Rabbi Shimon BarContinue Reading
By Leela Ramdeen I received a lovely note from my friend whose husband died recently and with whom I have been praying, virtually. In her note she included a quotation from Albert Schweitzer: “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. EachContinue Reading
