Chandigarh: A high court has questioned the existence of separate cremation grounds for different communities in a village in the northern Indian state of Haryana. The Punjab and Haryana High Court on December 8 sought the response from the Deputy Commissioner of Ambala on the existence of five cremation groupsContinue Reading
By Jackson Elliott Knoxville: Molly Everette Gibson is the first baby born at 28 years old, but she won’t be the last, according to Mark Mellinger of the National Embryo Donation Center at Knoxville in Tennessee, United States. Before she was born, Molly was frozen by her genetic parents forContinue Reading
Thimphu: The Bhutan Nuns Foundation (BNF), which works to educate and empower Buddhist nuns in the remote Himalayan kingdom, recently offered an update on its conditions and activities amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. It noted some positive outcomes and opportunities have emerged despite the challenges and difficulties for the organizationContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis will make a historic visit to Iraq in March, the Vatican said Dec. 7, the first ever by a pontiff and which will include a trip to Mosul. The 83-year-old has long spoken of his desire to visit the Middle Eastern country, although the Vatican saidContinue Reading
Kochi: As part of the Navy Week Celebrations of the Southern Naval Command, an outreach program for services to various orphanages was conducted by INS Venduruthy with an aim to reach out to the underprivileged sections of society. The officers from the unit were deputed to visit various orphanages inContinue Reading
By Aakar Patel New Delhi: India’s economy contracted for another three months we were told last week. Meaning that as a nation we produced less in goods and services than we did in the same period last year. It also means that millions of Indian families now stare at poverty.Continue Reading
New York: A massive fire gutted a historic church in Manhattan that is home to “New York’s Liberty Bell,” which rang out to mark the birth of the U.S. in 1776. The blaze broke out in an adjacent building just before 5 a.m. Saturday morning, the New York City FireContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis approved Saturday sweeping changes to the Vatican’s financial watchdog authority. The Holy See press office announced Dec. 5 that the pope had ratified new statutes for the Financial Intelligence Authority, renaming the agency created by Benedict XVI in 2010 to oversee Vatican financial transactions. The body,Continue Reading
Guwahati: A Bajrang Dal leader in Assam on November 6 clarified his threat to Hindus visiting churches on Christmas. “We will not beat them but will definitely stop them. There are ways to restrict. We might talk to them or start awareness initiatives,” Mithun Nath, Bajrang Dal’s Cachar district generalContinue Reading
Bengaluru: Don Bosco (DB) Shrine Lingarajapuram, near here, in association with Lions Club Bangalore (LCB) Pyramid distributed 15 auto partitions to help the drivers protect themselves and their customers from spreading COVID infections while they continue with their everyday business during these difficult times to support their families. Fr AloysiusContinue Reading
