Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said the state’s new freedom of religion law is his government’s Beti Bachao Abhiyan or save the daughter mission. Chouhan said no one will be able to convert anyone from one religion to another through marriage or “any other fraudulent meansContinue Reading
New Delhi: Global leaders have lauded India’s leadership in scientific innovation and decisive action to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country gets set to begin the world’s largest vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus. The Drug Controller General of India on Jan 3 approved the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield,Continue Reading
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on January 5 cancelled his visit to India, hours after he announced a fresh lockdown in the United Kingdom over the new strain of coronavirus that has affected thousands of people in his contry. Johnson was to be the chief guest at this year’sContinue Reading
By LiCAS.news reporter Hong Kong: Chinese officials have warned the mainland lawyers of the so-called Hong Kong 12 that their licenses to practice might be revoked. The lawyers, Lu Siwei and Ren Quanniu, were barred from representing their clients arrested last August who were forced to take government-appointed lawyers. TheContinue Reading
With fresh bouts of farmer protest gaining momentum, currently the Modi government is riding the high horse of arrogance and the farmers are equally determined to conduct the ‘Ashwameda,’ the Vedic Yag of horse sacrifice. The current farmers protest is much deeper than the repealing of the three farm lawsContinue Reading
New Delhi: The deadlock over the repeal of the contentious farm laws persisted January 4, with the federal government and the farmers unable to get on the same page in the seventh round of discussions. Sources said the government had proposed to discuss the farmers’ demand for a legal guaranteeContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: Before Christmas, I visited 12 rural parishes of Berhampur and Rayagada dioceses to mobilize students for civil service preparation and become part of nation-building The visit was undertaken as part of a campaign of the Excellent IAS Academy, an initiative of Odisha Catholic Bishops’ Council toContinue Reading
QUETTA, Pakistan : Gunmen opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners after abducting them, killing 11 in southwestern Balochistan province early on Jan 3, a Pakistani official said. The Islamic State group later claimed responsibility for the attack. Moazzam Ali Jatoi, an official with the LeviesContinue Reading
Vatican City: Pope Francis warned Jan 3 against the temptation to ignore the suffering of others during the coronavirus pandemic and said that things will get better in the new year to the extent to which the needs of the weakest and most disadvantaged are prioritized. “We don’t know whatContinue Reading
Missouri: A US politician has caused a stir after finishing a public prayer with the phrase “Amen and a woman.” Missouri Representative Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat, was delivering the opening prayer on the first day of the 117th Congress on January 3 when he made the remark, which many haveContinue Reading
