Kochi: The Kerala Region Latin Catholic Bishops’ Council (KRLCBC) has called for discussions by the government with Dalit as well as other backward communities in connection with the implementation of reservation for economically weaker sections (EWS) among forward communities. The council, in a statement, expressed several apprehensions regarding the EWSContinue Reading
Patna: A two-day workshop for adolescent boys was held at the Tarumitra Ashram called the ‘Lung of Patna.’ As many as 42 teenagers from Nawada Kala village of Hajipur participated in the October 31-November 1 workshop organized by Swabhiman (self-respect) Foundation, an NGO based in Patna. Under the Adolescent HealthContinue Reading
London: A British-Indian financial expert, recently honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honors List for her work in the field of inclusion and diversity, says she is on a mission to fix the diversity gap within the financial services sector, especially for women. Bijna Kotak Dasani, an executive director at globalContinue Reading
Beijing: China on Nov.1 started the world’s biggest exercise of population count, conducted once in a decade, to document demographic changes in the most populous country. About seven million census takers began door-to-door survey for the seventh census in the country to account for China’s population stated to be 1.37Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: India has been witnessing a “great shift” in household savings from physical to financial assets, says a senior executive at a leading mutual fund investment company. The tendency to funnel savings into physical or non-financial assets—gold and real estate—was changing and an “increasing preference” forContinue Reading
Paris: An attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun has wounded a Greek Orthodox priest in a shooting in the French city of Lyon, a police source said. Reverend Nikolaos Kakavelaki, 52, was closing his church mid-afternoon on October 31 when he was attacked and is now in a serious conditionContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: Responding to the call of Archbishop Filippe Neri Ferrao of Goa, St Sebastian’s Chapel at Fontainhas, Panaji will be opened on November 1, said Jovito Lopes, president of the Confraria. However, the parish church Immaculate Conception will continue to be closed to the public. “TogetherContinue Reading
Washington: In popular culture, exorcism often serves as a plot device in chilling films about demonic possession. This month, two Catholic archbishops showed a different face of exorcism – performing the rite at well-attended outdoor ceremonies to drive out any evil spirits lingering after acrimonious protests. The events” distinctive characterContinue Reading
By Jeffrey Gettleman New Delhi: For more than half a century, Parambaloth Joseph Anthony, a shrewd and sweet-natured man, served as The New York Times’s secret weapon in India. As the New Delhi bureau manager from the mid-1960s until just a few years ago, Mr. Anthony, whom everyone called P.J.,Continue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala police on October 31 arrested the Indian Catholic Forum general secretary Kennedy Karimpinkalay for allegedly threatening the nun and five others who stood with her in the rape case against former bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mulakkal. In the complaint, the victim and other nuns who supported herContinue Reading
