Pathanamthitta: Suffragan Metropolitan Geevarghese Mar Theodosius will take charge as the 22nd Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church on November 14. A decision to install the Suffragan Metropolitan, who currently holds charge of the church, as the Mar Thoma Metropolitan was made during a meeting of the episcopalContinue Reading
New York: An Indian-origin New York police officer who tackled and disarmed an alleged gun-wielding killer who had just shot his victim inside a shop is being hailed as a hero. Jason Maharaj, who was off duty on Oct. 26 evening, “quickly sprang into action,” on witnessing the shooting, “tackledContinue Reading
Vatican City: Malaysia’s first cardinal died Oct 28 at the age of 88. Cardinal Anthony Soter Fernandez died Oct. 28 at a home run by the Little Sisters of the Poor in the town of Cheras, according to a communique from the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur. Fernandez, who served asContinue Reading
Kochi: The decision of the CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala to implement 10 per cent reservation in government jobs for the economically weaker section (EWS) among forward communities has created sharp divisions among the caste, religious and political organisations in the state. A crack is visible in the opposition Congress-ledContinue Reading
Colombo: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on October 28 visited the St Anthony’s Church in north Colombo, one of the three churches devastated by the horrific Easter Sunday attacks in 2019, and paid tributes to the victims of the deadly terror strikes. Nine suicide bombers belonging to the localContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: To promote inter-caste marriages Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on October 27 launched a web portal that would help inter-caste couples get an incentive within 60 days of application. Launching the Sumangal portal, Patnaik also announced hike in the incentive from 100,000 rupees to 250,000 rupees. Patnaik said suchContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi: The world and the country have staggered on since a ‘cluster of cases of pneumonia’ was reported in Wuhan of China’s Hubei province in late December of 2019. The infection which resembled MERS and SARS, but deadlier was declared a pandemic on March 11 thisContinue Reading
Thulasendrapuram: A big banner of U.S. vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris welcomes visitors to Thulasendrapuram, a lush, green south Indian village that is praying for her Democratic Party’s victory in the Nov. 3 presidential election. The village, located about 320 km (200 miles) south of the city of Chennai, isContinue Reading
New Delhi: Eleven digital news organizations have come together to create a healthy news ecosystem for the digital age. The DIGIPUB News India Foundation, launched October 26, aims to “underline the fact that pursuits and interests of legacy media may not always be the same as that of digital mediaContinue Reading
London: St Paul’s Church in Clapham has hosted a special service to make amends for the racist treatment received by Rev Carmel Jones when he visited back in 1955. After arriving in London from Jamaica as part of the Windrush Generation, Rev Jones attended the church as an Anglican himselfContinue Reading
