Thiruvalla: On the morning of May 7, Divya P. John, a 21-year-old novice with the Basilian Sisters near here, attended class as usual, a church spokesman says. But an hour later, around noon, her body was found in a well at the convent. Rescuers retrieved the body and bypassed aContinue Reading
Chennai: Celebrated singer Sripathi Paditha Arathyula Balasubramaniam died in a Chennai hospital after almost two months of treatment. He was 74. The death occurred at 1:04 pm on September 25, 2020 in the MGM Healthcare. Balasubrahmanyam was hospitalized in August after testing positive for Covid-19, and while he reportedly did wellContinue Reading
New Delhi: More than two dozen farmers’ organizations from across India, supported by 18 political parties, on September 25 took to the streets protesting the farm bills passed by Parliament. Punjab and Haryana are the epicenters of the protests, though the demand for legal guarantee of minimum support prices (MSP)Continue Reading
Manila, Sept. 25, 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Catholic Church has decided to prolong by one year the quincentennial celebration of the arrival of Christianity in the Philippines. The supposed culminating activity in April, 2021, would now be the launch of a year-long celebration that will end inContinue Reading
By Mohammed Wajihuddin New Delhi, Sept 25, 2020: Ziya Us Salam, an old friend, a prolific writer and a senior journalist associated with The Hindu group for over two decades, told me in the first week of February that he had been to Shaheen Bagh and other anti-Citizenship Amendment ActContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: The southern Indian state of Kerala has won a United Nations award for its “outstanding contribution” towards the non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals. The UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) award this year on prevention and control of non-communicable diseases was announced September 24 by World Health Organization director-general TedrosContinue Reading
VATICAN CITY , Sep 24, 2020: A powerful Vatican cardinal caught up in a real estate scandal resigned suddenly on September 24, and gave up his right to take part in an eventual conclave to elect a pope, in one of the most mysterious episodes to hit the Holy SeeContinue Reading
Berlin, September 24, 2020: The Catholic Church in Germany is setting up a new system to compensate survivors of sexual abuse by clergy that will provide for payments of up to about 50,000 euros (USD 58,400) to each victim. Victims will be able to apply for payments under the newContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Manila, Sept 24, 2020: Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, has recovered from coronavirus disease. After several days of strict self-isolation, he has tested negative for COVID-19, said a September 23 message. “On this Feast Day of Padre Pio,Continue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Sept 24, 2020: It has been nine months since first cases of Covid-19 were reported from China’s Wuhan. The onslaught of SARS Co-V-2 on mankind has been relentless. Globally 31.6 million has been infected, and 971,000 killed. India’s share of ‘viral bashing’ reads 31.6 millionContinue Reading
