By Smriti Marak Ambassa, Aug 13, 2020: An NGO led by the Society of the Divine Word has joined civil society groups to help those affected by the lockdown in a district of the northeastern Indian state of Tripura. As coronavirus spread in Tripura, Oisho Bani Society (OBS) joining organizationsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Aug 13, 2020: A Hyderabad-based center for human rights is training domestic workers for alternative livelihood programs after they lost their livelihoods because of Covid-19. The Montfort Social Institute (MSI) is reaching out to more than 400 domestic workers, transgenders and the differently-abled to restartContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Aug 13, 2020: We had wonderful crops from our drumstick tree this year. It was in abundance during lockdown months and we shared them with others. At the onset of first summer rainstorm two branches were broken. Realizing that the tree needed a pruning we cutContinue Reading
Kochi, August 13, 2020: The Kerala High Court has directed the Ernakulam district collector to keep the Mulanthuruthy church locked. The order came on an appeal filed by the state government against a single judge’s directive asking the collector to take possession of the church and hand over it toContinue Reading
Guwahati, August 13, 2020: The death count due to the floods in Assam has risen to 110 while more than 56 lakh people have been affected by the deluge so far. The State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) on Thursday informed that while 110 people have lost their lives, a totalContinue Reading
By Geneva Abdul New Delhi, Aug. 12, 2020: How many days a month have you missed work or requested a day off for stomach pains and cramps because of menstruation? This was the question Zomato, one of India’s largest food-delivery firms, put to its 4,000 employees, 35 percent of themContinue Reading
London, Aug 13, 2020: A pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s glasses are to go on sale after spending a weekend sticking halfway out of an auction house’s letterbox on a busy industrial estate in Bristol in UK. Staff at East Bristol Auctions found the glasses in a plain envelope on aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kottayam, August 13, 2020: The District and Session Court in Kottayam, Kerala, on August 13 formally charged Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar for alleged rape of a Catholic nun. The trial court read out the chargesheet that accused Bishop Mulakkal of raping former superior general ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 12, 2020: The Supreme Court on August 11 held that daughters will have coparcenary rights on father’s property even if he died before the Hindu Succession (amendment) Act 2005 came into force. The bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra was answering a reference based on conflicting decisionsContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 12, 2020: A campaign against child trafficking was launched in Bihar by the foundation of child rights activist and Nobel laureate, Kailash Satyarthi. The foundation claimed that the state was among the worst affected by the migrant crisis when lockdown was first announced. ‘Mukti Caravan,’ a campaign.Continue Reading
