July 23, 2020: Mother Teresa’s life and the history of Albania – especially its people’s relationship with Catholicism – are intertwined, with the humanitarian icon epitomizing her nation’s cultural and spiritual DNA, the new study Mother Teresa: The Saint and Her Nation reveals. Its author, Dr Gëzim Alpion, from theContinue Reading
Bengaluru, July 23, 2020: The Siddi community, India’s little known African-origin tribe, got its first lawmaker on July 23. Shantharama Budna Siddi was among five people nominated to the Karnataka Legislative Council by Governor Vajubhai Vala. The Siddis are said to have descended from the people of the East AfricanContinue Reading
Hyderabad, July 23, 2020: The wife of Colonel Santosh Babu, who was killed in clashes with the Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in June, has been appointed a deputy collector. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on July 23 handed over the appointment letter to Santoshi Babu at aContinue Reading
By Azmathulla Shariff Bengaluru, July 23, 2020: An NGO launched by a group young people in Bengaluru four years ago has been feeding those coming for treatment to the southern Indian city. “Our mission is to please the Almighty and we believe this is a kind of worship,” says SyedContinue Reading
By Devin Watkins Karachi, July 23, 2020: Sister Ruth Lewis, who dedicated her life to children with mental and physical disabilities, died in Karachi with Covid-19 at the age of 77. Known across Pakistan as the “Mother of the Forgotten,” Sister Ruth Lewis spent her life caring for children withContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, July 23, 2020: We have been living in uncertainty since some time. We have been anxious about the lockdown impact on our relationships and finances as we bear with the lockdowns. The pandemic of our day is test time for proving oneself. Sukanya Ray, a clinicalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 23, 2020: Cardinal George Alencherry has urged the civic administration of Ernakulam district to urgently help Chellanam, a coastal village, caught between Coronavirus and ravaging tidal waves. “The district administration should urgently help the people in Chellanam, already a Coronavirus cluster now being batteredContinue Reading
By V Saji Palakkad, July 23, 2020: Twenty four children in Kerala’s Palakkad district have undertaken a hunger strike in their homes to protest non availability of electricity that has prevented them from attending online classes. Kerala on June 1 started its academic year by launching ‘First Bell,’ the onlineContinue Reading
By Sanchita Kadam Dehradun, July 22, 2020: The Uttarakhand government plans to amend a 70-year-old law to give land ownership rights to women along with their husbands. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat says they would amend the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act of 1950 to make the northern IndianContinue Reading
Washington DC, July 22, 2020: As Christians and world leaders lament Turkey’s reconversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, some experts warn that the act could spell a religious resurgence as much as a nationalist action. “This is as much a religious statement as it is a geopolitical statement, andContinue Reading
