Sikar. Aug 9, 2020: A 52-year-old auto-rickshaw driver was beaten up after he refused to chant “Modi zindabad” and “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) in Rajasthan’s Sikar, the police said August 8. The two men who attacked him also pulled his beard and asked him to “go to Pakistan.”Continue Reading
Seoul, Aug 8, 2020: A South Korean pastor who was thought to be responsible for the largest outbreak of Covid-19 in the country has been arrested. Lee Man-hee, 88, of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, is accused of withholding the information of church members from contract tracers, after 5,000 ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar, Aug 8, 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic has seriously affected people’s mental health requiring medical and psychological help, says a Catholic priest engaged in counseling. “The psychological impact of Covid-19 has begun to show now after the physical side effects such as deaths,” says Pandemic impactContinue Reading
By Carol Glatz Vatican City, Aug. 8, 2020: In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and social and environmental crises worldwide, Pope Francis announced he would begin a new series of general audience talks aimed at helping build “the future that we need.” “In the next few weeks, I inviteContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, August 8, 2020:A community radio from Darjeeling hills has been selected to collaborate with the Indian government’s department of Science and Technology to draft a nationwide policy. Radio Salesian is among 25 Community Radio Stations across India involved in the grassroots level consultation under theContinue Reading
By Suresh Mathew New Delhi, Aug 8, 2020: The subtle line separating the religion and the State has been breached. By performing the bhoomi pujan of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set the clock back. His act has taken the secular country to a pathContinue Reading
By Rani Punnaserril New Delhi, August 8, 2020: Catholic dioceses in northern India plan to set up centers to help migrant laborers. This was decided on August 7 during a virtual meeting organized by the Commission for Migrants under the Regional Bishops’ Council of the North (RBCN) in collaboration withContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Aug 8, 2020: Senior academics, activists and clergy from various Christian denominations from across India have called upon their community members, especially youth and students, to jointly work with civil society to ensure an India safe for minorities, Dalits, Tribals and the poor. AContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, Aug 8, 2020: Since the beginning of 2020 the whole world is suffering from the attack of the deadly Covid 19 pandemic. The floods and landslides in various parts of India have only added to the crises and tragedies. In Assam, Bihar, Bombay and Kerala severalContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, August 8, 2020: The federal government’s food security projects to help the poor during the coronavirus pandemic have not benefited many people in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, says a survey. “Since the time of lockdown food security problems are not lessening and therefore clearContinue Reading
