Matters India Reporter Yangon, 4th July 2020 — A jade mine disaster in northern Myanmar killing some 200 and injuring another 100 poor migrant workers has made Myanmar’s cardinal mourn the human tragedy. In a letter addressed to Bishop Francis Daw Tang of Myitkyina and the faithful of his diocese,Continue Reading
Shillong, July 4, 2020: As many as 506 lower primary school teachers in Meghalaya have lost their jobs because of an education scam that hit the northeastern Indian state 11 years ago. The Central Bureau of Investigation has already charge sheeted former Education Minister Ampareen Lyngdoh and retired government officials,Continue Reading
By Cedric Prakash SJ Ahmedabad, July 3, 2020: Rights have gone all wrong in today’s India! It is a season of discontent for millions everywhere: the pandemic Covid-19 has disrupted life and livelihoods, the routine and the ‘normal.’ People have been forced to adjust and to adapt; to become moreContinue Reading
By chhotebhai Kanpur, July 3, 2020: During the Second World War this term referred to Japanese pilots who went on suicidal missions, where death was certain. The Kamikaze pilots flew their bomb-laden aircraft straight into enemy targets. Then we had the LTTE suicide bombers, like the one that assassinated formerContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, July 3, 2020: Divine Word Father Lancy Rodrigues has become the rector of a major seminary in Odisha, eastern India, when the Church in India reels under a series of suicide cases involving Catholic priests. Father Rodrigues, who will turn 65 on July 5, took overContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yangon, July 2, 2020: In a call for prayer sent out on July 1, the head of the Catholic Church in Asia has appealed to heads of various religions “to pray for Hong Kong, and indeed for China and all her people, with great insistence.” CardinalContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, July 3, 2020: In comparison to the reports of suicide by nuns in the Church suicide by priests has been rare. Surprisingly the Catholic Church has been rocked by the suicide of three priests within 14 days in three different dioceses and three states. A fewContinue Reading
Tokyo, July 2, 2020: Almost 3,500 teachers and students at more than a dozen public schools in Japan’s Yashio city have become sick with diarrhea and stomach pains in a mass food poisoning outbreak. Saitama prefecture said on July 2 that 3,453 people in 15 elementary and middle schools inContinue Reading
Islamabad, July 2, 2020: A few religious factions on July 1 denounced the government’s move of building temple in Islamabad and termed it against Pakistan’s ideology. The religious parties also announced that they would take up the issue in the Federal Shariat Court. In a joint press conference in Islamabad,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, July 2, 2020: A child laborer rescued by Noble Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi’s team from Jharkhand’s mines has received the prestigious Diana Award 2020. Neeraj Murmu received the award on July 2 during a virtual ceremony. The award was instituted to keep alive theContinue Reading
