Chandigarh, June 21, 2020: The Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana has cancelled contracts with Chinese companies for installing pollution control equipment at two of its thermal power facilities, in the wake of heightened tension between the two neighbors. The contracts had been awarded by the Haryana Power GenerationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Vijayawada, June 21, 2020: A Marian shrine in southern India has fostered communal harmony and provided hope for millions, including childless couples, for the past 95 years. But for nearly four months, the Gunadala Mary Matha church near Vijayawada city has remained out of bounds forContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 21,2020: In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the kanwar yatra this year has been cancelled. The development comes after the chief ministers of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana discussed the matter via video-conference on June 20. All of them agreed that the annual kanwar yatra, which seesContinue Reading
Rome, Jun 21, 2020: Cardinal George Pell, the former Vatican finance minister who was convicted and then acquitted of sexual abuse in his native Australia, is set to publish his prison diary musing on life in solitary confinement, the Catholic Church, politics and sports. Catholic publisher Ignatius Press told TheContinue Reading
By Stan Swamy Ranchi, June 21, 2020: What disaster commercialization would bring is exemplified in the following narrative of what an Adivasi community was before start of mining in their neighborhood and what damage it did in course of time: Dubil is an Adivasi village in Saranda forest of WestContinue Reading
By Brad Lendon- Hong Kong, June 21, 2020: India and China went to war in 1962 over the same Himalayan region where at least 20 soldiers were killed June 15 night in a bloody confrontation between the two sides. A little under six decades ago, one month of combat resultedContinue Reading
By Dr. George Jacob Kochi, June 21, 2020: India and her entertainment industry Bollywood were left shell-shocked on the afternoon of June 14. Upcoming and promising actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead in his Bandra residence. I will dwell no more on the tragedy as initial investigations point toContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 20, 2020: Nepal’s Home Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa said on June 19 that a change has been made to citizenship rules for Indians. As per the new rule, any Indian girl marrying a Nepalese citizen will now get citizenship after a period of seven years. While makingContinue Reading
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Jun 20, 2020: If you have the habit of reciting the Marian litany after the rosary, add three more invocations next time you pray. Pope Francis on June 20 approved the inclusion of these invocations in the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also calledContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, June 20, 2020: Manthan (churning), the voluntary organization of the Patna Jesuit Society, continues to serve those hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in Bihar state, eastern India. The Jesuit NGO has been active for more than 45 years in Bihar, mostly among the Musahars,Continue Reading
