Patna, July 6, 2020: Lightning strikes killed 147 people in the north Indian state of Bihar over the last 10 days, officials said July 5, warning of more extreme weather conditions to come, driven by climate change. Around 215 people — farmers, rural laborers and cattle grazers — have nowContinue Reading
Kuwait, July 6, 2020: A total of 800,000 Indians may be forced to leave Kuwait as its National Assembly committee has approved a draft expat quota bill seeking to reduce the number of foreign workers in the Gulf country. The National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee has determined that theContinue Reading
Seoul, July 6, 2020: Church-goers in South Korea, where religious services are typically characterized by large in-person gatherings, are growing increasingly dissatisfied with online worship, an inevitable reality at times given the government’s social distancing directives and the protracted coronavirus pandemic. According to a survey conducted by a publication operatedContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Tiruchirappalli, July 6, 2020: Catholic bishops in Tamil Nadu have started an online program to provide career guidance to Dalit students in the southern Indian state. Although the Tamil Nadu Bishops’ Council have conducted many career guidance programs in the past this is the first onlineContinue Reading
By John Dayal New Delhi, July 6, 2020: Many people do not realize it, but the Covid pandemic has not just changed everyday life, family life and employment, it has changed many of the things that we have taken for granted as citizens of a democratic, republican, secular country governedContinue Reading
By M K George SJ Rome, July 6, 2020: It would be strange to hear that I had a blessed lockdown of solid four months in India from March 25 to July 1 — in all 14 weeks. I witnessed the best of human generosity; so too, the worst ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, July 5, 2020: India has now taken the third spot in the list of nations worst hit by coronavirus. The country logged more than 697,836 positive cases by the end of July 5, according to data from state governments, overtaking Russia, which had 680,000 as per America’s JohnsContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, July 5, 2020: The loss of human life in India has become a regular, common and a day-to-day affair. Untimely deaths of human beings, due to various reasons do not bother us much. It is increasingly being recognized that health outcomes are a result notContinue Reading
Tokyo, July 5, 2020: Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations July 5 in southern Japan, including at elderly home facilities where more than a dozen died and scores were still stranded. Helicopters andContinue Reading
Mosco, July 5, 2020: The Russian Orthodox Church on July 3 defrocked a coronavirus-denying monk who has defied Kremlin lockdown orders and taken control of a monastery. A church panel in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg ruled to defrock 65-year-old Father Sergiy, who has attracted nationwide attention by urgingContinue Reading
