New Delhi, June 3, 2020: Eight workers were killed and 50 others were injured on June 3 in a massive fire triggered by a blast in the boiler of a chemical factory at Dahej in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, police said. “Eight workers died in the boiler blast at the chemicalContinue Reading
Yangon, June 3, 2020: A Myanmar court on June 3 denied bail to a Canadian Christian preacher who held church services in defiance of a ban on gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, leading to infections in dozens of people, including himself. David Lah, a Canadian of BurmeseContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash, SJ Dearest Aunty Linda On May 31 you said “good bye” to your life here on earth and to us, your loved ones; the next day Junev 1, your mortal remains were interred. As I look back these days since your departure, there is just oneContinue Reading
by Lavina D’Souza Mumbai, June 2, 2020: For the past few weeks an entirely new experience has engulfed us here in Mumbai. Living in a commercial metropolitan city like Mumbai, where lives are defined by “rush,” and with everyone being busy all the time, I felt it too strange toContinue Reading
By Joyal Jacob I can’t breathe… That heavy knee, Those nine minutes of strangulation, His plea for help, Still echoes in the epicardium “I can’t breathe, please… Oh Mamma…”, that groaning ceased Melanin, not in his complexion, But in the hearts of those Who pinned him to the ground. ThoseContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Balliguda, June 3, 2020: Human rights activists in Odisha have mourned the death of a Catholic social worker in a road accident in the eastern Indian state. Jamaj Parichha, who worked for Dalits, tribals, and Other Backward Class communities, died in Bhubaneswar on June 2. He wasContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparambil Indore, June 3, 2020: The pandemic corona virus has brought on its trail unprecedented agony, fear and insecurity to the people all over the world. But it also brought to light magnificent expressions of compassion, altruism and selfless love. Without eyes being drenched one cannot read theContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, June 3, 2020: Fishermen in the coastal city of Mangaluru now thank some Catholics nuns, who have brought hope to their lives shattered by a nationwide lockdown and the onslaught of monsoon. “We knew their plight and could not stop reaching out to them,” said SisterContinue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi, June 2, 2020: A Christian NGO has moved to the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, after serving lockdown victims in the National Capital Region. “Most of our benefactors are in Jharkhand and when the lockdown started our school children were denied one time meal aContinue Reading
Mau, June 2, 2020: A Christian pastor was beaten by alleged radical Hindu nationalists in the Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Pastor Dinesh Kumar was returning from a prayer meeting on May 26 when he was attacked. He remains unconscious in a hospital. Police await Pastor Kumar toContinue Reading
