New Delhi, May 29, 2020: Indian Army Major Suman Gawani has been selected for the prestigious United Nations Military Gender Advocate Award (2019). The Army Major and woman peacekeeper had served with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMSS). Suman Gawani has been awarded for her outstanding contribution toContinue Reading
Mumbai, May 29, 2020: The situation generated by Covid-19 in India remains worrying. The country is currently in tenth place worldwide for infections, with over 158,000 cases recorded, but there are fears that it can quickly climb this sad ranking to second place, after the United States. Many internal IndianContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, May 29, 2020: The worship places of all religions in India were closed for 67 days. This has been the case in other countries too. However, the number of days of closure may differ from one country to another. Incident-1: On May 18 several headsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry, May 29, 2020: The Pondicherry government has intervened to arrange train for 30 students stranded in the south to return to their native places in Jharkhand. The students, including five women, were studying at Christ Institute of Technology at Ramanathapuram Revenue village in Pondicherry whenContinue Reading
By F M Britto Raipur, May 29, 2020: Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi, the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, died on May 29 following a cardiac arrest, after battling for life for the past 20 days. The Protestant politician was 72. Jogi, a Protestant Christian, is survived by his wife RenuContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 29, 2020: The Supreme Court of Nepal has refused bail to a pastor who was arrested two months ago for allegedly spreading false information about the Covid-19 pandemic. The arrest of Pastor Keshav Acharya “has become a sensitive issue even among Christians,” saysContinue Reading
London, May 28, 2020: The world’s oldest man, according to the Guinness World Records, has died from cancer in Britain at the age of 112, his family confirmed on May 28. Bob Weighton, a former teacher and engineer from the central English county Hampshire, died “peacefully” in his sleep atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Ranchi, May 28, 2020: Several activists and students have hailed the appointment of a professor of New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, a tribal woman, as the vice chancellor of a university in Jharkhand. Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu on May 28 appointed Sonajharia Minz to head theContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2020: The Supreme Court on May 28 ordered states to provide free food and shelter to lakhs of migrant workers stranded in various parts of the country due to COVID-19 lockdown. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also ordered that no fare either byContinue Reading
By Robin Gomes Vatican City, May 28, 2020: Perhaps it wouldn’t be wrong to say that the Jesuit Pope also has Salesian roots. Pope Francis hinted at this on Sunday, May 24, the feast of Mary Help of Christians, which is an important Salesian feast. “Today, on the day ofContinue Reading
