By Razia Sanwari Udaipur, March 31, 2020: An organization of Bohra community has launched a project to distribute food packets daily to the needy in Udaipur, a major city in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan. About 20 volunteers of the Bohra Youth Sansthan (institute) began the distribution from aContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bamunigam, March 31, 2020: Police in Odisha have arrested a pastor and the secretary of a church for conducting prayers with people’s participation in violation of the countrywide lockdown norms to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The incident occurred on March 27 in a Baptist church at Tajungia,Continue Reading
Yangon, March 31, 2020: Myanmar’s regional military commanders have provided medicine, protective masks, hand sanitizer and conducted medical checks for religious leaders in different states and regions, as a contribution to government efforts to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. Over the past week, as the number of confirmedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 31, 2020: A national body of women belonging to various Christian denominations has expressed shock and outrage over the spraying of disinfectant on migrant laborers. “Even as the whole country is battling an intense and grueling confrontation with the Corona crisis, we theContinue Reading
Guwahat, Narch 30, 2020: In a laudable effort, Mysore Police, Karnataka has taken into custody the manager and staff members of a retail food outlet following an FIR lodged against them for not allowing some Naga students to buy food and for allegedly showing discriminatory behavior to these students. TheContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Krishnagar, March 30, 2020 – A nun who could be the first religious sister to complete doctoral degree from prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi is no more. Sr. Julia Narayan Majaw, the elder sister of former state finance minister of Meghalaya, late Martin Narayan Majaw,Continue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, March 30, 2020: The earth is a tiny dot in a vast, cosmic arena. The human history has seen many wars and crusades for capturing land, wealth and properties. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that inContinue Reading
By Jyotsna D’Souza Vasai, March 30, 2020: To be elected the national president of the Indian Catholic Youth Movement and National Youth Commission was not something I have ever dreamed. But I do believe I am here for a reason. God has a purpose for me. He has a visionContinue Reading
By Gabriella Uy Manila, March 25, 2020: At 33, current self-employed, running a gas and a retailer shop in the Philippines. I am the third among five siblings. My love life started with a simple ‘hi’ and ‘hello’ on WhatsApp. My cousin introduced me to a 29-year old Indian guyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 29, 2020: India’s more than 115,000 Catholic religious men and women have been urged to reach out to the poor affected by a 21-day national lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. “We need to move fast. This is an emergency,”Continue Reading
