New Delhi, March 30, 2020: Actor Shikha Malhotra, who was seen in Shah Rukh Khan’s movie “Fan”, is volunteering at a Mumbai hospital as a nurse to help patients fight the COVID-19 disease, caused by a novel coronavirus. A novel virus is one that has never been seen infecting humansContinue Reading
Vatican City, March 29, 2020: A Mozambican bishop has decried the deaths of 64 Ethiopians from asphyxiation as tragic, senseless and inhuman. On March 24, a container truck was stopped by Mozambique’s immigration authorities in the province of Tete. It carried 78 people from Ethiopia, 64 of whom were foundContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 29, 2020: Catholic bishops of Ranchi, eastern India, have appealed their fellow prelates to reach out to millions of migrant laborers stranded in the country by the 21-day national lockdown. “These are difficult times and even as we live in lockdown and makeContinue Reading
Manila, March 29, 2020: A Filipina Benedictine nun has succumbed to coronavirus in Spain, her congregation reported on March 28. Sr. Maria Gratia Balagot, who was the superior of their community in India, was only visiting Spain to renew her visa when she was infected with Covid-19. “And while there,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Villupuram, March 29, 2020: The Capuchin retreat team in southern India has come up with a package of three retreats given online through social media like WhatsApp and along with Email from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. The Corona-19 has locked down the whole country, includingContinue Reading
By Serene Sarah Zachariah Attapadi, March 29, 2020: N Rangaswamy has achieved the impossible. The school dropout tribal from Kerala’s Attapadi became the first person to hold doctorate from his community and find a job as a lecturer. “I grew up in a small hut with my sisters and parentsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mananthavady, March 29, 2020: Police in Kerala on March 29 arrested two Catholic priests and eight others, including two nuns, for conducting prayers with public participation violating lockdown norms to contain coronavirus pandemic. The incident occurred at 8 am at the minor seminary of the MissionariesContinue Reading
By Jacob Peenikaparampil Indore, March 29, 2020: World Health Organization (WHO) director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ message in the context novel coronavirus COVID 19 is concluded with the following statement: “COVID 19 is taking away from us so much. But it is also giving us something, an opportunity to come togetherContinue Reading
By Varghese Alengaden Indore, March 29, 2020: The global disaster from pandemic Covid 19 has forced the whole world lockdown. At the time of writing this report on March 29, the deadly virus has snatched away more than 30,000 lives and infected over 650,000 people all over the world. MoreContinue Reading
Guwahati, March 29, 2020: Vikramjit Kakati, who serves as Associate Professor (Mechanical Engg) at Don Bosco University of Guwahati has been selected as one of the mentors in a Canada-based international panel to fight coronavirus pandemic. Montreal General Hospital Foundation, Canada, has launched a global Initiative to design a low-cost,Continue Reading
