Darjeeling, March 23, 2020: Darjeeling’s century-old bakery handed out free bread and bakery items to children on March 23, on the eve of West Bengal shutdown to contain coronavirus. Glenary’s Bakery and Restaurant has promised to continue to supply food to charitable organizations in the shutdown weeks ahead. Located atContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 23, 2020: The elderly people in India can now breathe easy amid the coronavirus scare. Seniority, India’s largest shopping destination for seniors, on March 23 joined DocsApp, a leading digital healthcare platform, to provide exclusive medical assistance to those above 60, a groupContinue Reading
Rio de Janeiro, March 23, 2020: The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil was lit up March 18 night with flags and messages of hope to the nations affected by the growing coronavirus pandemic. The stunning light show atop Rio de Janeiro’s Corcovado mountain featured more than 150 flags,Continue Reading
Panaji, March 23, 2020: In a bid to curb spread of novel coronavirus or COVID-19, Goa Police on March 23 urged people not to visit places of religious worship in an appeal that said: “God resides in everyone”. “We therefore request all citizens particularly priests of all religious places toContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Rome, 22 March 2020 — A 250 page book presenting the worldwide Salesian Family lists 32 groups with a total of 2,51,159 (two lakh fifty nine thousand one hundred fifty nine) members. The book published in 6 languages (Italian, French, English, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish) with numerousContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, March 23, 2020: My long-pending personal dream seems to have come true. All the worship places such as temple, mosque, gurudwara and church are closed all over India. This is the same case in other countries too. What a scenario! I am happy that itContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Koodapuzha, March 23, 2020: Police in Kerala on March 23 arrested a Catholic priest for celebrating Mass in the church with some 100 people, defying government order on social distancing to contain coronavirus pandemic. However, the police let off Father Pauly Padayatty, a priest of theContinue Reading
Mirzapur, March 23, 2020: A 30-year-old native of West Bengal who worked as a laborer in Kerala has won 10 million rupees in lottery a week after he fled the southern Indian state hit hard by COVID-19. “I was staring at a bleak future the day I came from Kerala.Continue Reading
New Delhi, March 22, 2020: A petrol bomb was thrown on March 22 morning near a police barricade at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, heart of protests against Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. Later a biker was seen throwing a crude bomb near Jamia University, about 2 km away from the protestContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, March 22, 2020: A community radio in the hills has come up with a novel way to instruct and entertain its listeners during the lock down and self-isolation caused by Covid 19 through radio plays on social issues. “We are holding a Radio Drama SeriesContinue Reading
