By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai, Feb 14, 2020: Police in India have reunited thousands of missing and trafficked children with their families using a new facial recognition app that campaigners said was a “game changer” in tackling the problem. Tens of thousands of children go missing every year in India andContinue Reading
By Manish Kumar Arrah, Feb 14, 2020: For the eighth time in two weeks, Kanhaiya Kumar’s convoy was targeted on February 14 as he drove through central Bihar’s Buxar, part of his journey across Bihar to galvanize support against the controversial new citizenship law. The 33-year-old leftist youth leader wasContinue Reading
Bidar, Feb 14, 2020: The principal of school in Karnataka and the mother of a student, who were arrested in earlier February over a play critical of the Citizenship Amendment Act, have been granted bail. The play was staged in the school run by the Shaheen Group of Institutions byContinue Reading
By Ashraf Kamil Singapore, Feb 14, 2020: The Catholic Church in Singapore has suspended all public Masses both on weekdays and weekends from February 15 onwards until further notice. This is in the light of Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak. In a Facebook post on February 14, the Catholic Archdiocese of SingaporeContinue Reading
Dr. George Jacob Kochi, Feb 14, 2020: The other morning, the maid who comes home to help in the kitchen arrived in tears. She looked distraught. Though dark-complexioned, reddened bumps showed through her face. Her hair was disheveled. Her eyes were blood-shot. She lacked her characteristic joie de vivre dispositionContinue Reading
Ahmedabad, Feb 14, 2020: A hostel in Gujarat has forced 68 girls to remove their underwear to prove they weren’t menstruating. The incident occurred on February 13 at Shri Sahajanand Girls’ Institute (SSGI) in the Bhuj district of the southwestern Indian state. The incident reportedly took place after the hostelContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Feb 13, 2020: The funeral of Wendell Rodricks, an ace fashion designer who tried LGBTQ community close to the Church, was held on February 13 at his ancestral village of Colvale in North Goa. Rodricks, an environmental and gay rights champion, was ailing for someContinue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, Feb 13, 2020: Apostolic Nuncio to India Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro on February 13 urged Catholic bishops in the country to lead their people in proclaiming the good news through joyful services. Nearly 200 bishops representing 174 dioceses in India are currently attending their biennial plenaryContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar, Feb 13, 2020: A delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders in Odisha on February 13 met Chief Minister Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to thank him for sanctioning funds to improve pilgrimage centers in the eastern Indian state. A day earlier, Patnaik sanctioned 160 million rupees toContinue Reading
By Santosh Digal Bombay, Feb. 13,2020: To address health concerns of the poor, the Health Promotion Trust (HPT) of the Archdiocese of Bombay has envisioned HPT 2030 with renewed commitment, Fides has learned. Ten years ago with a dynamic vision, “Health for All by 2020” was started. This vision flowedContinue Reading
