Riyadh, Jan 24, 2020: A Saudi health ministry affiliate on January 23 said there were no cases of coronavirus in the kingdom, denying earlier reports of an Indian nurse working in the Islamic kingdom being infected. Earlier, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs said an Indian nurse working atContinue Reading
The Hague, Jan 23, 2020: In a sweeping legal victory for members of the Rohingya Muslim minority, the United Nations’ top court on January 23 ordered Myanmar take all measures in its power to prevent genocide against the Rohingya people. The court’s President, Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, said the InternationalContinue Reading
Kollam, Jan 23, 2020: This bookworm bride demanded books as mehr instead of gold or money. Breaking stereotypes, Ajna Nazim, who married Ijas Hakkim, had asked for 100 books as dowry. The list included Quran, Bhagavad Gita, Bible and the Constitution of India. Mehr is usually a large sum ofContinue Reading
It is more than 20 years since a Pope set foot in India. In 1999, an ailing Pope John Paul II made what reporters called a “tense” visit to the capital, New Delhi. The 79-year-old pontiff made a strong defense of religious freedom during his 62-hour trip. “In the duskContinue Reading
By Haritha K P Chengannur, Jan 23, 2020: After completing her household chores Umadevi Antharjanam gets into her routine walk. The 73-year-old grandmother is the ‘field librarian’ at Kalaposhini Library in Budhannoor village near Chengannur in Kerala. With books stuffed in her shoulder bag and an umbrella in one hand,Continue Reading
New Delhi, Jan 23, 2020: A nurse working at a hospital in Saudi Arabia is the first Indian to be infected by the deadly Coronavirus that originated in China and has killed 17 so far. V Muraleedharan, the federal Minister of State for External Affairs, said about 100 Indian nurses,Continue Reading
By Denis Bedoya Canberra, Jan 23, 2020: A 98-year-old grandmother could be forced to leave her entire family behind as she faces being deported back to India after a 12-year battle for a visa. Esmeralda Rosario came to Australia in 2007 and was put on an indefinite bridging visa inContinue Reading
By Johnsi Amalraj Kailasapatti, Jan 23, 2020: After my first profession as a religious nun, I was asked to go to Maharashtra to work with “Adivasi” and “Kathkari” (aboriginal and indigenous people). They live in a remote area with no medical facilities. If someone falls sick they have to carryContinue Reading
By F. M. Britto Raipur, Jan 23, 2020: Police in Chhattisgarh are investigating the reason for a ninth grade boy, who committed suicide at a Catholic hostel in Jairamnagar, near Bilaspur in the central Indian state. The CCTV footage showed Dileshwar Marawi going to St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School onContinue Reading
The Don Bosco Development Society is providing education in 10 villages in the state of Rajasthan, for 300 extremely poor and disadvantaged children, including children of farmers and workers in quarries. The educational project is supported by the van Ameringen Foundation, which provides funds for innovative and practical programs forContinue Reading
