Matters India Reporter Kolkata, November 16, 2019 — Bengal Governor, Shri Jagdeep Dhankar, formally launched the 4th Edition of “Wisdom Speaks” – a trilingual multi- disciplinary-peer-reviewed journal – published by Indian National Forum of Art and Culture (INFAC), a premier non-profit working for the promotion and invigoration of Art andContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov 16, 2019: Acclaimed Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been conferred the Italian Golden Sand Art Award, 2019 at a ceremony in Rome, becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious award for his contribution to sand art. Pattnaik’s received the award on November 15 at aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 16, 2019: India has witnessed more communal violence cases this year than the previous year, revealed the latest data culled by intelligence agencies. Nine states reported increased number of incidents of communal violence. Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 457 communal incidents inContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, Nov 16, 2019: Pope Francis says the Catholic Church is contemplating the introduction of “ecological sin” to the compendium of Church teaching. “We have to introduce, we are thinking about it, in the catechism of the Catholic Church, the sin against ecology, the sin againstContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhopal, Nov 16, 2019: Abdul Jabbar, who fought to get justice for of the victims of the world’s worst industrial disasters, died after prolonged illness on November 14. He was 61. The death occurred just 18 days before the 35th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Nov 15, 2019: A college in Darjeeling hills has won an international award for Faculty Orientation and Strategic Planning. Salesian College Principal Father George Thadathil and CEO of Leadership Inc Hong Kong Mark J. Pixley were awarded IAF Silver Medal International Award by itsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kolkata, Nov 16, 2019: On a stopover in Kolkata on the last leg of his first visit to northeastern India, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, met with leaders of various religions in Kolkata. The cardinal expressed happiness over interfaith unity, harmony and brotherhood heContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwahati, Nov 16, 2019: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Myanmar has spent a week in India’s northeastern region. He concluded the visit on November 13 with a concelebrated Mass in the Salesian Provincial House, Guwahati, Assam. The cardinal, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops ConferencesContinue Reading
By Moumita Chaudhuri Kolkata, Nov 15, 2019: Time: 6 in the morning. Place: office of the National Anti-Trafficking Committee (NATC) in south Calcutta. The NATC is a non-government organization. There are seven men sitting around a square table. They have landed hours ago from Kuala Lumpur, where they were workingContinue Reading
Hong Kong, Nov 15, 2019: Pro-democracy protesters have stepped up a “blossom everywhere” campaign of roadblocks and vandalism across Hong Kong that has crippled the international financial hub and ignited the worst violence in five months of unrest. The new phase in the crisis, which has forced schools and shoppingContinue Reading
