By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 14, 2019: India’s Health Care Index stood at 19 among 89 countries in the world in 2019, says latest edition of a US magazine. According to the list CEOWORLD published early last month, Thailand (6th) was among the few Asian countries which managedContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, September 14, 2019: Despite guidelines supporting Dalit Christians – formerly known as “untouchable” – not every church leader is working in their defense, according to one Indian bishop. “We still have to clean up our own house,” Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur told Crux.Continue Reading
New York, September 13, 2019: Chhaya Sharma, an Indian woman police officer who led the investigation into the brutal 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape, has been chosen along with six others for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award for redefining the role of female police officers. The awards, which were announcedContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Guwahati, Sept. 13, 2019 — The 23rd Triennial Conference of the Xavier Board of Higher Education was inaugurated at Don Bosco Institute, Kharguli, Guwahati on 13th September 2019. The theme of the three-day conference (13-15 September) is “Revisioning Higher Education in India: Challenges and Strategies for CatholicContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Shillong, September 13, 2019 : A group of Salesian family members working in India and Sri Lanka are spending about a month reflecting on their life and mission living the charism of their founder and inspiration St John Bosco in the cradle of Salesian Missions in northeastContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, September 13, 2019: Cardinal George Alencherry has demanded the immediate release of a Catholic priest and a catechist who were arrested in Jharkhand state, eastern India, for alleged conversion charges. Father Binoy John and catechist Munna Hansda are “under unjust judicial custody,” laments the headContinue Reading
Kohima, Sept. 12, 2019: A Japanese team has launched a massive operation in the wilderness of Nagaland to trace for the mortal remains of Japanese soldiers, who died during the World War-II. According to a Deccan Herald report, the team of Japan Association for Recovery & Repatriation of War CasualtiesContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar, Sept. 12,2019: For school teacher Binodini Samal, reaching Rathiapala primary school in Dhenkanal district of Odisha for her teaching duties, is of utmost importance, even if it means crossing neck-deep swollen river. The 49-year-old Samal has been teaching in the primary school since 2008 as a Ganasikshyak– one ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept. 12, 2019: For the first time since 2012, there is not a single Indian entry in the world’s top 300 institutes as per the Times Higher Education’s 2020 rankings. The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) in Bengaluru — the only Indian entry in the top 300 lastContinue Reading
Sept. 12, 2019: Until two years ago, Ankit Bhuptani never imagined bringing his significant other for talks on Hinduism that he is regularly invited to deliver. “Organisers of events now ask if Nilesh, my partner, will also be attending. The simplest way that Hindu priests are engaging with me nowContinue Reading
