Sri Lanka’s government will introduce five-year jail terms for those caught spreading fake news and hate speech on social media, the government said Wednesday, following a surge in online vitriol and disinformation after the Easter suicide attacks. The cabinet of ministers approved a proposal by the acting justice minister, whichContinue Reading
THIRUVALLA, June 5 2019: Geevarghese Mar Timotheos, former bishop of Tiruvalla Diocese of the Syro Malankara Catholic Church, passed away on Tuesday 4 June, 2019 morning. He was 91. The funeral will be held at St John’s Metropolitan Cathedral on Thursday, 6 June, 2019. He was under treatment at PushpagiriContinue Reading
Running at 129 minutes, American psychological thriller Glass is the final installment of the Unbreakable trilogy, coming from writer-producer-director M. Night Shyamalan. Preceded by Split (2016) and Unbreakable (2000), the film stars James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sarah Paulson. Does a superhuman really exist? That’sContinue Reading
Mumbai, June 5 2019: Police have filed an FIR against the archbishop of Mumbai and two bishops for allegedly not acting against a priest accused of child molestation, nor informing the police about the matter, despite complaints by the boy’s father. The move came after a special Protection of ChildrenContinue Reading
Kochi, June 4, 2019: A group of leading cultural activists cutting across religions has come out in support of Father Paul Thelakat, who is the first accused in a forgery case. The group said they have confidence in the honesty and integrity of Father Thelakat, editor of the Sathyadeepam weekly.Continue Reading
By C V Joseph Bengaluru, June 4, 2019: Catholic representatives of Manipur migrants in Bengaluru on June 3 shared with Archbishop Peter Machado of Bangalore their struggle to avail spiritual help. The archbishop was surprised to learn that the number of migrants in Bengaluru, the Karnataka state capital, is increasingContinue Reading
SHASTRI RAMACHANDARAN New Delhi, June 4, 2019: On May 25, two days after the counting of votes that was to bring in Modi Sarkar 2.0, DMK President M K Stalin said, “Gone are the days when it was believed that only Hindi-speaking states make India”. As if to prove thatContinue Reading
United Nations, June 4, 2019: The United Nations has established an International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. The U.N.’s General Assembly passed the resolution without objection Tuesday, setting August 22 as the day commemorating victims of anti-religious violence. “The world has beenContinue Reading
By Pallavi Preetinanda Kolkata, June 4, 2019: I have been traveling with my dad ever since I was 3 years old. Mom isn’t much of a travel person, though after working for nearly 30 years, now she is taking out time to travel. But dad and me, we have beenContinue Reading
Kochi, June 4, 2019: Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja confirmed Tuesday that a 23-year-old college student admitted to a hospital in Kochi has been infected with the Nipah virus. The results of blood samples of the student, which were tested at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune,Continue Reading
