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Odisha, Oct 18, 2018: In the last inhabited villages deep in the dense mangrove forests of India’s Sundarbans region, rice harvests have fallen by half in the last decade. Rising seas and stronger storms, linked to climate change, are driving crop-killing seawater further inland – and driving farmers out. ButContinue Reading

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By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ It is October 17 and the world community once again commemorates the ‘International Day for the Eradication of Poverty’. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the declaration by the General Assembly, (in its resolution 47/196 of 22 December 1992) of this special day. ItContinue Reading

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Bengaluru, Oct 18, 2018: A rigid dress code banning jeans pant, trousers and Bermuda shorts has been put in place at the Mahabaleshwar Temple in Gokarna, a popular pilgrimage center, by its administration. “The restrictions were already there but we implemented them a month ago,” the executive officer of GokarnaContinue Reading

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By Felix Anthony Deomali, Oct. 18, 2018: The Newman Educational Society, the educational wing of Miao Diocese in Arunachal Pradesh, has successfully conducted its seventh inter-school sports and cultural event. Around 620 students from 22 schools under the society competed in various group and individual games and sports items duringContinue Reading