New Delhi, Sept 8, 2020: Schools across India have now been closed for six months due to Covid-19, but this means vastly different things for different people. For the child in urban Himachal Pradesh, where Internet penetration is higher than 70 percent it likely means online schooling, Zoom classes andContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 6, 2020: “When will you come home?” the daughters of doctor Ajit Jain would ask when they used to talk over call late at night. The nodal officer for novel coronavirus at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Specialty Hospital in Delhi has not been home for nearly fiveContinue Reading
Guwahati, Aug 26, 2020: A small state in India’s troubled northeast has managed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic much better than some larger states with more resources. Mizoram is tucked away between Myanmar and Bangladesh, about 1,500 miles from New Delhi. It registered its first case on March 24—the dayContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mahabaleshwar, Aug 24, 2020: A 106-year-old dilapidated hospital has become a state-of-the-art healthcare facility in Maharashtra, thanks to a Catholic priest. Giving a new lease of life to the Morarji Gokaldas Rural Hospital in Mahabaleshwar is among several success stories of Father Tomy Kariyilakulam, who hasContinue Reading
By Vallari Sanzgiri Chennai, Aug 23, 2020: The past few months have been peppered with news articles regarding the public transport sector’s help in providing emergency rides during the lockdown period. Auto drivers, especially women, in metropolitan cities such as Thane and Chennai, have been hailed for joining essential-service-workers andContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 17, 2020: Derry, a small village in Northern Ireland experienced much joy on August 15 when a mural of Sister Clare Crockett, one of its daughters, was opened four years after an earthquake in Ecuador killed her. Now, people from around the world visit Derry to prayContinue Reading
Londonderry, Aug 17, 2020: The sister of a nun who has been credited with fertility miracles since her death in an earthquake has spoken of her pride of a new mural in her hometown. Sister Clare Crockett, 33, was killed in an earthquake in Ecuador in April 2016. The buildingContinue Reading
C V Joseph Bengaluru, August 16, 2020: Former Supreme Court Judge, Justice Kurian Joseph has inaugurated a new movement to end hunger named Mother’s Meal in Delhi on August 15. K J Alphonse, Member of Parliament and former Cabinet Minister also joined to inaugurate the movement by providing Survival KitsContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji, Aug 14, 2020: Sister Vimala Joseph Thottumannil has lived in the same convent in Mumbai, western India, for more than 30 years because of her specialized work: architecture. The member of the Italy-based Pie Discepole del Divin Maestro (Pious Disciples of the Divine Master) designed severalContinue Reading
By Geneva Abdul New Delhi, Aug. 12, 2020: How many days a month have you missed work or requested a day off for stomach pains and cramps because of menstruation? This was the question Zomato, one of India’s largest food-delivery firms, put to its 4,000 employees, 35 percent of themContinue Reading
