Experts are agreed that 2016 has seen an unusually high number of celebrity deaths and say there are a combination of factors which could explain the phenomenon. Prince was the latest of a number of high-profile deaths, all in the past few months. A change in the perception of fame,Continue Reading
First in India-Bangalore Cops pool-in to save accident victimsContinue Reading
Arlindo Jose Victorino raises about 9,800 chickens on his farm in Nampula Province, Mozambique. To care for this flock, Arlindo and his family have historically had to collect up to 3,500 liters of water each day – walking a one-way distance of 660 meters from their chicken coops – usingContinue Reading
Sr. Cyrilla Chakkalakal heads the Franciscan Sisters of St. Mary of the Holy AngelsContinue Reading
Mumbai: Three years ago, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) set out on a green mission to convert a one-acre barren land on the campus of a medical research facility in Navi Mumbai into an organic farm. The once-barren plot is now grows herbs, vegetables plants and fruit trees, which are fedContinue Reading
Nagaon district has 8,050 registered lemon growers and lemon orchards were planted in 2,680 hectaresContinue Reading
Kochi: Back in the summer of 2015, the heart of a Hindu man was transported across Kerala for a Christian patient in dire need of a new one. Funds were raised by a Muslim businessman to pay for the operation and performed by the state’s top heart surgeon: a Christian. TheContinue Reading
West Midnapore: Class began with a prayer. Thirty-odd children, sitting cross-legged on the courtyard outside Jamboni village’s sole clubhouse, chanted Saraswati Vandana. A picture of the goddess and two lit incense sticks sat on a chair in front of them. This is just one of the 50,000-odd schools being run byContinue Reading
Beneath northern India’s irrigated fields of wheat, rice, and barley … beneath its densely populated cities of Jaiphur and New Delhi, the groundwater has been disappearing. Halfway around the world, hydrologists, including Matt Rodell of NASA, have been hunting for it. Where is northern India’s underground water supply going? AccordingContinue Reading
Pune: Sr. Lucy Kurien was the only Catholic among 20 women that the Indian government honored with the Nari Shakti Puraskar, a women’s empowerment award, on March 8, International Women’s Day, for outstanding contribution to society. The member of the Holy Cross of Chavanod is the founder of Maher (“MyContinue Reading
