New Delhi: The eleventh round of talks between the federal government and farmers protesting the agriculture laws ended January 22 in a stalemate, as the previous ten did. The farmer leaders refused to accept the government’s latest proposal – to put the controversial laws on hold for a year-and-a-half. UnlikeContinue Reading
Vijayawada: In a distressing development for Andhra Pradesh, several Anglican schools, which did decades long yeoman service in taking free education to the most oppressed sections of the society, have shut down over the years. Even as these schools shut down one after the other, there was gross inaction andContinue Reading
Pune: A fire broke out once again at the Serum Institute of India hours after a massive blaze left five people dead on January 21 at the vaccine-maker’s Pune facility, at a building that is under construction. It is unlikely to hit the production of Covishield, the coronavirus vaccine developedContinue Reading
New Delhi: Bollywood once again has fallen into the cross hairs of India’s Hindu nationalist ruling party — and major Western streaming services like Amazon and Netflix increasingly find themselves caught in the middle. Two separate criminal complaints were filed with the police over the weekend against the makers ofContinue Reading
By: Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20: The Privileges and Ethics Committee of the of the Kerala Legislative Assembly has recommended action against legislator P.C. George, for making derogatory remarks against a Catholic nun who has accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of raping her. In September 2018, George had used obsceneContinue Reading
New Delhi: In a meeting with Catholic cardinal on January 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he would not be able to help in the issue of Jesuit priest Father Stan Swamy’s incarceration at Taloja Jail in Maharashtra. “When we brought it up in the meeting, the Prime MinisterContinue Reading
Ahmadabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has said that his government has applied for a patent to change the nomenclature of dragon fruit to ‘Kamalam.’. According to the chief minister, the word dragon for the fruit sounded inappropriate and so the Gujarat government had decided for the fruit to beContinue Reading
Dimapur: A church organization in Nagaland has asked people not to believe in the “prophecy” of a prayer center that the Covid-19 vaccines are “not the will of God.” “The Covid-19 mass vaccination… is not the will of God, for which all believers are told not to take it,” saidContinue Reading
Surat: At least fifteen people were killed after a truck ran over them in Kosamba city in Surat, Gujarat, ANI reported on January 19. “All the deceased are laborers and they hail from Rajasthan,” the news agency reported quoting police. Six others were also injured in the incident. They areContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on January 19 agreed to hear the appeal moved by Father Thomas Kottoor challenging the trial court verdict convicting him for the murder of Sister Abhaya. A Division Bench of Justices K Vinod Chandran and M R Anitha admitted Father Kottoor’s appeal. In his appeal,Continue Reading
