By Irudhaya Jothi Konchowki: Civil society groups and individuals in India have launched a campaign to send blankets and sippers for Jesuit Father Stan Swamy who is lodged in a Mumbai jail for more than a month. The campaign began November 26 after a special court in Mumbai rejected aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: At least three people were killed and nearly 1 million affected in the Nivar cyclonic storm that hit Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry in the southern India. The Tamil Nadu government moved more than 227,000 vulnerable people to relief camps before the cyclone made the landfallContinue Reading
New Delhi: India has the highest bribery rate in Asia and the most number of people who use personal connections to access public services, according to a new report by corruption watchdog Transparency International. The Global Corruption Barometer (GCB), Asia, found that nearly 50 per cent of those who paidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Civil society groups across India organized a “National Vigil” for the country’s Constitution and Human Rights Defenders on November 26, the National Constitution Day. Several programs were conducted, including the recitation of the national recitation of the Preamble of the Constitution at 5.00 pm.Continue Reading
The 15th meeting of the G20 was held November 21-22 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The group meets annually at this international forum for global economic cooperation. Due to the pandemic, it was held virtually. As Jennifer Bell states, the meeting took place “in the midst of the worst economic downturnContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Jesuit social activist Father Stan Swamy will have to wait until December 4 for a straw and a sipper cup he needs as a patient of Parkinson’s disease. The National Investigation Agency or the NIA on November 26 told a special court in Mumbai thatContinue Reading
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Christian Forum has alleged a large-scale attack on the Tribal Christian community in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. According to forum president Arun Pannalal, the anti-Christian violence broke out at around 2 am on November 25 in Sindhwaram, a village under the Gajiraj police station in theContinue Reading
New Delhi: Thousands of farmers on November 26 flung barricades into a river, threw bricks at cops and physically pushed vehicles as they were stopped by Haryana on their way to a protest march in Delhi. After a two-hour clash on a bridge in which teargas and water cannons wereContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Guwzhati: The Assam Christian Forum on behalf of the Christian community in the northeastern Indian state on November 26 paid their respect and tribute to Tarun Gogoi, the former Chief Minister of Assam. Gogoi died November 25 in a hospital in Guwahati, Assam’s commercial capital. TheContinue Reading
Aizawl: To prevent the spread of coronavirus in Mizoram, the state government has decided to appeal to churches not to celebrate Christmas and New Year attracting huge gathering, an official said. A meeting of officials and leaders of churches and civil society organisations on November 24 chaired by state HealthContinue Reading