By Felix Anthony Miao: A Salesian bishop in northeastern India has expressed concern over the recent increase in violence against women in the region. “Even though women in the North East India have traditionally enjoyed safer living condition, the recent trend against women in the region is worrying,” Bishop GeorgeContinue Reading
Madina: A 14-year-old Christian girl in Pakistan in hiding from the man trying to hunt her down is to release a video statement describing how she and her family are “constantly receiving death threats”. Maira Shahbaz will describe how Mohamad Nakash Tariq “tortured” her by gang-raping and blackmailing her asContinue Reading
Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita should have been working on their research projects, perhaps getting a few steps closer to writing their doctoral dissertations by now. Instead they have written letters showcasing the strength it needs to survive in jail, from jail. Where they have been lodged for speaking atContinue Reading
Vatican: World Fisheries Day is celebrated annually on 21 November, to highlight the importance of this marine based labour sector, which provides employment for more than 59.5 million people. In his Message for the Day, Cardinal Peter Turkson Prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development, pointedContinue Reading
New Delhi: The Syro Malabar Church is set to issue a set of guidelines instructing bishops to ensure that priests solemnizing interfaith marriages adhere strictly to the canon laws. According to a report in the Times of India, the development came after an interfaith marriage in Ernakulam, solemnized by aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chennai: Disaster management experts, social scientists, activists, media professionals and theologians were invited to speak at an international webinar on media and pandemic organized by Signis Asia. The November 18-19 online Zoom meeting on “Covid-19: The Role of Media and Communications, and Moving Beyond,” was attendedContinue Reading
New Delhi: Acid attack victims have not been paid compensation in 799 out of 1,273 cases across India, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said and demanded immediate attention of the states on the matter. The issue was discussed in an e-meeting by the NCW with the nodal officers andContinue Reading
Darjeeling: A third generation tea planter who has occupied various positions in the tea industry gives a peep into life of a tea planter, his club, his life style and habits with ample anecdotes and hilarious incidents of Darjeeling tea community. The book about Darjeeling tea community entitled “All inContinue Reading
Mumbai: A new television serial on Jesus in Hindi is set to begin next month on &TV. The story for the serial entitled “Yeshu” that deals with Jesus’ life story, is done by Utkarsh Naithani, an actor, flute player, and writer based on Divine Word missionary Father John Paul Herman’sContinue Reading
Chennai: A female professor at Loyola College (Autonomous) is listed in the world’s top 2 percent scientists. J. Judith Vijaya of the Department of Chemistry has been named in the world’s top scientist, in the field of “materials.” The analysis was conducted by a team of scientists from Stanford University,Continue Reading