By Matters India Reporter Patna: As the Covid-19 pandemic creates a ‘new normal,’ the emerging ‘new age’ professional world would require a new skill set, says an expert in leadership development. “In the new normal world, digitization is taking place at a very fast pace. As an individual one mustContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Trichy: Ten diocesan priests from Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry have released a book on the Church financial administrative culture. “It was a soul searching process while we prepared the book Akkarai (concern) 2020,” Father Devasagayaraj M Zackarias, one of the authors and a former national secretaryContinue Reading
Kochi: Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) says there is no change in the Church’s stand on same sex marriage. “The Catholic Church has not diluted its stand on family life and homosexuality. The Church does not make exhortations about marriage and family life through documentaries,” KCBC spokesperson Father Jacob PalakkappalliContinue Reading
By Lissy Maruthanakuzhy Panaji: A food bank for the poor was opened October 19 at the Church Square in Panaji, capital of Goa. “The pandemic has been difficult on all of us and even after businesses are slowly getting back on track, these people are still left to beg forContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: A Jesuit food rights activist on October 20 welcomed the farm bills passed by the legislative assembly of Punjab state in northern India. “I welcome this move wholeheartedly. Democracy is dancing with joy,” Father Irudaya Jothi, a convener of the Right to Food andContinue Reading
New Delhi: India on October 20 strongly reacted to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s concern over restrictions on NGOs and arrest of activists. External affairs ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said violations of law cannot be condoned under the pretext of human rights and a more informed viewContinue Reading
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 20 cautioned Indians to not forget that the lockdown may be over but the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is still around. “This is not the time to be careless. This is not the time to think that corona isContinue Reading
New Delhi: More than half of Indian farmers oppose and 35 percent support the three farm reform laws passed by Parliament in September, according to a survey conducted in 16 states. Almost 40 percent expressed fear that the new laws will end state-run markets and government procurement at minimum supportContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: The West Bengal Mayel Lyang Lepcha Development Board (WBMLLDB) Chairman Ren. Lyangsong Tamsang launched Lepcha language program on Radio Salesian 90.8 FM, 19 October 2020. He came with a delegation of 10 Board Members to mark the historic event which was held in Salesian CollegeContinue Reading
Mumbai: Oswald Cardinal Gracias, the Archbishop of Bombay October 8 released the Indian edition of the new Encyclical of Pope Francis “Fratelli Tutti” (All brothers) in India. Releasing the third Encyclical, Cardinal Gracias, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) and one of the topmost consulters ofContinue Reading