New Delhi: Federal Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on October 18 blamed “gross negligence during Onam” for the recent spike in coronavirus cases in Kerala. Infections increased by around 135,000 between October 1 and 17 in the southern Indian state. Vardhan says increased travel and outdoor public activity during the festivalContinue Reading
New Delhi: Seema Mustafa, the Editor of The Citizen, has been elected as President of the Editors Guild of India, a statement by the top body of editorial leaders said Oct.17. The announcement came after the results of an online election held on October 16 were declared. In the sameContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Chiang Mai: The Christian Conference of Asia (CCA) on October 18 mourned the death of Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan, head of the Mar Thoma Church and “a doyen among Asian ecclesiastical and ecumenical leaders.” The metropolitan, who was a former president of the conference, died atContinue Reading
Darjeeling: A Hills college marked 94th World Mission Sunday with a multi-city release of a book written by its alumnus, 18 October 2020. The book entitled ‘Cross on the Roof” a Brief History of the Catholic Church in Tibet and Nepal by Fr. George Thirumalachalil is a Salesian College PublicationContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Jagdalpur: A mob attacked a Christian for not renouncing his faith in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Persecution Relief reported October 17. The man identified only as Jaithal, who lives in a village in Jagdalpur district, had received warnings and threats to recant his faithContinue Reading
New Delhi: India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the ‘serious’ hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last year, India’s rankContinue Reading
Rome: Jesuits worldwide are mobilizing in protest after an 83-year-old Jesuit priest and human rights activist was arrested in India accused of terrorist links. Jesuit Father Stan Swamy, a prominent and popular human rights activist, was on October 8 arrested by the National Investigation Agency for alleged Maoist links. InContinue Reading
Lucknow: Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district on October 17 busted a conspiracy by a temple priest and others. According to the police, the priest Atul Tripathi alias Samrat Das hired a professional shooter and orchestrated an attack on himself to frame a political rival. The priest was injured inContinue Reading
By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City: A new coin minted by the Vatican City State depicts a woman carrying the earth in her womb. The artist who designed the coin, which commemorates Earth Day, has said the design was his response to the ecological theme he was commissioned to portray. TheContinue Reading
Ranchi: Tribal groups have held protest marches across the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand in support of long-pending demands for a separate Sarna code ahead of the 2021 national census. Marches took place October 15 in several parts of Ranchi, the state capital. The marches in Ranchi, held under theContinue Reading