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
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
