By Matters India Reporter Taran Taran, Sept 19, 2020: A pastor and his family were attacked with swords and butcher’s knives by a gang of religious goons in Taran Taran district of Punjab, a state in northern India. “We were on our way back from a prayer meeting at aroundContinue Reading
By Inés San Martín Rome, Sept 19, 2020: Pope Francis told a group of parents of LGBT children Sept.16 that God loves them as they are, and that the Church loves them because they are “children of God.” The pontiff’s words came during a short, private encounter with some 40Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Sept 19, 2020: An eminent media educator says the media has helped bust myth and foster critical thinking to combat the onslaught of fake news during coronavirus pandemic. “Rumor mongering has taken its toll on a lot of people during Covid19 pandemic. Even the governmentContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, September 18, 2020: The social development center of Bagdogra diocese in West Bengal on September 17 launched alternative agricultural livelihood options to help people amid the coronavirus pandemic. “At a time it is said ‘COVID-19 is going to stay’, the economy is crumbling, jobs areContinue Reading
Minku Das Guwahati, Sept 17, 2020: A Guwahati-based NGO has teamed up with National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development to impart Skill Development Training of Reversed Migrants in Tribal Development Fund Project Area of Rongjuli Block, at Mariampur, Goalpara. Some 50 selected trainees and Gaon Burah, and prominent villagersContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 16, 2020: The Indian Medical Association, a national voluntary organization of doctors of modern scientific system of medicine in India, has sounded upset over recent statements of various government sources regarding the coronavirus pandemic. The association that looks after the interest of doctors and their wellbeing wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, September 16, 2020: One of the pioneers of Adivasi domestic workers and anti-human trafficking movement in Delhi, died on September 15. Sarita Baa was sick for some time, said Alma Grace Barla, a human rights activist, who had worked with her. Baa tirelessly workedContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Kolkata, September 14, 2020 — A priest catechist in Kolkata has marked Year of Laudato Si’, with the launch of what he calls ‘Stations of Creation – a Way of Beauty’ on Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14. The full text of the StationsContinue Reading
By Nilashish Chaudhary New Delhi, Sept 15, 2020: A Public Interest Litigation filed in the Delhi High Court has sought a declaration recognizing the right of same-sex couples to get married under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The petition filed on behalf of activists and members of the LGBTQ communityContinue Reading
By Sanya Talwar New Delhi, Sept 15 2020: The Supreme Court on September 15 restrained a rightwing television channel until further orders from telecasting the remaining episodes of a controversial show. The bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, Indu Malhotra and K M Joseph was hearing a petition filed againstContinue Reading