Ranchi, Sept 2020: The Catholic Church in Jharkhand has asked the state government to pass a bill for a separate code for Adivasis in the eastern Indian state. Catholic bishops of Jharkhand, led by the Ranchi Archdiocese, September 19 wrote to the chief minister to remind him that the IndianContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, Sept 19, 2020: One of the seven crimes about which Mahatma Gandhi had mentioned is: “Pleasure without conscience.” Charvaka, also known as Lokāyata, is an ancient school of Indian materialism. The main motto of those who followed this philosophy was: “Eat, Drink and Make Merry”.Continue Reading
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
