Bhiwandi, Sept 21, 2020: Ten people were killed and at least 25 feared trapped on September 21 after a three-story building collapsed in Bhiwandi near Mumbai. The officers of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) rescued 31 people from the rubble in Patel Compound area. A child was among theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur, Sept 20, 2020: The Church in Odisha has organized a webinar to help its people to share their concern, hopes and aspiration in a world beyond the coronavirus pandemic. Priests, nuns and lay people attended the September 19 webinar on “Covid-19 and Beyond: A Christian Reflection.”Continue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 20, 2020: The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on September 20 passed two farm bills amid a ruckus from opposition members and protests from farmers. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, part of the broader farm liberalization plan, could not be taken up and theContinue Reading
Thane, Sept 20, 2020: A 106-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Thane district defeated Covid-19 and was discharged from hospital on September 20 with doctors and nurses giving her a warm farewell. With happiness writ large on her face, the unnamed woman proudly displayed her discharge certificate to the media before walkingContinue Reading
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
