Vatican City, August 2, 2020: The Chinese Communist Party is offering monetary rewards to those who report the presence of home churches in their communities, the magazine Bitter Winter reported on July 27. The rewards appear to be an expansion of a program already in place in the province ofContinue Reading
New Delhi, August 2, 2020: The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has informed a department related standing committee of Parliament that it needs three more months to frame the rules of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), passed by Parliament in December last, officials familiar with the development said. According toContinue Reading
Mumbai, Aug 2, 2020: Women have captured yet another male bastion – traffic signals this time. In a first in the country, 120 traffic signals across 13 junctions between Dadar and Mahim in Mumbai will feature female pedestrians in traffic lights. The initiative is taken under the Brihanmumbai (Great Mumbai)Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporters New Delhi, Aug 2, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, president of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, says a positive side of the coronavirus pandemic is the realization among city dwellers that they cannot live without migrants. “For the first time we realized the importance of migrants forContinue Reading
Amaravati, July 31, 2020: At least 10 people died after allegedly consuming sanitizer as an alternative to liquor in a village under Covid-19 lockdown in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, the police said July 31. The victims of Kurichedu village had been drinking sanitizer for the past few days, mixingContinue Reading
By Azmathulla Shariff Bengaluru, July 29, 2020: Archbishop Peter Machado on July 29 condemned the Karnataka government removing chapters on Jesus and Prophet Mohammed among other topics from the school syllabus of the southern Indian state. In a major policy decision by the coalition government led by the pro-Hindu BharatiyaContinue Reading
By Irudhaya Jothi Konchowki, July29, 2020: Trade unions have become irrelevant in post globalization era, paving way for industrialists to make unholy alliance with those in power to exploit workers, says a recent study. In India, the trade unions had sidelined the concerns of migrants for long and kept themContinue Reading
By Shalini Mulackal Varanasi, July 29, 2020: I got the news about Father George Gispert Sauch’s final going home around 12 noon on July 29. I was taking class to a group of students at IMS (Indian Missionary Society) theologate in Varanasi. When I got back to class I toldContinue Reading
Surat, July 29, 2020: A businessman who recovered from coronavirus has converted his office into an 85-bed facility to provide free treatment for the poor. With public hospitals struggling to cope, Kadar Shaikh spent 20 days in a private clinic in June in Gujarat’s Surat — and was horrified byContinue Reading
Matters India reporter Darjeeling, July 29, 2020 — A college professor in Darjeeling organises relief supplies for stranded migrant workers from Nepal and needy poor with help of local Christian minority group members. Salesian College Sonada Dean (Arts & Humanities) leads Sonada United Christian Minority Welfare Society (SUCMWS) members fromContinue Reading
