By Ranjita Minj Ranchi, July 24, 2020: On July 26, the Daughters of St. Anne (DSA), the first indigenous women congregation in Jharkhand, will mark its 124th foundation day. The trailblazer behind the congregation was founder Mother Mary Bernadette Prasad Kispotta, the first tribal woman declared as the Servant ofContinue Reading
Kokrajhar, July 24, 2020: Driven by extreme poverty and lack of work during the Covid-19 crisis, a migrant laborer in Assam sold his 15-day-old daughter, but police rescued the baby, officials said on July 24. The man and two women have been arrested on the charge of human trafficking. DipakContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, July 24, 2020: The diocese of Mandya in Karnataka state has issued a set of guidelines to help Covid victims get proper care and support. “The pandemic has affected every family of our diocese in one way or other, and the only way is to supportContinue Reading
Indore, July 24, 2020: A woman vegetable seller’s fluent English and her claim that she had completed a doctorate in Material Science from Indore’s Devi Ahilya University before starting the business, has astonished the Internet. Her video of protest against the city’s municipal corporation for allegedly removing her pushcart isContinue Reading
Hyderabad, July 23, 2020: The wife of Colonel Santosh Babu, who was killed in clashes with the Chinese troops in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley in June, has been appointed a deputy collector. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on July 23 handed over the appointment letter to Santoshi Babu at aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, July 23, 2020: Cardinal George Alencherry has urged the civic administration of Ernakulam district to urgently help Chellanam, a coastal village, caught between Coronavirus and ravaging tidal waves. “The district administration should urgently help the people in Chellanam, already a Coronavirus cluster now being batteredContinue Reading
By V Saji Palakkad, July 23, 2020: Twenty four children in Kerala’s Palakkad district have undertaken a hunger strike in their homes to protest non availability of electricity that has prevented them from attending online classes. Kerala on June 1 started its academic year by launching ‘First Bell,’ the onlineContinue Reading
By Sanchita Kadam Dehradun, July 22, 2020: The Uttarakhand government plans to amend a 70-year-old law to give land ownership rights to women along with their husbands. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat says they would amend the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act of 1950 to make the northern IndianContinue Reading
Thane, July 22, 2020: The Indian members of the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans, observed July 22 as a day of prayer and fast for a confrere who is in serious condition with Covid-19. The “Dominican province of India is observing a day of prayer, fasting, adoration, Rosary tomorrow (JulyContinue Reading
By Arvind Ojha New Delhi, July 22, 2020: A journalist in Uttar Pradesh died on July 22, two days after he was shot while traveling with his daughters. Vikram Joshi was attacked by miscreants in the evening of July 20 in Ghaziabad near Delhi. The incident has been caught onContinue Reading
