By Lydia O’Kane Rome, June 25, 2020: The UN Children’s Agency, UNICEF has warned that the Coronavirus pandemic is “unraveling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia”. In a new report issued on June 23, the agency said that “governments must take urgent action toContinue Reading
Panaji, June 24, 2020: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa on June 24, announced stringent rules, while rolling out a formal protocol for re-opening of Churches in Goa. In a circular issued to all parishes, Archbishop Ferrao advised caution in the process of re-opening of Churches for religious services, layingContinue Reading
Dhanbad , June 24, 2020: Dhanbad district administration imposed prohibitory orders in Belgarhia township on June 23 after a group of residents had on Monday night attacked a church and two of its teachers over a dispute about alleged religious conversion. Dhanbad SP (rural) Amit Renu visited the site underContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, June 24,2020: Kerala police have registered a case against activist Rehana Fathima after a video of her two children drawing on her half-naked body started circulating on social media. The police registered a case, under Section 67 (electronically transmitting sexually explicit content) of IT Act, and Section 75 (punishmentContinue Reading
Rev. Lyndan Syiem Shillong, June 22, 2020: June 22 is Thomas Jones Day, in honor of the pioneer Welsh Presbyterian missionary among the Khasi-Jaiñtia people. He arrived at Sohra on June, 22, 1841. In 2018, the Meghalaya government had notified 22 June as Thomas Jones Day in the six districtsContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar, June 22, 2020: The Telugu Catholic Church and Dalit activists have mourned the death of Father Bichapogu Anthaiah, director of Andhra Pradesh Social Service Forum. “I am deeply sorry to inform you that Father Bichapogu Anthaiah died this morning in Yeshoda Hospital due to cardiac arrest,”Continue Reading
Mumbai, June 21, 2020: The federal Health Ministry on June 21 said the Maharashtra government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have succeeded in bringing down the Covid-19 spread in Dharavi, Asia’s largest slums. “They have actively ‘chased the virus’ and aggressively conducted targeted tracing of suspects,” the ministry said.Continue Reading
Chandigarh, June 21, 2020: The Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government in Haryana has cancelled contracts with Chinese companies for installing pollution control equipment at two of its thermal power facilities, in the wake of heightened tension between the two neighbors. The contracts had been awarded by the Haryana Power GenerationContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 21,2020: In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, the kanwar yatra this year has been cancelled. The development comes after the chief ministers of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana discussed the matter via video-conference on June 20. All of them agreed that the annual kanwar yatra, which seesContinue Reading
Panaji, June 19, 2020: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on June 19 said the area around the Basilica of Bom Jesus in Old Goa will be upgraded under a Central government scheme. Sawant chaired a meeting to discuss the final detailed project report (DPR) on beautification of the church complex,Continue Reading
