By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 10, 2020: As many as 95.2 percent migrants have lost their means of livelihood because of the nationwide lockdown, reveals a rapid research conducted by Caritas India in 18 states in the country. The research also revealed that 28.7 percent migrants do notContinue Reading
Shillong, June 10, 2020: A case has been filed against a US aid worker for allegedly assaulting a doctor at a Covid-19 hospital in Meghalaya capital of Shillong. An official said on June 10 that Theodore Moallem also spat on hospital employees and ransacked the facility after he was takenContinue Reading
Madrid, Jun 9, 2020: Spain’s National Court has kicked off the trial of two former Salvadoran military men for their alleged involvement in the massacre of five Spanish priests in El Salvador more than three decades ago. Inocente Orlando Montano, a former colonel who served as El Salvador’s vice ministerContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 8,2020: Supreme Court on June 8 issued notice to the Centre and others and sought a detailed response from them on a plea alleging sharp rise in child trafficking cases during Covid-19 lockdown. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde was hearing the petition filedContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 7, 2020: India is all set to revise the legal age for marriage for women with the government forming a high-level committee on June 6 to go into the matter and submit recommendations by July 31. The taskforce will be headed by former Samata Party President JayaContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, June 7, 2020: Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Church, has expressed disappointment over the federal health ministry’s decision to keep people above 65 away as places of worship open after more than three months of lockdown. The federal Ministry of Health and Family Welfare plans to letContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bangalore, June 6, 2020: Pope Francis on June 6 accepted the resignation of Salesian Bishop Jerome Dhas Varuvel of Kuzhithurai in Tamil Nadu. The Pope has appointed Archbishop Antony Pappusamy of Madurai as Apostolic Administrator of Kuzhithurai, says a press release from the Conference of CatholicContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 5, 2020: India and China agreed on June 5 to resolve a dispute over their shared border in the Ladakh region through diplomatic channels, the Indian foreign affairs ministry said in a statement. The statement came a day before top generals of the two countries are dueContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, June 4, 2020: Persons aged above 65, those with comorbidities, pregnant woman and children below the age of 10 years should stay at home, say new norms for opening religious places after more than two months of nationwide lockdown. The federal Ministry of HealthContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 4, 2020: India’s Home Ministry on June 4 blacklisted 2,550 foreign members of an Islamic organization for violating visa rules. The ministry officials accused Tablighi Jamaat members from nearly 40 countries of staying in India during the nationwide coronavirus lockdown and indulging in missionary activities. The ministryContinue Reading
