By Matters India Reporter Chennai, June 27, 2020: The Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore has set up a healthcare team to address Covid-19 disease spreading rapidly in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. “As the pandemic poses a serious threat, the archdiocese sprang into action to safeguard its priests, sisters andContinue Reading
New Delhi, June 27, 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 27 sent out a strong message of inclusivity, saying his government does not discriminate on the basis of any faith or caste. Prime Minister Modi also praised the role of Mar Thoma Church in the freedom struggle. Modi wasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, June 27, 2020: With an unprecedented spike in the corona cases, the Health Minister of Telangana State Eetala Rajender pleaded with NGOs to help curb the spread. Fourteen individuals from nine NGOs, including faith-based organizations, were invited to the meeting at very short notice onContinue Reading
Chennai, June 26, 2020: Thousands of people in Sathakulam, a place in the Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, took to the streets to pay their respects for Jayaraj and Fenix, the father-son duo who were brutally tortured and killed while in police custody. Jayaraj and Fenix were one amongst theContinue Reading
RJ Smriti Darjeeling , June 26, 2020: Radio Salesian (90.8) – The voice of the Hills – run by Salesian College Sonada has been selected as a partner in raising awareness about COVID-19 in a national project sponsored by UNICEF. Titled ‘Mission Corona’, the five-month initiative will feature a 25-minuteContinue Reading
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
