New Delhi, May 24, 2020: Several parts of India are now experiencing a heat wave as the country is struggling to contain the fast spreading coronavirus pandemic in its third stage. A severe heat wave is declared when the maximum temperature is at least 40°C and more than 6.4°C higherContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling. May 24, 2020: The Salesians of Don Bosco South Asia launched their first news podcast on May 24 the World Communications Day and feast of Mary Help of Christians. The podcast was launched simultaneously at Turin in Italy and at Nazareth Bhavan Salesian Novitiate atContinue Reading
Kolkata, May 23, 2020: The Indian Army on May 23 provided three columns to assist Kolkata City authorities deal with the aftermath of Cyclone Amphan, one of the worst storms to have formed over the Bay of Bengal in recent years. Two more were sent to North and South 24Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 23, 2020: A senior doctor at Delhi’s All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) died of COVID-19 on May 23. Dr Jitendra Nath Pande, 78, was the director of the Pulmonology department at the premier hospital, which has been treating coronavirus patients for weeks. Dr Pande andContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 23, 2020: The NHRC has sent a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government over reports that bodies of victims in the recent Auraiya road accident and those injured were being carried in the same vehicle by authorities, officials said on May 22. The National Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading
Kolkata, May 22, 2020: A 205-year-old church in Kolkata has lost a part of its legacy as cyclone Amphan battered the eastern Indian city two days ago. The black weather cock atop the slender spire of the St Andrew’s Church on Brabourne Road in the heart of the city wasContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, May 22, 2020: The head of Kerala Police’s Crime Branch has returned the report of a team that probed the death of a novice nun in the southern Indian state. Tomin J Thachankary, Additional Director General of Police, on May 21 sought several clarifications in the probe team’s reportContinue Reading
Mumbai, May 21, 2020: Maharashtra on May 21 registered as many as 2,345 new coronavirus cases, taking the Covid-19 tally in the western India state to 41,642, health officials said. Mumbai crossed the 25,000 mark with 1,382 new cases. With 64 deaths due to the pandemic reported during the dayContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, May 21, 2020: Laudato Si’ week is a time to reflect on climate change and its devastating effect on India and Asia, according to the Indian bishops’ point man for ecological issues. At the same time, Bishop Alwyn D’Silva says it’s a time to look toContinue Reading
Manila, May 21, 2020: “Impractical and without sense,” was how Archbishop Romulo Davao, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, described the government’s guidelines for the resumption of religious services. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infection Diseases (IATF-EID) had said under a modifiedContinue Reading
