By Matters India Reporter Pondicherry, May 29, 2020: The Pondicherry government has intervened to arrange train for 30 students stranded in the south to return to their native places in Jharkhand. The students, including five women, were studying at Christ Institute of Technology at Ramanathapuram Revenue village in Pondicherry whenContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2020: The Supreme Court on May 28 ordered states to provide free food and shelter to lakhs of migrant workers stranded in various parts of the country due to COVID-19 lockdown. A three-judge Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan also ordered that no fare either byContinue Reading
Panaji, May 27, 2020:The coronavirus crisis and the need to maintain social distancing has forced people in Goa to postpone their wedding ceremonies, which has also affected businesses of photographers, caterers and owners of marriage halls in the state. April and May is considered as the peak season for ChristianContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mangaluru, May 28, 2020: A Mangaluru-based NGO that promotes ecological and mental health has launched an online counseling platform with therapists and counselors spread all over India. The online portal, “AutumnMind.com,” an initiative of the Ecolink Institute of Well-being of Mangaluru, was opened on May 27Continue Reading
New Delhi, May 28, 2020: The current lockdown enforced due to Covid-19 pandemic is conveniently being used by the government to crush dissent, said the student leaders and activists during an online press conference over Zoom. The online presser was organized by student leaders to condemn the witch-hunt of activistsContinue Reading
Mumbai. May 27, 2020: A week after the municipal corporation listed four cemeteries where bodies of Christians who pass away of Covid 19 can be buried, members of the Roman Catholic community approached the Archdiocese of Bombay asking for more cemeteries attached to churches to accept such burials. The developmentContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27, 2020: ADGP R. Sreelekha is all set to become the first woman Director General of Police in Kerala as she assumes charge as the new head of the Fire and Rescue Services on June 1. A cabinet meeting on May 27 decided to elevate Sreelekha and RoadContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 27, 2020: Authorities in India are helping farmers mount a pesticide spraying campaign to fight the swarms of desert locusts that have devastated crops across Pakistan and East Africa. As many as 700 tractors, 75 fire engines and almost 50 other vehicles are engaged in spraying pesticidesContinue Reading
Guwahati, May 26,2020: Nearly two lakh people in seven districts in Assam have been affected by floods as incessant rain across much of the state worsened the situation on May 26. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 229 villages in 17 revenue circles of Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Darrang,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Yercaud, May 25, 2020: The first Indian from the deaf and dumb community on May 25 pronounced his first religious vows, in a historical and rare event. Brother Joseph Thermadom made became a member of the Holy Cross Society as the congregation’s novitiate at Yercaud inContinue Reading
