By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 15, 2020: The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) has responded to Pope Francis’ call to all religions to pray, fast and to perform works of charity to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. The conference’s Office for Dialogue and Desk for Ecumenism on MayContinue Reading
Rome, May 15, 2020: In preparation for the May 18 resumption of public liturgies in Italy and a morning Mass with Pope Francis at the tomb of St. John Paul II, Vatican workers cleaned and sanitized the inside of St. Peter’s Basilica May 15. Vatican workers also will sanitize theContinue Reading
By Robancy A Helen Tiruchirappalli, May 15, 2020: Women activists and lawyers in Tamil Nadu have condemned the torching of a Dalit teenage girl over land dispute in the southern Indian state. “Girls and women are victims of all kinds of atrocities in society. We don’t have the right evenContinue Reading
Bhopal, May 14, 2020: Thousands of migrant on May 14 went on warpath in a Madhya Pradesh town after the central Indian state allegedly failed to arrange food and transportation for them. Violence erupted in Sendhwa town on the Madhya Pradesh-Maharashtra border after the migrants blocked traffic on the NationalContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 14, 2020: Naresh Trehan, a world renowned cardiac surgeon from India, has urged his fellow citizens to behave themselves to fight the coronavirus pandemic. “To fight this war, we need to behave ourselves, by changing our social behavior pattern. Hands hygiene, masking, and distancing. We will beContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, May 14, 2020: Responding to the call of Pope Francis, an interfaith prayer meet was held at Miao in Arunachal Pradesh on May 14 to implore God to help humanity overcome the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis had accepted the proposal from the Higher Committee of HumanContinue Reading
Kochi, May 13, 2020: The Kerala High Court has stated that a law is needed to control the use of abusive and derogatory comments on social media. The court made the observation on May 12 while considering the bail plea of Sreeja Prasad, who was arrested for posting abusive commentsContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 13, 2020: The Supreme Court on May 13 directed advocates to shed their traditional black robes and jackets for simple white cotton shirts and salwar-kameez as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19 virus. “The competent authority has been pleased to direct that the advocates mayContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 13, 2020: A large number of people defied the lockdown norms to welcome a Jain monk in Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state. Hundreds of people on May 12 came to the road without masks to welcome Muni Pranam Sagar, and his entourage at Banda town, someContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 13, 2020: India has become the 12th nation worst affected by Covid-19 in the world, just behind China where the pandemic first broke out. As on May 13, India recorded nearly 78,000 positive cases and more than 2,500 deaths, whereas China had someContinue Reading
