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
By Felix Anthony Kharsang, May 12, 2020: Bishop George Palliparambil of Miao on May 12 hailed nurses as ‘real heroes’ in the global war against the Covid-19 pandemic. The Salesian prelate was addressing the International Nurse’s Day celebrations held at Krick and Bourry Memorial Hospital, Injan in Arunachal Pradesh’s ChanglangContinue Reading
Hisar, May 12, 2020: Three children were run over by a goods train in front of their families in Haryana’s Hisar on May 12. All three, who had gone to the tracks to play, died. The incident took place on the Hisar-Sirsa rail tracks when the children moved onto theContinue Reading
By Alisha Haridasani Gupta May 12, 2020: When the HBO series “Sex and the City” first arrived on TV screens in 1998, sex had become “the reigning political story,” according to the writer Julie Salamon. The show was a product and a catalyst of a zeitgeist in which financially independentContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 11, 2020: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was taken to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on March 10 after he reportedly complained of chest pain, is under observation and doing okay, an official from his office said. Singh’s office later confirmed that theContinue Reading
Panaji, May 11, 2020: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa has urged his faithful to help migrant laborers going home after being rendered jobless because of the nationwide lockdown. “We are all going through troubled times, caused by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and we need to recognize among those whoContinue Reading
Meerut, May 10, 2020: It’s a tale of two Sundays, 163 years apart. Once again, a battle has forced one of the oldest churches in northern India to shut down for almost two months. The last time the British-built St John’s Church shut doors was in 1857 when the firstContinue Reading
Kottayam, May 9, 2020: For Aneela Mathew, after almost 75 days of hectic work in the IT department at a bank in Bahrain, it was a keenly awaited trip back home. But to reach her home in Kerala’s Kottayam it will take many more days, as she is now putContinue Reading
New Delhi, May 9, 2020: The Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee (DSGMC) on May 9 announced an insurance cover of 200,000 rupees for its employees in the forefront of the coronavirus fight in case of death due to the disease. As the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic, the DSGMC hasContinue Reading
