By Matters India Reporter Raghavpur, April 25, 2020: The Right To Food Campaign has commended the West Bengal government for its decision to provide free ration to more than 14.6 million people in the eastern Indian state. The government has decided to supply 5 kg rice to people from MayContinue Reading
By Yusuf Ansari New Delhi, April 24, 2020: A group of former civil service officers of India has written an open letter to all state chief Ministers and heads of federally-ruled regions to check the persecution of Muslims accusing them of spreading the coronavirus pandemic. The 101 officers, who hadContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 24, 2020: The rape of a 6-year-old girl in India is a “blot on society,” says Archbishop Leo Cornelio of Bhopal. The archbishop was responding to the attack in a village in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh state on April 23 evening. The girl was abducted outside herContinue Reading
Chennai, April 23, 2020: Archbishop George Antonysamy of Chennai-Mylapore has rejected allegations that the burial of Doctor Simon Hercules, a Covid 19 victim, was delayed because of differences between two Christian denominations. The archbishop made the clarification after rumors on social media alleged that the doctor’s body was released andContinue Reading
Hyderabad: The fear of deportation to Myanmar has been haunting an estimated 6,000 Rohingya refugees in Hyderabad for years, but their very survival is now at stake because of the Covid-19 pandemic that has robbed them of their livelihoods. “Forget about going back to our country, our worry now isContinue Reading
By Adolf Washington Bengaluru, April 23, 2020: Tears trickled down Girija’s cheeks as the mother of three narrated her woes during the nationwide lockdown. “I can only take a place with a low rent since I have to save some money for the family,” said the sole read-winner for theContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 22, 2020: The India federal cabinet on April 22 approved the promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, making acts of violence against medical staff a cognizable and nonbailable offence. The act has also provisions to provide compensation for injury to healthcare personnelContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 22, 2020: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has held it unconstitutional to provide 100 percent reservation for tribal teachers in schools located in Scheduled Areas across the country. A 152-page judgment by a Bench led by Justice Arun Mishra on April 22 said itContinue Reading
Amravati, Aprivl 22, 2020: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on April 20 announced that all places of worship in the state would be given 5,000-rupee assistance. He made this announcement during a video conference with the District Collectors and Muslim religious leaders on the measures being takenContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 22, 2020: A group of social workers and media groups has launched a study on the impact of Covid lockdown on alcohol dependents and excessive alcohol users. Ecolink Recovery Online, a Mangaluru-based online therapeutic group, has initiated an opinion survey in cooperation with Global TVContinue Reading
