By Matters India Reporter Siliguri, April 18, 2020: The Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate (Nirmala Sisters) have been distributing relief goods to poor people affected by the current lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in and round of Siliguri, a city in the northeast of Indian state of West BengalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Muktsar, April 17, 2020: Catholics in a Punjab city have taken the lead to help the poor and needy during the nationwide lockdown On April 17, the top police officer of Muktsar district launched a Church project to distribute 10,000 milk packets and vitamin tablets toContinue Reading
By Thomas Scaria Mangaluru, April 15, 2020: Apostolic Carmel nuns are among several Catholic religious communities in India involved in feeding those affected by the nationwide lockdown on account of Covid-19 pandemic. Carmel sisters associated with St. Agnes College, led by their superior Sister Maria Roopa, now feed hundreds ofContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai, April 14, 2020: A journalists union in Mumbai on April 14 expressed shock and dismay over massive job losses among media persons in India. “The mass retrenchments are patently illegal, grossly unethical and unbelievably inhuman, coming as they do at a time when all citizensContinue Reading
New Delhi, April 14, 2020: The Delhi Commission For Women (DCW) helpline has seen a decline in the number of calls pertaining to domestic violence and crimes against women during the lockdown, the panel said April 14. Interestingly, the National Commission For Women (NCW) had said it observed a spikeContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Varanasi, April 14, 2020: A group of civil society groups in Varanasi has decided to feed daily wagers for 15 days from April 14, the birth anniversary of Bheem Rao Ambedkar, a Dalit leader revered as the father of the Indian Constitution. Jan Mitra Nyas (PeopleContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Medak, April 14, 2020: Two centers of the Divine Word Missionaries of Hyderabad Province have been providing relief to migrants in Telangana state. Hundreds of thousands of migrant workers have been affected by the nationwide lockdown in many parts of India. Faith-based NGOs and others haveContinue Reading
Mumbai, April 14, 2020: Cardinal Oswald Gracias, the archbishop of Mumbai, has offered four schools to set up relief centers and camps. Bombay archdiocesan spokesperson Father Nigel Barett on April 14 said the cardinal offered the schools to Home Guards some five days ago. “Since students will return to theContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rourkella, April, 13, 2020: The Handmaids of Mary, an indigenous religious congregation of Odisha, has received applause from the local administration for helping those affected by the nationwide lockdown in the eastern Indian state. “I appreciate your genuine work. I am happy that you could come outContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bengaluru, April 13, 2020: An international charitable organization headed by a Hindu woman spiritual leader on April 13 announced that it would donate 130 million rupees (US$1.7 million] to help combat COVID-19 as well as to provide relief to those affected by the virus. A pressContinue Reading
