Matters India Reporter Sonada, March 31, 2020 — As the news of the death of first Covid 19 victim from North Bengal spread across the hills, panic struck sleepy Sonada town on NH 55 mid way between Kurseong and Darjeeling. The first victim is a 44 year old woman (nameContinue Reading
Kottayam, April 1, 2020: A 93-year-old Indian has become the country’s oldest patient to survive the coronavirus infection, doctors say. The man and his 88-year-old wife both recovered after testing positive about a month ago. They will be discharged in a few days, hospital officials told reporters. The couple livesContinue Reading
Chandigarh, April 1, 2020: A video showing sanitation workers being applauded, showered with flowers and being offered garlands made of currency notes in Punjab’s Patiala has gone viral on social media. Chief Minister Amarinder Singh shared the video on his official twitter account and said that “adversity is bringing outContinue Reading
Ponda, April 1, 2020: Residents of a major town in Goa have threatened to raid traders who sell commodities at exorbitant prices during the nationwide lockdown. Shankar Naik, a resident of Ponda, alleged that the traders are taking undue advantage of the lockdown and the consequent rush for food, groceryContinue Reading
Panaji, April 1, 2020: The Archdiocese of Goa has appealed its faithful to help the poor and underprivileged including migrant laborers during the ongoing lockdown period. In a press statement issued on March 30, Caritas Goa Director Father Maverick Fernandes has made a special appeal to all religious men andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 31, 2020: The Catholic Church in Kerala and the Indian Medical Association have criticized the southern Indian state government’s decision to provide liquor to addicts during the nationwide lockdown to contain coronavirus pandemic. “The government’s unethical move will have far reaching consequences forContinue Reading
By Razia Sanwari Udaipur, March 31, 2020: An organization of Bohra community has launched a project to distribute food packets daily to the needy in Udaipur, a major city in the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan. About 20 volunteers of the Bohra Youth Sansthan (institute) began the distribution from aContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bamunigam, March 31, 2020: Police in Odisha have arrested a pastor and the secretary of a church for conducting prayers with people’s participation in violation of the countrywide lockdown norms to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The incident occurred on March 27 in a Baptist church at Tajungia,Continue Reading
Guwahat, Narch 30, 2020: In a laudable effort, Mysore Police, Karnataka has taken into custody the manager and staff members of a retail food outlet following an FIR lodged against them for not allowing some Naga students to buy food and for allegedly showing discriminatory behavior to these students. TheContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 29, 2020: India’s more than 115,000 Catholic religious men and women have been urged to reach out to the poor affected by a 21-day national lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. “We need to move fast. This is an emergency,”Continue Reading
