Lucknow, Feb 10, 2020: People from the transgender community on Sunday took out a march here to express solidarity with the women protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at the city’s iconic Clock Tower in Hussainabad. Raising slogans against the government and the new law, protestors voiced their dissentContinue Reading
Panaji,Feb. 10, 2020: SS general secretary Suresh ‘Bhaiyyaji’ Joshi on Feb. 9 accused the Church of exploiting and converting people to Christianity by taking advantage of their “ignorance and poverty”. Stating that he had no objection if someone embraces Christianity on his own, Joshi said that forcible religious conversion ofContinue Reading
New DelhiFeb. 10, 2020: Quotas and reservations for promotions for government jobs is not a fundamental right, the Supreme Court said in a potentially key judgment delivered on Feb. 8. The top court said it could not compel states to provide quotas and states could not be forced to makeContinue Reading
Panaji, Feb. 9, 2020: Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa and Daman has urged the central government to “immediately and unconditionally revoke the Citizenship Amendment Act” and stop quashing the “right to dissent”. He also appealed to the government not to implement the proposed countrywide National Register of Citizens (NRC)Continue Reading
Matters India Reporter Sonada, February 7, 2020 — An NGO in the Darjeeling Hills working for clean environment has launched its first Zero Waste Store at 8th Mile Stream between Gorabari and Chattakpur villages on NH 55 (Hill Cart Road), on February 7. The store located at tourist taxi stopContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Hyderabad, Feb 8, 2020: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) will collaborate with the Society of Jesus Mary Joseph to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founder’s arrival in India. Sister Mary Glowrey, a member of the JMJ congregation and a Servant of God, arrivedContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Feb 8, 2020: A national seminar at a Jesuit college in Patna on February 8 tried to address challenges to achieving human development. The event, organized by St Xavier’s College of Management and Technology, heard speakers explain initiatives by government and NGOs in addressing humanContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Sonada, Feb 8, 2020: An NGO working for clean environment in the Darjeeling Hills has launched its first “zero waste store.” The store, located at 8th Mile Stream between Gorabari and Chattakpur villages, specializes in locally prepared snacks which are not packaged in plastic bags. “WeContinue Reading
By Bipin John Vaghela Manila, Feb 6, 2020: I am from the Archdiocese of Ahmadabad, Gujarat state, western India. I would like to share my priestly experience in the Philippines. After my priestly ordination in 2003, I went on doing my pastoral ministry in the archdiocese. It is a missionaryContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Feb 6, 2020: The Indian Catholic Youth Movement (ICYM) marked 20 years of its establishment on Feb 6. ICYM is the official parochial youth movement under the Conference of Catholic Bishops’ of India (CCBI). ICYM functions at the grassroots in all Latin rite parishesContinue Reading
