Bulandshahr, Dec. 3, 2018: The body of a police officer was left hanging partly out of his black SUV after he was attacked with stones and allegedly shot dead by a mob that surrounded policemen at a village in Bulandshahr in western Uttar Pradesh on Dec. 3. Inspector Subodh KumarContinue Reading
New Delhi: Dec. 3, 2018: The National Commission for Women (NCW) will support livelihood programs for the women in the northeast, particularly for those in younger age group, through skill development and specialized training, the DoNER Ministry said Dec. 3. This was discussed at a meeting between Union Minister forContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec. 3, 2018: The National Commission for Women on Dec. 1 accused the Catholic Church of not protecting the interest of a nun, who has alleged that Bishop Franco Mullakal of Jalandhar raped her in 2014. The church was in the process of “glorifying” the Bishop arrested for rapingContinue Reading
By Rajiv Theodore New Delhi, Dec. 3, 2018: She is not your average angel investor who has money to burn and then seeks quick profits. Meet Asha, wife of late Stanford Professor Rajeev Motwani who mentored Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the co-founders of Google Inc in 1998. Asha isContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, Dec. 2, 2018: A cultural team will beat special drums and perform folk dance to demand reservation for Christians and Muslims of Dalit origin. The two communities have been facing discrimination solely on the basis of religion for the past 68 years. The successiveContinue Reading
United Nations, Dec. 2, 2018: An estimated 120,000 children and adolescents aged 0-19 were living with HIV in India in 2017, the highest number in South Asia, according a report by UNICEF. The report warns that around 80 adolescents will be dying of AIDS every day globally by 2030 ifContinue Reading
Kochi, Dec. 2, 2018: The National Commission for Women says the Catholic Church is not protecting the interest of a nun, who had accused Bishop Franco Mulakkal of Jalandhar of sexually abusing her. Until “now the Church has not come clean” in the nun rape case, commission chairperson Rekha SharmaContinue Reading
Kottayam, Nov. 30, 2018: “As the increasing trend of religion assumes major roles in civil and political affairs, politicisation of religion and religionisation of politics have become a pervasive social phenomenon in Asia today”, said the General Secretary of the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), Dr. Mathews George Chunakara. DeliveringContinue Reading
Kutch, Nov. 29, 2018: The diverting of water from the Indira Sagar Dam to the Sardar Sarovar Dam to facilitate tourism in the area, following the construction of the Statue of Unity, has aggravated the problems of farmers in Kutch. Reportedly, the area around the Statue of Unity has beenContinue Reading
New Delhi, Nov. 29: A major study published on Nov 29 warned of a malnutrition crisis in almost every country in the world with India holding about one-third of the world’s burden for stunting. Forty-six million children in India are stunted because of malnutrition and 25.5 million more are definedContinue Reading