New Delhi, October 17, 2018: Almost 78 percent women farmers in the country face gender discrimination, a latest study has revealed. The 17-country study by Corteva Agriscience, the agriculture division of DowDuPont, showed that although women are proud to be in agriculture, there is widespread gender discrimination, both in developingContinue Reading
Rome, Oct. 16, 2018: Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling received the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) Future Policy Gold Award from its Deputy Director Maria Helena Semedo, who commended the Himalayan state for setting an example to the world by becoming first totally organic state. Accepting the awardContinue Reading
By Nirmala Carvalho Mumbai, October 16, 2018: Mary’s Clan, a home and rehabilitation center for the alcoholics, has completed 35 years of dedicated service. To mark the occasion a thanksgiving Mass was celebrated on October 13 at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, Bandra. Bishop John Rodrigues, theContinue Reading
India is among the 45 countries that have “serious levels of hungerContinue Reading
Kannapuram , Oct 15, 2018: In a Facebook post on Sunday, 32-year-old Reshma Nishanth, a devotee from Kannapuram in Kannur, announced that she is observing her 41-day penance to visit Sabarimala, following the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages to enter the temple. “I have been observing aContinue Reading
New Delhi: Oct. 15, 2018: A junior minister in India has filed a criminal defamation complaint against a woman who publicly accused him on social media of sexual misconduct, in a case that has highlighted setbacks facing India’s nascent #MeToo movement. In a 41-page letter to Delhi’s chief metropolitan magistrate,Continue Reading
New Delhi: The delay in disposing of the appeal of the seven Christians of Kandhamal in Odisha, who have been languishing in jail for the murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, came in for wide criticism at a function organized by the Delhi Minorities Commission. “Humanity is being undermined at theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Mumbai: Founder president of National Slum Dwellers Federation Jockin Arputham died on October 13 at Sion Hospital, Mumbai. He was 71. His funeral is scheduled for 4 pm on October 15 at St. Peter and Paul Church Rayapuram in Chennai. He took pride in calling himselfContinue Reading
Nagapattinam, Oct 11, 2018: The Tercentenary of the New Jerusalem Church, believed to be Asia’s first Protestant church at Tarangambadi in the district, was celebrated on October 11. Pastors from over 50 important churches the world over participated in the celebrations organised by the Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church (TELC). TheContinue Reading
Kuravilangad, Oct 11, 2018: For two years the nun said nothing, quietly dreading the nights that the stocky, bearded Catholic bishop would spend at her small convent in the southern Indian hills. Early last year she confided in another member of her congregation: “The bishop is compelling me to layContinue Reading
