Close to 15,000 people died prematurely in Delhi in 2016 from illnesses linked to fine particulate matter pollution, according to a new study by researchers from India, Singapore and Thailand that assessed pollution-related deaths in 13 megacities in south Asia and China. Heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, lung cancer amongContinue Reading
New Delhi: An RSS leader and a senior BJP leader Thursday slammed the late Mother Teresa over the recent reports of a baby-selling racket being run in the Missionaries of Charity in Ranchi. This came after the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the Mother Teresa-founded charity was beingContinue Reading
Kochi: Priests of the Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, who allegedly sexually assaulted a married woman, can be excommunicated if the charges against them are proved, senior clergymen said Thursday. “Not only rape, adultery is also a sin in our faith and proving the charges is enough to excommunicate them,” theyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Secunderabad: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) will hold the National Health Convention in Secunderabad, September 28-29. The theme for the Convention is “Serving the Nation in Reaching the Unreached” as part of the overall five-year theme of “Action 2020: Re-positioning for the Future.” “WeContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after the Kerala High Court rejected the bail pleas of four priests who allegedly raped a woman for many years, police on Thursday arrested Father Job Mathew one of the four accused. He was taken into custody from Kollam (south Kerala) and efforts are on to nabContinue Reading
Ranchi: Four years ago, Om Praksh Singh, chairperson of Child Welfare Committee Ranchi, made a surprise visit to Sishu Bhawan run by Missionaries of Charity in Ranchi. Not only was he obstructed by the sisters at Sishu Bhawan but within months he was removed as the chairperson of the CWC.Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: On the threshold of the 10th anniversary of the orchestrated attack on Christians in jungle district of Kandhamal in Odisha in August 2008, the online signature campaign demanding the release of seven innocent Christians, languishing in jail since then, crossed the milestone of 50,000 signaturesContinue Reading
New Delhi: About 23 million children between 15-18 years of age in India are working, of whom 19 million have dropped out of school, according to a study conducted by a leading NGO. The report by the Child Rights and You (CRY) said about 9.2 million children in the ageContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: The State Haj committee has selected as many as 731 pilgrims, including 298 women, from Odisha for annual Haj this year, an official said Wednesday. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Wednesday felicitated the selected Haj pilgrims at Haj House here this afternoon. “This year 731 pilgrims were selected for HajContinue Reading
A rape case against a priest belonging to the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church has been filed in Kayamkulam in Alappuzha district of Kerala. The complainant, a married woman of two children, alleges that the priest in question, Binu George who was in the Mavelikara diocese of the church at theContinue Reading
