Malkangiri,Odisha: A young doctor working in Odisha’s Maoist-hit Malkangiri district has set an example for others by carrying a pregnant woman from an inaccessible village to hospital on a cot. Reports on Friday said, – Dr Omkar Hota who is posted at Paplur Hospital under Chitrakonda block, 150 km from districtContinue Reading
The Salesian Rector Major arrived in India on November 4 Continue Reading
Damoh: Two class 10 girl students of a government school in Damoh, some 250km from Bhopal, alleged that their teacher made them strip on suspicion of stealing in an incident which came to light on Friday evening. One of the girls, at the Rani Durgawati H S School, said thatContinue Reading
Diphu: The Peace and Justice Committee of the Presbyterian Church of India (PCI) organised a one day meet on ‘Declaration for Action on Mitigating Climate Change”. The meet was held at Presbyterian Assembly house, Central ward, Shillong on Nov. 1. The meet exclusively discussed on the climate changes which isContinue Reading
Tokyo: Asia’s largest economies dropped in the World Economic Forum’s latest gender equality ranking, announced on Thursday, with India falling 21 places to 108th. The new Global Gender Gap Index shows that while the region has become a major driver of the global economy, most countries still lag behind when itContinue Reading
New Delhi: A forum of journalists from South Asia has urged governments and society to respect professional media, uphold the law, and resist the intimidation and censoring of journalists. The South Asia Media Defenders Network, on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists onContinue Reading
Triabal communities and the Church have to introspect where they are taking their peopleContinue Reading
Panaji: The faithful chose to go green for All Souls Day, largely keeping away from plastic while decorating the graves of their loved ones. The appeal from the Archdiocese’s Caritas Goa and the Council for Social Justice and Peace to reduce plastic, circulated to all churches and chapels, was readContinue Reading
Kochi: The Kerala has taken recourse to the Bible to convince two warring factions of the Orthodox Church in Kerala the need for maintain peace and harmony. The court on November 2 quoted the Bible while disposing a police protection by St Thomas Church against the alleged violent activities ofContinue Reading
By Farrell Shah Kolkata: The Archdiocese of Calcutta organised an ecumenical symposium on “Revisiting the Reformation” at St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, October 31. Jesuit father Felix Raj, principal, while welcoming the two keynote speakers Father John Romus and Reverend Sunil Michael Caleb, said, “today is a historic day. For itContinue Reading
