By Purushottam Nayak Kandhamal: Church officials and activists have expressed concern over a man who was forced to carry his wife’s body in Kandhamal, Odisha. “This is a serious blot on humanity whether Tribal, Dalit or anybody,” said Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar reacting to a news report about BalakrushnaContinue Reading
Gondia: Weak mobile internet connectivity has pushed several students in a village in Maharashtra’s Gondia district to climb a “network tree” in search of uninterrupted signals for online classes. Internet penetration is still a challenge in many rural areas which sits at odds with the Digital India narrative by theContinue Reading
Mumbai: Tribal rights activist Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoists links case, has challenged in the Bombay High Court a provision of the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) dealing with grant of bail, contending it has created an “insurmountable hurdle” for those seeking relief. Father Swamy saidContinue Reading
London: A report by researchers in India from the London School of Economics has found that Christians in India are living in constant fear, from threat of violence, harassment, rape and discrimination. A team of researchers at the LSE was commissioned to look into the persecution of religious minorities inContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bhubaneswar: A ten-day online course on journalism has made participants from various parts of India to understand media and learn how to use its various forms to serve society. The course “provided me, a beginner, ample knowledge about the media and the techniques used in report writing,”Continue Reading
By Devin Watkins Rome: As preparations get underway for the World Meeting of Families (WMF) set to take place on June 22-26, 2022, Pope Francis is urging Catholics around the globe to take part in the 10th edition of the event. In a video message released on July 2, theContinue Reading
By Rishabh Mansur New Delhi: During the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, Suparshva Swabs pivoted from making cotton buds and cotton balls to polyester swabs. When the second wave hit, it rapidly ramped up its capacity to a peak of 4 million swabs per day. When theContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna: Mandated lockdowns and business closures during coronavirus pandemic have caused consumers all over the world to change their behaviors rapidly and in large numbers, according to a management professional. “Malls are set to open after mid-July. But people may prefer to stay away from crowdedContinue Reading
Srinagar: A Sikh organisation in Srinagar June 30 demanded the implementation of the Inter-Caste Marriage Act and the enactment of an anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes amid a row over the allegations of forced conversion of four women from the Sikh community to Islam in the unionContinue Reading
New Delhi: More than 2,000 children in Delhi have lost either one or both parents to Covid-19, since the pandemic outbreak in March 2020, says a survey conducted by the Delhi Commission For Protection of Child Rights or DCPCR. As many as 67 children lost both their parents, the studyContinue Reading
