Aizawl: A Mizoram minister has announced a cash incentive of 100,000 rupees to a living parent with the highest number of children in his constituency to encourage population growth among the demographically small Mizo communities. Sports Minister Robert Romawia Royte did not mention the minimum number of children. The declarationContinue Reading
Agartala: Three suspected cattle smugglers were lynched in the Khowai district of Tripura. The deceased in the June 21 incident were identified as Jayed Hossain (30), Billal Miah (28) and Saiful Islam (18), reported the Press Trust of India news agency. All of them were residents of Sonamura in SepahijalaContinue Reading
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on June 20 launched a special scheme to help children who have lost both parents in the coronavirus pandemic. Under the scheme, “Ashirvad” (blessing) 2,500 rupees will be given every month to such orphans. A comprehensive package divides beneficiaries into three categories — children who haveContinue Reading
French statesman Robert Schuman, known as the “Father of Europe” for his role in creating the institutions that became the European Union, has been put on the path towards possible sainthood by the Catholic Church. Pope Francis on Saturday approved a decree declaring the “heroic virtues″ of Schuman, a devoutContinue Reading
Rome : In light of a report that China’s rapidly aging population has caused Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials to consider eliminating government-imposed birth restrictions in 2025, a human rights advocate has asked: why wait? After vigorously imposing a one-child policy from 1980 to 2016, CCP officials have discussed theContinue Reading
By Hussein Yassine Beirut: Pope Francis has received a wooden crucifix made from debris collected in the aftermath of the Beirut Port explosion. The crucifix was created by Mario Khoury using the shattered wood of the doors and windows of the Maronite Archdiocese of Beirut, which was heavily damaged duringContinue Reading
By Suchitra New Delhi: A fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in Okhla’s Madanpur Khadar destroyed over 50 temporary shanties and displaced nearly 270 people. Although nobody is certain about what started the fire at about 11.30 pm on June 12, many refugees claim that “they were targeted.” Rohingya refugeesContinue Reading
Chandigarh: Iconic sprinter Milkha Singh, who died of Covid-19 complications, was cremated in Chandigarh on June 19 evening with full state honors. Federal Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Union Territory Administrator V P Singh Badnore and Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh were among those present at theContinue Reading
By Kanika Gupta New Delhi: Earlier this month, Noor Aisha, a 55-year-old Rohingya refugee, died from COVID-19 complications at a government hospital in Indian-administered Kashmir. Aisha was among more than 200 refugees arrested three months ago and jailed in the Himalayan region’s Kathua district for living in India “illegally”. “MyContinue Reading
Mumbai: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) has opposed the bail plea filed by Jesuit activist Father Stan Swamy in the Bombay High Court. The probe agency said the priest, accused in the Elgar Parishad case, was a “Maoist” who was engaged in activities to spread Maoism, and that he wasContinue Reading
