Matters India Reporter New Delhi: Several food rights activists in India have applauded a Vatican official’s call to rebuild the world’s food systems to make it more resilient, inclusive and sustainable. “We have the potential to embark on this journey together, taking this unique Covid crisis as a unique opportunity,”Continue Reading
By L. Bhushan Mumbai: One Day International Conference titled “Looking at the Pandemic Through Gender Lens” was organized by the Women Development and Empowerment Cell (WDEC), KES Shroff College in collaboration with Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), Government of Maharashtra and Beti Bachao Abhiyan, Department of Students’ Development, Shivaji University,Continue Reading
By Jessy Joseph New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has applauded a Catholic parish for allowing the cremation of Hindu Covid victim in its cemetery. “The action of Edathua church to allow the pyre of a Covid -19 patient, who was not a member of the parish, is laudable,”Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi: The Indian Catholic Press Association (ICPA) on May 27 mourned the passing away of Father Cheriyan Nereveetil, former chief editor of Sathyadeepam (Light of Truth), an Institutional member of the organization. The 49-year-old priest died on May 27 from head injuries sustained in aContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: Father Cheriyan Nereveetil, a former editor of Kerala’s leading Church weekly who had donated one of his kidneys to a poor girl, died on May 27 from head injuries sustained in a road accident two weeks ago. He was 49. The priest died of aContinue Reading
New Delhi: Social media giant Facebook on May 25 said it aimed to comply with the provisions of India’s new IT rules of intermediaries, which come into effect on May 26. The U.S.-headquartered firm added that it continued to discuss the issues related to the new guidelines with the government.Continue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Sambalpur: St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, a prestigious Church institution in Bengaluru, has begun guiding a diocese in Odisha in Covid protocol behavior. “My diocese is grateful to St. John’s Medical College helping us to deal with the present crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic,”Continue Reading
Bengaluru: All India Imams Council has urged the Karnataka government to extend to Muslim clerics and Christian priests the Covid relief compensation now given to Hindu priests. The Karnataka “government should immediately declare compensation to the staff and priests of mosques and churches, who are distraught due to lock downContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: A coaching centre owner in Jasdan town of Gujarat’s Rajkot district was arrested for allegedly breaking COVID-19 norms after police found more than 550 students in his premises during a raid, the police said on May 24. The raid on the centre took place on May 23 and itsContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: The first college Community Radio in North Bengal launched a creative initiative to mark 75th year of India’s Independence with what it calls ‘Azaadi Freedom Songs’ – a celebration of diversity and harmony. India snatched its freedom from British colonial rule on 15th August 1947.Continue Reading