New Delhi: India is interested in ensuring that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin gets the endorsements from the World Health Organisation without delay. Sources informed that top diplomats of the Ministry of External Affairs are studying the matter to ensure recognition from WHO and European Union for the indigenous vaccine which isContinue Reading
Surajpur: Chhattisgarh’s Surajpur district collector on May 22 apologised after a video of him hitting a man for a Covid-19 norm violation during the lockdown went viral on social media. Shortly after a video went viral on social media, the district collector apologized and blamed the man for his “insolentContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Darjeeling: A group of ten Non Government Organizations (NGO) in the hills have come together to fight Covid 19 with a 15 week Well Being Campaign. Their slogans include: ‘Bring Back the Smiles’, and ‘We Build Each Other. “Using the hashtags #Bringbackthesmiles #Webuildeachother, the Well Being CampaignContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji: A call from Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao of Goa to help the government struggling to curb rising Covid cases seems to have done wonders among his people in the western Indian state. Parishes and Church centers now vie with each other to set up CovidContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Koraput: Panic has spread among Christians in an Odisha village after some 150 armed demolished a church under construction. “Out of fear we had to remain in one house to escape being attacked,” Debo Bhoi, one of the Christians in Bodoguda, a village in Koraput district, toldContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi: The Catholic Church has welcomed Kerala Chief Minister taking over the portfolio involving minorities’ welfare. Vijayan is the first chief minister to handle the department since its creation 13 years ago. The decision not to entrust the portfolio to ministers hailing from the minority communityContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Rourkela: Religious priests and nuns have joined the diocese Rourkela in Odisha state to dispel fear and depression from Covid patients while treating their disease. “I find God’s compassionate care and service from the sisters, priests, doctors and nurses,” says Etwari Barla, a Covid patient in CatholicContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena Bhubaneswar: Veteran environmental activist Sunderlal Bahuguna died May 21 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rishikesh. He was 94. Bahuguna was admitted to the hospital on May 8 after testing Covid-19 positive. According to the hospital director Ravikant, the nonagenarian leader died at 12:05 pm.Continue Reading
Irudhaya Jothi Kolkata: Father Stan Swamy on May 21 rejected a proposal to admit him in a hospital but demanded interim bail to return to his residence in Ranchi, eastern India. The 84-year Jesuit tribal activist made the demand during a video conference with the Bombay High Court from theContinue Reading
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJP) leader Tejashwi Yadav on May 19 declared that he has set up a COVID Care Centre at his official bungalow and urged the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar to provide assistance for upgrade of the facilities available there. Mr Yadav, leader of the opposition inContinue Reading