It was three weeks ago when journalists combing obituary pages in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat found authorities were concealing Covid-19 deaths that people started asking hard questions about the real number of Indian coronavirus fatalities. Now, epidemiologists and scientists around the world are struggling to solveContinue Reading
strong>Telangana: A doctor in Hyderabad has been treating people for just ₹ 10 with the intention to provide medical care at an affordable price to the economically backward classes of the society. Since 2018, Dr Victor Emmanuel has been treating the poor at his Hyderabad clinic for rupees 10. PeopleContinue Reading
Aligarh: The death count in the Aligarh hooch tragedy climbed to 36 on May 31 with 11 more deaths being confirmed by the district authorities amid apprehension that it may rise further. Viscera samples of 35 other people, who are suspected to have died after consuming spurious liquor, have beenContinue Reading
Kochi: The gangrape of 14-year-old Christian girl Sunita Masih by Muslim zealots in Pakistan’s Faisalabad early this week has left the Christian community in Kerala appalled and speechless. Sunita was not only gangraped but was subjected to the worst kind of physical torture in an incident which brought back memoriesContinue Reading
Pithoragarh: Residents of a tribal village in Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh fled to a nearby forest area when a team of district health workers came to the village recently for COVID-19 testing. Kuta Chaurani village is inhabited by Banrawats – an endangered tribe. The tribals fled to the adjoining forest on gettingContinue Reading
Kochi: Cardinal George Alencherry has completed 10 years of service as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church. He observed the anniversary of his assumption of office with no public celebrations and offered Mass on May 29 at the Mount St Thomas Chapel, Kakkanad. The Synod of the Syro-Malabar ChurchContinue Reading
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
