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
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
