By Isaac Gomes Kolkata: India is the largest manufacturer of vaccines in the world. For years, it has manufactured and exported more vaccines than any other country. The Serum Institute of India is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, producing more than 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca and Oxford vaccineContinue Reading
By Fr Cedric Prakash Ahmedabad: Pope Francis has once again thrown a challenge to Catholic Communicators in his annual message for ‘World Communications Day’ which this year falls on Sunday May 16. In his typically direct yet profound way, he focuses his message on the theme ‘“Come and See” (JnContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar Mumbai: On a single January day in 1997 India vaccinated 127 million children against polio. The following year, another 134 million were vaccinated in a single day. No Aarogya Sethu, no Cowin, no OTP, no running from hospital to hospital, no PM’s photo on anything. India hasContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: The global pandemic – Covid-19 – is neither a natural calamity nor an accident. It is a well-planned disaster with a specific goal. Global Crime: A group of over 500 medical doctors in Germany called ‘Doctors for Information’ made a shocking statement during a nationalContinue Reading
By Sujata Jena India is leading the world in the number of coronavirus infections. On May 2, Reuters reported that India’s new daily COVID-19 cases passed 400,000 for the first time, as the second wave worsened. Reuters reported May 6 with information from India’s Health Ministry that a “record 412,262Continue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: This first May (2021) was the 400th anniversary of birth of the Ninth Sikh Guru Tegh Bahadurji. Guruji has a very important place in the consolidation of Sikhism; he was also the one who sacrificed his life for the sake of principles. As such Sikhism, theContinue Reading
By Don Aguiar. Mumbai: For the past couple of weeks India is suddenly facing a big shortage of medical Oxygen supply, while the government and the ministers deny and say all is ok. A few things which will probably make things clear. Industrial and medical oxygen are produced in sameContinue Reading
By George Cheriyan Bengaluru: The oldest surviving bishop in the world, Philipose Mar Chrysostom, the emeritus Metropolitan (supreme head) of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, passed away in the early morning of May 5 in Kumbanadu, Kerala at the age of 104. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan inContinue Reading
By Francis Sunil Rosario Kolkata: As Bengal struggled to have the right leadership for over a month, all the calculations, all the predictions to dethrone the ruling government went wrong. Our Didi emerged as a pragmatic, down to earth politician to lead Bengal once again through her hat-trick win inContinue Reading
By Ram Puniyani Mumbai: Currently (April 2021) India is passing through its worst period as Covid-19 Phase II is at its peak, with high rate of infectivity and mortality. The shortage of beds, Oxygen, test facilities and medicines is the cause of concern all over. The victims and their familiesContinue Reading