By Santosh Digal Manila, April 29, 2020: An Indian Vincentian priest is left alone in a major seminary in Ethiopia, Africa, due to the COVID-19 lockdown. “I was supposed to return to my province, India, by the end of June after completing my classes in Philosophy and theological institute. However,Continue Reading
New York, April 28, 2020: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is urging that the State Department add India to its list of nations with uniquely poor records on protecting freedom to worship – while proposing to remove Sudan and Uzbekistan from that list. The bipartisan commission, created inContinue Reading
Dubai, April 24, 2020: The owner of Kerala’s biggest house died of a massive heart attack far away from home in Dubai. The death on April 23 was confirmed people close to Joy Arakkal, owner of the Arakkal Palace in Kerala’s Waynad district. He was 54. Arakkal was the managingContinue Reading
Derby, UK: The first Sikh to work as an emergency medicine consultant in the UK died on April 20 after contracting Covid-19, a National Health Service(NHS) trust has said. Manjeet Riyat was known by his colleagues at the Royal Derby Hospital as the “father of the emergency department”. Mr Riyat,Continue Reading
Washington, April 21, 2020: US President Donald Trump on Apirl 20 appointed Indian-American Sudarsanam Babu to the country’s top science board. Mr Babu, who is from the prestigious Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has been appointed as a member of the National Science Board for a six-year term, the WhiteContinue Reading
Sharjah: An Indian family in the UAE was forced to watch the funeral of their 15-year-old son via live-streaming on social media as they could not accompany his body flown to their native state of Kerala due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions. Born on Easter in 2004, Jeuel G. Jomay lostContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, April 14, 2020: The Nepal unit of the Gandhi Peace Foundation has honored two Indian Christians for their service to the poor affected by the nationwide lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The foundation applauded James Massey, secretary, All India Christian Congress and BaptistContinue Reading
By Smitha George London, April 10, 2020: The COVID-19 death toll in United Kingdom has reached nearly 9,000. At least 17 workers in National Health Service have so far died from the coronavirus. Mother Teresa Sister Sienna, Indian doctors Hamza Pacheeri and Jitendra Rathod, nurse Beena George, and care workerContinue Reading
Cardiff(UK), April 7,2020: An experienced and admired heart surgeon has died in an intensive care unit in Wales in UK after testing positive for Covid-19. Jitendra Rathod, a 62-year-old father of two, died at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on April 6. Rathod was an associate specialist inContinue Reading
Ireland, April 5, 2020: An Indian nurse fighting the dreaded corona virus in Ireland died on April 5 in the line of service after contracting the disease. Beena George 58, hails from Kuruppantara, Kottayam in the state of Kerala. Her husband George Paul and kids are now in quarantine. SheContinue Reading