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
By: Smitha George London, April 2, 2020: COVID-19 has claimed the life of a 73-year-old Indian member of the Missionaries of Charity in the United Kingdom. Sister Sienna was admitted to Morriston Hospital in Swansea with complications of the viral infection and succumbed to the illness on April 1. TheContinue Reading
By Jenny Snarski Father Shaji Pazhukkathara was born in the northern part of the Indian state of Kerala, on the southwest tip of the peninsula. “Kerala” means “land of coconut” – significant, as the state, with its 600 kilometers of Arabian Sea shoreline, is well known for beaches lined withContinue Reading
New York, March 5, 2020: An Indian-origin doctor pleaded guilty to illegally giving controlled substances to six patients, including one who suffered from opioid addiction and later died of a drug overdose. Gurpreet Singh Bajwa, 49 of Fairfax, Virginia temporarily lost his medical license in 2012 following an investigation byContinue Reading
