By Denis Bedoya Canberra, Jan 23, 2020: A 98-year-old grandmother could be forced to leave her entire family behind as she faces being deported back to India after a 12-year battle for a visa. Esmeralda Rosario came to Australia in 2007 and was put on an indefinite bridging visa inContinue Reading
Washington, Jan. 15, 2020: For the first time, Sikhs in the US will be counted as a separate ethnic group in the 2020 census, an organisation of the minority community said on Tuesday, describing it as a milestone moment. President of the Sikh Society of San Diego Baljeet Singh saidContinue Reading
Texas, Dec 11. 2019: The Indian contingent of priests serving in the archdiocese of San Antonio, Texas, celebrated Thanksgiving with Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, at Immaculate Conception Church on November 24. Unlike the tri-monthly Indian priests’ gathering at various parishes, the celebration served the triple purpose of gratitude to God: forContinue Reading
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, the first Indian-American woman to run for the White House, dropped out of the race on Tuesday, citing lack of financial resources. In an email to supporters which was also published on medium.com, Kamala said her campaign “simply doesn’t have the financial resources we needContinue Reading
By Monika Weber Steinen, Nov 29, 2019: Indian Catholic priest Father Edwin John wants children to come together in parliaments. So they should be able to solve problems better. The idea now arrived at a workshop in Steinen, Germany. In 1977, Father John had an idea. He wanted children toContinue Reading
United Nations, Nov. 28, 2019: India continues to be the largest country of origin of international migrants with a 17.5 million-strong diaspora across the world, and it received the highest remittance of USD 78.6 billion from Indians living abroad, the UN migration agency said. The International Organisation for Migration saidContinue Reading
By Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas Ranchi, Nov 27, 2019: Not many coupes get the chance to receive blessings in private from the Pope on their wedding anniversary. This was actually what happened to Ofelia and Vepul Kaiser on their 30th wedding anniversary. Two Indian bishops who were in Rome in SeptemberContinue Reading
Mumbai, Nov. 18, 2019: A whopping 12,223 Indian nationals have died in various foreign countries in 17 months between January 2018 and May 2019, according to an RTI reply given by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). This comes to a shocking average of 719 Indians per month or 23-24Continue Reading
By Moumita Chaudhuri Kolkata, Nov 15, 2019: Time: 6 in the morning. Place: office of the National Anti-Trafficking Committee (NATC) in south Calcutta. The NATC is a non-government organization. There are seven men sitting around a square table. They have landed hours ago from Kuala Lumpur, where they were workingContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Kochi, Nov 13, 2019: The US-based National Geographic magazine has honored Kerala’s five “rebel” nuns by featuring them in its November issue. The 131-year-old magazine has hailed the endurance of Missionaries of Jesus Sisters Alphy Pallasseril, Ancitta Urumbil, Anupama Kelamangalathuveli, Josephine Villoonnickal, and Neena Rose inContinue Reading
