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
By: Matters India Reporter Kettering (UK ) Nov 7,2019: Fr Wilson Kottathil, a Catholic priest belonging to the Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales (MSFS) congregation has passed away in the early hours of Nov 7. He was 51. Fr Wilson was serving as a Parish priest in the DioceseContinue Reading
By Christopher White Rome, October 24, 2019: Catholic bishops are not fully utilizing Church law to maximize the role of women in decision making capacities, Cardinal Oswald Gracias said on October 23. While acknowledging that women are unable to hear confession, say Mass, or administer confirmation, “she can do practicallyContinue Reading
Thimphu, Oct. 18, 2019: An Indian tourist has been detained by police in Bhutan for allegedly desecrating a holy spot in Dochula. The accused, identified as Abhijit Ratan Hajare from Maharashtra, had been travelling across the Bhutanese countryside with a 15-bike convoy. The team was led by a Bhutanese national,Continue Reading
By Santosh Digal Manila, October 15, 2019: The Indian diaspora in the Philippines is all set to meet President Ram Nath Kovind in Manila this week. “We are excited to meet and interact with our president here. It is a great feeling to see one’s president,” Manpreet Singh, an IndianContinue Reading
New Delhi, Oct. 14, 2019: Indian-origin Abhijit Banerjee was among three who have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics for their work which has “dramatically improved our ability to fight poverty in practice.” The award was announced October 14. The awardees are Banerjee’s wife one-time doctorate student EstherContinue Reading
