Matters India Reporter Darjeeling, September 22, 2020 — A college in the Darjeeling hills hosted an on-line lecture on making sense of contemporary Indian scenario on September 22. An alumnus of Salesian College Sonada in the Darjeeling hills currently professor at Salesian University Rome gave the 11th Verzotto Memorial lectureContinue Reading
By Dipali Banka Kolkata, Sept 21, 2020: A 17-year-old boy, Divesh Goyal, of Don Bosco Park Circus, Kolkata has been walking around with a placard in Girish Park and Vivekananda Road crossing in shorts that says “I wasn’t touched or followed shorts aren’t the problem” and uses the hashtag #WhatIfItsYourBrother.Continue Reading
Hyderabad, September 16, 2020: Its proved that extreme poverty and rural background are not an impediment to making a mark in the country’s toughest entrance exam. As many as 432 social and 274 students of social and tribal welfare residential educational institutions have qualified in IIT- JEE Mains 2020 andContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Patna, Sept 16, 2020: A renowned environmentalist in India on September 16 lauded a Jesuit college in Patna, Bihar, for selecting an annual theme that seeks to strengthen emission reduction. “The Earth is in trouble and calls for sustained efforts to combat climate change and environmentalContinue Reading
Chennai, Sept 13, 2020: Four students, who had to appear for the highly competitive NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test), committed suicide the first week of September in Tamil Nadu. The entrance exam for medical courses was held September 13 across the country amid a surge in coronavirus cases. TwoContinue Reading
Guwahati, Sept 13, 2020: A seven-member youth team led by an Indian has bagged the first prize in an international 48 hours virtual Hackathon. The team, ‘Mind and Health Innovations (MAHI),’ led by Deep Jyoti Gurung from Assam, won the ‘MIT Covid-19 challenge: India turning the tide,’ organized by theContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Nirjuli, Sept 12, 2020: A young woman from a small town in Arunachal Pradesh has set up a roadside ‘Street Library’ with just a rack loaded with books and couple of wooden benches for readers to sit. “It is only 10 days since we set up thisContinue Reading
Matters India Reporter Mumbai, September 10, 2020 — Youth workers in Mumbai have come up with on-line youth centres connecting marginalised children not only in their neighbourhood but also from Don Bosco institutions across India with no extra cost. Some 1,000 children across India (Mumbai, Pune, UP, MP, Bihar andContinue Reading
Ontario, Sept 9, 2020: International pop star Justin Bieber has once again opened up about his Christian faith, declaring that he seeks to “walk in the plans God has” for him. On Instagram, the 26-year-old Canadian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist recalled how his values became skewed after rising to globalContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panaji, Sept 5, 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic could not dampen the spirit of expressing teacher-student relationship in schools. Some parents and students of Sarada Mandir School in Goa’s Miramar found a new way to greet the teachers on September 5, the Teacher’s Day. “The parents cameContinue Reading
