Matters India Reporter Manila, April 3, 2020 — A student of theology in the Philippines has come up with a novel way to reach young people through his video ministry covering hot topics for youth. Young people in Cambodia receive invitations from this first year student of theology Salesian clericContinue Reading
Kolkata, March 18, 2020: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on March 18 lashed out at what she called “irresponsible behavior” by those who “claim VIP status.” Her outburst was triggered by the teen son of a civil service officer in Kolkata, who had returned from the UK on MarchContinue Reading
By Felix Anthony Miao, March 6, 2020: Around 150 students from six schools in Arunachal Pradesh on March 6 drew more than 3,000 paintings of butterfly on stones in one hour in their bid to enter the Indian Book of Records. The students aged between five and 15 from MiaoContinue Reading
By Lydia O’Kane Vatican city, March 5, 2020: It’s two years until the next World Youth Day, which will take place in the city of Lisbon in 2022 and in that intervening time, Pope Francis is inviting young people to reflect on the themes for the diocesan World Youth DaysContinue Reading
By Sr.Tamizh Arasi, FMA Chennai, March 2, 2020: A group of Sisters organized faith formation program for youth on the history of the early Church with group study, faith sharing, expo, and quiz, recently in Chennai and Bangalore. The Salesian Sisters of Chennai Province had the Mega Expo on ‘ActsContinue Reading
Matters india Reporter Guwahati, March 2, 2020 — Governor of Assam, Shri Jagdish Mukhi, inaugurated a 7-day Tribal Youth Exchange Program at Don Bosco Institute. The National Service Scheme (NSS) in collaboration with Don Bosco Institute is organizing the 7-days Tribal Youth Exchange Program from 2nd to 8th March 2020Continue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 21, 2020: An aided school in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala, allegedly insisted on revealing the caste and religion of a child for giving admission in first-standard. St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School at Pattom, which is among the largest schools in Asia in terms of students’ strength, has been caughtContinue Reading
By Madan Sual Singh Chennai, Feb 19, 2020: Social Workers’ Association for Staff and Students and Subalterns’ Alliance for Peace (SAP) organized a two-day “National Conference on Peace and Justice: A Subaltern Perspective. A subaltern is someone with a low ranking in a social, political, or other hierarchy. It canContinue Reading
New Delhi, Feb 18, 2020: The Delhi government plans to enroll 17,000 entrepreneurs as volunteers to help hone the “entrepreneurial mindset” among school students. Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia on February 18 directed the Entrepreneurship Mindset Curriculum (EMC) to engage the volunteers. “We need to create aContinue Reading
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai, Feb 14, 2020: Police in India have reunited thousands of missing and trafficked children with their families using a new facial recognition app that campaigners said was a “game changer” in tackling the problem. Tens of thousands of children go missing every year in India andContinue Reading
