Ahmedabad: Police have arrested 46 people for taking out a religious procession at a village in Gandhinagar district to “eradicate coronavirus”, an official said on May 6. This is the second such incident in Gujarat in the last few of days. All COVID-19 prevention norms were allegedly violated during theContinue Reading
Washington D.C.: Catholic aid groups are mobilizing relief efforts in India, as the country is gripped by a worsening outbreak of the coronavirus. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Caritas India are on the ground in the subcontinent, and are administering aid. “In India and elsewhere, CRS and our Church partnersContinue Reading
According to multiple news reports this week, a Catholic priest in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, has been using his pulpit to spread deadly conspiracy theories about masks and vaccines. On Palm Sunday, Fr James Altman preached that COVID-19 health guidelines are “godless, Nazi-esque controls,” telling parishioners, “Let us be clear: God damnsContinue Reading
Washington: An Indian-American group led by several doctors, who trace their origin to Bihar and Jharkhand, has launched a free telemedicine helpline for COVID-19 patients back home. Led by Dr Avinash Gupta, who is president of Bihar and Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA), and several of Indian-American doctors, theContinue Reading
Geneva: The World Health Organization chief voiced alarm April 26 at India’s record-breaking wave of Covid-19 cases and deaths, saying the organisation was rushing to help address the crisis. “The situation in India is beyond heartbreaking,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters. His comments came as India battles a catastrophic coronavirusContinue Reading
New Delhi: Delhi High Court April 19 said both central and Delhi governments failed miserably to deal with the crisis of migrant workers during the nationwide lockdown last year and expressed its concerns on the Covid-related issues like oxygen shortage, and reverse migration of migrant labourers. A Division Bench ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 18 wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, listing five suggestions to tackle the Covid-19 vaccine shortage in India, which is currently fighting the second wave of the deadly virus. The former PM acknowledged the cloud of uncertainty among the people ofContinue Reading
New Delhi: Delhi residents who have visited the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar or are planning to do so will have to undergo compulsory 14-day home quarantine on their return and upload their details on an official website, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority said in an order. The ongoing Kumbh MelaContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Bhubaneswar: A Catholic nun wants the Church and society to urgently reach out to poor migrant laborers as India is reeling under the second wave of coronavirus. Migrant laborers “continue to fall on prey to road accident, sickness, starvation and death,” laments Sister Sujata Jena, whoContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru: Coronavirus has become the ‘talk of the world’ since December 2019. This deadly virus, also known as “Covid-19,” originated from the city of Wuhan in China and has now reached every part of the world. The first wave was felt strongly all over the world,Continue Reading
