By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, March 31, 2020: A Muslim center, blamed for adding to the spread of coronavirus in the country, says the criticism is misplaced as it has followed all government instructions to contain the pandemic. Several groups, including some Muslim organizations, have condemned the Tablighi JamaatContinue Reading
By Purushottam Nayak Bamunigam, March 31, 2020: Police in Odisha have arrested a pastor and the secretary of a church for conducting prayers with people’s participation in violation of the countrywide lockdown norms to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The incident occurred on March 27 in a Baptist church at Tajungia,Continue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Geneva, March 28, 2020: The World Council of Churches (WCC) and Regional Ecumenical Organizations (REOs) have affirmed the urgency of standing together to protect life amid the COVID-19 pandemic. All regions in the ecumenical movement around the world, including the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), issuedContinue Reading
By M L Satyan Bengaluru, March 25, 2020: Many people in Bengaluru got a shock on March 24 when the headline in the daily newspaper read: “In Karnataka curfew extended till the midnight of 31st March.” The state government had made no prior announcement about this. The news also saidContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Thiruvananthapuram, March 24, 2020: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has welcomed as a “morale booster” the Catholic Church’s offer of its healthcare institutions to the state to fight the coronavirus. “I am grateful to the Church for offering the needed help at this critical time,” VijayanContinue Reading
Bergamo, March 24, 2020: An Italian priest who gave a respirator to a younger coronavirus patient he did not know has died of the disease. Father Giuseppe Berardelli, 72, died in hospital in Lovere, Bergamo – one of the worst-hit cities in Italy. At least 50 Catholic priests have reportedlyContinue Reading
New Delhi, March 14, 2020: The Delhi Police on March 24 cleared the Shaheen Bagh protest site amid the coronavirus outbreak, bringing curtains down on the three-month-old agitation led by Muslim women against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act. A total of nine protesters, including six women, were detained and takenContinue Reading
By James Martin New York, March 24, 2020: Last summer I underwent radiation treatment. And every time I passed through the doorway marked “Radiation Oncology,” my heart seemed to skip a beat. While I was in little danger (my tumor was benign, and, yes, one sometimes needs radiation for that),Continue Reading
Darjeeling, March 23, 2020: Darjeeling’s century-old bakery handed out free bread and bakery items to children on March 23, on the eve of West Bengal shutdown to contain coronavirus. Glenary’s Bakery and Restaurant has promised to continue to supply food to charitable organizations in the shutdown weeks ahead. Located atContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 21, 2020: A day after 12 people tested positive for coronavirus in Kerala, the police on March 21 filed cases against the authorities of three places of worship for conducting prayers and allowing crowds to gather in their premises despite directions not to do so, as part ofContinue Reading
