Mumbai: The Urban Community Development Centre (UCDC), Bandra, Mumbai, was honored, among others, by Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyarij for the selfless service during the Covid-19 pandemic. The ceremony took place on November 1 at the Governor’s House. UCDC is an NGO of the Society of the Divine Word (SVD)Continue Reading
Guwahati: Educational institutions in Assam will reopen November 2 after more than seven months with strict Covid-19 guidelines, officials has said. Only students from grades six to twelve will be allowed to attend and a Standard Operating Procedure or SOP has been issued that will need to be followed, accordingContinue Reading
New Delhi: Mithilesh Pandey finally caught an acting break this year. The 22-year-old is playing the deity Lord Ram in Ramlila, a yearly folk dramatisation of the Ramayana, a two millennia-old epic revered by Hindus. Ram is the hero of this enduring tale of familial obligations, loyalty, hardships and sacrifice.Continue Reading
By Lissy Kurian Panaji: Long before Covid-19 spread its tentacles across India, I had planned for my annual home vacation in November this year. Hence, I remained calm as the nation scored high and low in the number of Covid-19 patients. I hoped November would be a good time forContinue Reading
New Delhi: While working with Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India Office for Labor, I came to know closely the problems and issues faced by migrant laborers. On March 14, I was appointed secretary to the Commission for Migrants, Northern Region of India. I took office when Covid-19 had already spreadContinue Reading
Secunderabad: The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) has mourned the death of one of its members, Sister John Sahya Rani. She died of Covid-19 at the age of 51. She had been in the Intensive Care Unit for about 12 days and succumbed to Covid-19 at 4 pm onContinue Reading
New Delhi, Sept 23, 2020: Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi died September 23 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was hospitalized September 11 after he contracted COVID-19. He was 65. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party leader was a four-time Member ofContinue Reading
Thane, Sept 20, 2020: A 106-year-old woman from Maharashtra’s Thane district defeated Covid-19 and was discharged from hospital on September 20 with doctors and nurses giving her a warm farewell. With happiness writ large on her face, the unnamed woman proudly displayed her discharge certificate to the media before walkingContinue Reading
By Dr George Jacob Kochi, September 12, 2020: According to a report released by the National Statistical Office the other day, Kerala retained her illustrious sheen as the most literate among Indian states. Her literacy rate, according to the report was 96.2 percent, followed by Delhi with 89 percent. TheContinue Reading
New Delhi, Aug 27, 2020: Five members of the Great Andamanese tribe have tested positive for Covid-19. “We have shifted all the five to an isolation facility in Port Blair. Of these five persons, four are male and one female,” Avijit Roy, Nodal officer for COVID-19 and Deputy Director (Health),Continue Reading
