Persecution has been widespread across India and China even during the pandemic, but things are only likely to get worse in 2021, Release International has warned. The charity, which supports persecuted Christians worldwide, says that China has “bought the silence of the international community” through trade relations. This year hasContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Brussels: India was listed the fifth most dangerous country for journalists by the largest organization for media persons in the world. The International Federation of Journalists reports that as many as 2,658 journalists have been murdered all over the world in the past 30 years. TheContinue Reading
New Delhi: India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020 and is in the ‘serious’ hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes, lack of effective monitoring, siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking. Last year, India’s rankContinue Reading
Fr. J. Felix Raj, SJFr. J. Felix Raj, SJ Kolkata, August 16, 2020: India completed 73 years as an Independent nation on August 15. With a total population of 138.13 crore as of August 7, 2020, which is 17.7 per cent of the world’s population, India is the largest democracyContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter New Delhi, May 13, 2020: India has become the 12th nation worst affected by Covid-19 in the world, just behind China where the pandemic first broke out. As on May 13, India recorded nearly 78,000 positive cases and more than 2,500 deaths, whereas China had someContinue Reading
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 11, 2019: Despite a vast cleanliness drive and sterilization initiatives, “God’s own country”, Kerala, continues to be a safe haven for stray dogs, if the latest figures released by the state government are any indication. According to the government, more than 130,000 people have suffered stray dog bitesContinue Reading
By Sarrah Do women need men to conquer the world? It is famously said that there is a woman behind every successful man but only women by themselves behind these successful women. Mother Teresa was an ambassador for the power of unconditional love. As the founder of Missionaries of CharityContinue Reading
By Matters India Reporter Panama City, Jan. 27, 2019: Pope Francis says he is still keen to visit India, a country he keeps in his heart and for which he deeply cares. This was the answer the Pope gave to a question asked by an Indian youth delegate on JanuaryContinue Reading
Shillong, Dec. 13, 2018: A Meghalaya High Court judge stirred controversy after he wrote a judgement that said India should have been declared a “Hindu country.” Since partition of the subcontinent, during Independence, was done on the basis of religion, “Pakistan declared that it was an Islamic country… India shouldContinue Reading
Commission suggests certain measures in marriage and divorce that should be uniformly accepted in the personal laws of all religions.Continue Reading
