By Ivan Fernandes Bangkok, Dec 10, 2022: The Covid-19 pandemic which began at the end of 2019 has caused “serious hardship” relating to domestic violence, sexual abuse, increased child labor exploitation and mental health to children and adolescents, particularly girls, says a new study by nuns from four congregations. TheContinue Reading
By Christopher Khoo Singapore, Oct 28, 2021: When will all this end? I remember asking myself this several times last year as the Covid-19 pandemic dragged on week after week, month after month. And then, when it looked as if the clouds were lifting and infection rates dropping, another surgeContinue Reading
By Lavina D’Souza Ministry Mumbai, Oct 25, 2021: Crossing a river or stream to reach certain villages used to be part of my local travels when I served in a village in the interior of India a few years ago. And many times when I reached midway in the stream,Continue Reading
Bengaluru: The Latin Catholic Church in India will hold a one-hour National Prayer Service on August 7 to pray for the health of the world. The prayer will be conducted from the tombs of St. Thomas, St. Francis Xavier and St. Teresa of Kolkata and from the Marian Basilicas ofContinue Reading
By Ittoop Panikulam Mumbai: We are eagerly waiting to get over with Covid-19 episode and return to normalcy. Or is this going to be the new normal? Coronavirus in one way or the other is entwined with the element of air. Now masked noses are the most common sights coveringContinue Reading
By Emily Schmall and Karan Deep Singh AGRA: From a rickety fishing boat on the Yamuna River, Sumit Chaurasia points out how the setting tangerine sun catches the sparkle of the mother-of-pearl embedded in the Taj Mahal, India’s majestic monument to love. For a decade, Mr. Chaurasia, 35, has madeContinue Reading
New Delhi: A parliamentary panel on June 22 asked the Ministry of Women and Child Development to conduct a survey on the impact of the pandemic on anganwadi services and malnutrition levels among children. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports chaired by Rajya Sabha MPContinue Reading
Sujata Jena India continues to grapple with the second wave of COVID-19: hospitals are running out of beds, patients are running out of oxygen and people are running out of hope. As of June 11, within the previous 24 hours India had reported 94,052 daily new COVID-19 cases with 6,148Continue Reading
By L. Bhushan Mumbai: One Day International Conference titled “Looking at the Pandemic Through Gender Lens” was organized by the Women Development and Empowerment Cell (WDEC), KES Shroff College in collaboration with Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), Government of Maharashtra and Beti Bachao Abhiyan, Department of Students’ Development, Shivaji University,Continue Reading
Vatican City: The Vatican said on May 26 that it hopes the coronavirus pandemic will “further unite” Catholics and Buddhists in service of the suffering. In its annual message for the Buddhist feast of Vesakh, issued May 26, the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said that the virus challenged followersContinue Reading