The bodies of two Jesuit priests and a tour guide shot dead this week in a gang-ravaged area of northern Mexico were found on Wednesday after a major search, authorities said.The three were killed on Monday after a suspected run-in with a wanted drug trafficker in the border state of Chihuahua, a crime that drew […]
An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has left at least 1,000 people dead. The quake struck shortly after 2:30 AM India Time on Wednesday. Heavy rain and strong winds were major hurdles to search and rescue efforts late Wednesday. The massive earthquake killed more than 1,000 and injured more than 1,600, government officials said. The earthquake […]
A 16-year-old boxer and class 9 student from Arunachal Pradesh was buried alive by a landslide, triggered by heavy downpour near Itanagar earlier this week. Schoolmates and family are devastated. His isn’t the only life lost to landslides happening in the hilly regions of the Northeast . The incident took place at Sood village when […]
“The narrative of religious intolerance and hatred has swept the country unfortunately.” The United Christian Forum (UCF) has written a letter to the Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs John Barla, calling attention to the ‘failure’ of police and district administrations in several states to ‘investigate and prosecute mobs and perpetrators.’ UCF has also […]
Norm Macdonald was the funniest comedian in his time among those who stayed out of political controversies. His specialty was pointing out how uncomfortable we are facing the reality of our human limits, moral and intellectual, as opposed to the fantasies we embrace eagerly in our flight from mortality. He was never far from the […]
Social rights activist and writer CEDRIC PRAKASH SJ reminds us that June 18 is the very first INTERNATIONAL DAY for COUNTERING HATE SPEECH The decision by the United Nations General Assembly to declare 18 June as the International Day for Countering Hate Speech (beginning this year 2022) is significant. It comes at a special moment […]
Food security in several parts of the Northeast is a real problem right now. Hunger is at the very door of thousands of people in Assam and neighbouring states. Five days ago, local newspapers were warning their administrations that a massive scarcity of food grains is likely to hit Mizoram, Tripura and South Assam. Surface […]
Peace Activist Cedric Praksah SJ reflects on some key issues that must be addressed with urgency and commitment. Do we have the guts to go out there and tackle the real, uncomfortable issues? Today, the fifth of June, the world is once again be ‘celebrating’ ‘World Environment Day’! There will be the usual plethora of […]
Today is World Environment day. A ‘National Summer Camp ‘ held at Prayagraj [Allahabad] this week [June 1- 5] was one of the many ways that Tarumitra, India’s largest youth environment movement is celebrating World Environment Day. The World Environment Week Celebrations, was organized by Tarumitra Prayagraj and attended by student representatives of various high […]
In 1953, a 16-year old Muslim actress was delivering a dialogue on stage, when she was shot at. the bullet missed her and hit the stage curtains. The man who tried to shoot Nilambur Ayisha a religious conservative who wanted to drive home a point: Muslim women shouldn’t be actors. “It missed me and hit […]
A new species of dragonfly has been named after two women who are agents of change in the Northeast! It’s great news as we move towards World Environment day. A North-eastern news site has reported that a new species of dragonfly, the ‘Brahmaputra Picktail’ – has been christened ‘Platygomphus Benritarum’. Shantanu Joshi and Anuja Mittal […]
A major concern among non- heterosexual persons and communities is the insensitivity of the press , when it comes to reporting on LGBTQIA issues. As far as mainstream press reporting in India is concerned, in most cases, journalists are not even aware that that are being insensitive. Queer Chennai Chronicles and The News Minute have […]
