A message circulated in social media groups brought hope to Christians in India that there was some relief for 84 year old jailed Jesuit Stan Swamy, only to be dashed a few hours later. Jailed Jesuit tribal activist Father Stan Swamy was on May 18 briefly sent for a medical check-up to a hospital in […]
India’s ‘ longest serving Bishop’ , Dr. Philipose Mar Christostom, Metropolitan Emeritus of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian church , passed away on May 5. The funeral was held on Thursday, May 6. He had completed 103 years on April 27 this year. The Metropolitan Emeritus was ailing for a while and passed away at […]
If it was Father Gaston Roberge, who started Chitrabani in Calcutta and is known as the Communication Guru of Eastern India, it is Father Isaac Alappat who is the communication Guru of South India. The Catholic Church in South India bid farewell to one of its ablest communication gurus on Wednesday May 5th. Fr. Isaac […]
Even as India continues to report a daily covid-19 infection rate of over 350,000 and the media is replete with distress stories from all over the country, the Good News is that several Catholic dioceses and institutions have come forward to help the affected in whatever way they can. Only yesterday, somebody sent us the […]
One of India’s biggest e-commerce platforms – Snapdeal, along with four other Indian shopping complexes has featured in the 2020 ‘Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy’ issued by the Office of US Trade Representative. Snapdeal, according to the report, has recorded an increase in the volume of counterfeit products. “According to a November […]
It’s good news on Public Broadcasting Day! Radio lovers all over India breathed a sigh of relief when Prasar Bharati on Wednesday clarified that no All India Radio (AIR) station is being closed anywhere in any state across India. AIR is also piloting Digital radio transmission, the release said. Taking a serious note of what […]
From New Delhi to the North East, and From the Bangalore to Patna, hundreds of well-meaning, saddened, shocked and indignant protesters stood up for the arbitrary arrest of an 83 year old Jesuit who has spent most of his life to bring social justice to the tribal communities of Jharkhand. At around 4 in the […]
More than 3000 people including several legal luminaries and retired Justices have signed an open letter, expressing their disappointment with the Supreme Court ruling in the now volatile ‘Prashant Bhushan Contempt of Court case’. The Court has convicted a prominent lawyer, Prashant Bhushan, for his tweets. The letter says, ” The tweets were a bona […]
The government of Sikkim, in an effort to help the many migrant workers, mainly from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal , has directed their employers to pay them wages for the duration of the lockdown and has directed daily wagers’ landlords not to charge house rents for the same period. The order was issued on […]
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has recently extended the deadline of payment of insurance premium of its policyholders to April 15, 2020. In order to help policyholders pay their insurance premium within the stipulated time, the LIC has urged them to make their payments online by going to the official website of LIC. […]
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has announced that no domestic commercial flights would operate from March 24 midnight. It’s not clear when the flights will be resumed, since the directive said ‘until further orders.’ “No domestic commercial flight will operate in India from Wednesday onward. Airlines will have to land all their domestic passenger flights […]
While most of the middle class in India is going to be under some sort of lock-down for the next 15 days at least, it’s very likely that a lot of idle time is going to give the telecom department a headache. Binge watching, streaming your favourite shows is going to put a load on […]
