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Myanmar’s Junta soldiers are ‘terrorists’

More and more people on social media are describing the military junta responsible for the coup d’état and its soldiers as “terrorists.” The label is not only used to counter the military regime’s use of the “terrorist” label against its opposition, but reflects a broadly held view in the population that the military is reverting […]

Indian court favours nun’s petition to ban offensive movie

Delhi High Court has directed the federal Information and Broadcasting Ministry to expeditiously consider a Catholic nun’s demand to ban a movie accused of portraying priests and nuns as “sex maniacs”. The direction from the state court of the national capital came on May 17 while it was hearing a petition from Sister Jessy Mani, […]

Indian guru’s aide accuses medical chief of Christian conspiracy

A day after the Indian Medical Association (IMA) took yoga guru Baba Ramdev to task for remarks criticizing allopathy, his aide Acharya Balkrishna claimed that IMA president Johnrose Jayalal was conspiring to convert the country to Christianity. Last week Ramdev in a video clip had said that allopathy — the treatment of disease by drugs […]

India’s top court demands help for migrant workers

India’s Supreme Court has intervened for the third time in a year after it learned of the plight of migrant workers during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The apex court said on May 24 that its main concern is that benefits and schemes meant for migrant workers must reach them. The court also […]

Land dispute hits Christian cemetery in northern India

A land dispute in Ghaziabad district of India’s Uttar Pradesh state is preventing the Christian community from using a cemetery as the country reels from the Covid-19 pandemic. “Even today, two of our members died of Covid-19 and we are running from pillar to post of the administration office to perform the last rites. If […]

St John’s guides Odisha diocese on Covid-19

St John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, a prestigious Church institution in Bengaluru, has begun guiding a diocese in Odisha in Covid protocol behaviour. “My diocese is grateful to St John’s Medical College helping us to deal with the present crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic,” Bishop Niranjan Sualsingh of Sambalpur told Matters India May […]