COVID spreading in rural India with record daily rises in infections, deaths; churches to hold day of prayer and healing
Bengalaru, IndiaReuters India reported a record 412,262 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and a record 3,980 daily death toll, as a second wave of infections swamps the health system and spreads from cities into the vast countryside. COVID-19 infections in the world’s second most populous nation have surged past 21 million, with a death toll […]
More than 50 per cent spike in aggression against Christians in India – report
New Delhi, IndiaMorning Star News Cases of hate and violence against Christians in India increased 57 per cent the first two months of this year compared with the same period last year, an advocacy group reported. The Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Religious Liberty Commission documented 77 incidents of hate and targeted violence against Christians in […]
Jharkhand the latest Indian state to pass ‘anti-conversion bill’
World Watch Monitor The Indian state of Jharkhand passed an “anti-conversion bill” at its Assembly meeting on 12th August, despite demands that the bill should be sent to a select committee for further scrutiny. “This is not normal,” Indian journalist Anto Akkara told World Watch Monitor. “It shows the growing arrogance of the Hindu nationalists.” […]
India’s churches also targeted on Palm Sunday, but Modi stays silent
World Watch Monitor India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticised for condemning the Palm Sunday attacks on churches in Egypt but failing to condemn attacks in his own country. On the same day that two churches were bombed in Egypt, five churches in India – in five different states – were targeted with services disrupted, pastors […]
INDIA: PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS INCREASES DRAMATICALLY IN FIRST HALF OF 2016, SAYS REPORT
A new report finds there has been a significant escalation of the persecution of Christians in India in the first half of 2016. Morning Star News reports…