They also mentioned the isolation and stepmotherly attitude they face at the convent. “Covent authorities are not providing minimum requirements for our sustenance, including treatment. read more

Five nuns of the Missionaries of Jesus fell from the grace of their superiors after they supported a fellow nun when she levelled rape charges against former bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mullakkal. Leader of the five nuns, Sister Anupama, speaks to HT. read more

A 43-year-old nun, also a mother superior, had lodged a police complaint in June last year that Mullakkal had raped her 13 times between 2014 and 2016. read more

In its notice, Franciscan Clarist Congregation accused Sister Lucy Kalapura belonging to its St Mary’s province, Mananthavady, of leading a life, which was against the “principles of religious life” and the rule of congregation. read more

The gear, made using a novel fire and acid resistant material that DRDO is in the process of patenting, comes in three sizes--small, medium and large.  read more

India’s principal scientific advisor, professor K VijayRhaghavan, in a blogpost on Saturday night said the government has no role in selecting the speakers and the association has no filter on what scientists say. read more

While applauding the role of innovations in communication technology, Union minister for law and justice and electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad informed that digital payments have surged to eight folds in the last five years to... read more

A voluntary science body Saturday condemned the ‘Kauravas were test tube babies’ claim made in the Indian Science Congress held here, saying it was “wrong to mix mythology and science”. read more

India will begin research on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Quantum Computing under a national mission with a budget of Rs 3,660 crore . read more

Dr Kannan Jagathala Krishnan said if his theory is accepted, gravitational waves would be referred to as ‘Narendra Modi Waves’. read more

Andhra University vice-chancellor G Nageshwar Rao has claimed that Dashavatar, which talks about ten avatars of Lord Vishnu in Bhagavad Gita, has a better theory of evolution than Charles Darwin. read more

There’s dancing on the streets, recording in the bylanes, music videos being shot in parks. New songs are released on streaming apps every day. It’s a struggler ecosystem, but imbued with a lot more hope than, say, LA or Mumbai. read more

PM Modi in Gurdaspur HIGHLIGHTS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally in Punjab’s Gurdaspur town on Thursday as part of the BJP’s campaign to hold 100 rallies ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. read more

PM Modi is expected to hold an interactive session with Nobel prize winner for chemistry (2004) Avram Hershko, for physics F Duncan M Haldane (2016) and for medicine Thomas Christian Südhof (2013) after inaugurating the Indian Science Congress at a varsity... read more

Three months after the bishop’s arrest, police are yet to file a chargesheet in the case. The state government is also yet to appoint a public prosecutor, five Kerala nuns said. read more