BBC Jan Butterworth: “We should make it right for people, give them the opportunity to have a smooth passing” For the first time in almost a decade, MPs will on Friday debate and vote on whether terminally ill people should have the right to end their lives. If MPs vote in favour of assisted dying, … Read more
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reached out to Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh with an offer that he will find difficult to refuse. For now, according to party sources, Mr. Singh is weighing his options. For the BJP, … Read more
NCP leader Jayant Patil expressed confidence in the EC that it would make the right decision regarding the party’s name and symbol amidst an ongoing dispute with Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar. File | Photo Credit: Twitter/Jayant_R_Patil Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader (Sharad Pawar faction), Jayant Patil, on Saturday, expressed confidence in the Election Commission … Read more
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat. | Photo Credit: ANI Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said missionaries take advantage of situations wherein people feel the society is not with them, in an apparent reference to religious conversions. He was addressing an event on April 16, 2023, in Madhya Pradesh’s Burhanpur district, … Read more
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti. File | Photo Credit: A.M.FARUQUI Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Friday said her party does not “hold patents” on Lord Ram, Hanuman or the Hindu religion and anybody can have faith in them, but “our faith is beyond political gains”. In a statement here, … Read more
Orthodox Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld, Ohev Sholom synagogue, Washington, DC. Imam Ammar Amonette, Islamic Center, Richmond, VA. Mimi Kiser, senior program director, Interfaith Health Program, and assistant professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta. Forward.com: “On TikTok, on the pulpit and in legal rulings, rabbis tell congregants: get vaccinated.” ABC Action News: “Abington pastor … Read more
Image copyright Getty Images Faith communities are being invited to take part in a study of the role singing plays in spreading coronavirus. Participants will be asked to sing at different volumes, and lasers will be used to detect and measure the droplets they produce. Researchers will then look into how many droplets are blocked … Read more