Trump, who takes office on 20 January, opposed visas for highly skilled jobs, but changed his mind after comments from Elon Musk, whose companies rely on Indian labour. Yet, many US companies have cut job offers, while others have warned their foreign employees against travelling outside the United States to avoid not being able to return.
The strict imposition of the uniform on the girls in class X even on the last day of school has become a pretext to accuse the Carmel School that has been operating for 70 years in the Dhanbad district. The headmistress told AsiaNews: ‘Only 2% of the students are Christian, education in the service of all’. Former students' stance: “Grateful to those who made us what we are”.
In January, diocesan and religious ordinations were held in several villages, presided over by the archbishop of Imphal, Mgr Linus Neli. Meanwhile, in the parish of Tuibuang, new houses were delivered for those displaced by the violence, built thanks to the solidarity of Catholic communities from all over India.
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the apostolic administrator he appointed and the appointment of a new vicar, Archbishop Pamplany, for the community at the heart of the lengthy and bitter liturgical clash that has divided this Eastern-rite Catholic Church. In his speech to the Synod, the newly appointed Cardinal Koovakkad pointed out the primacy of charity to his fellow Syro-Malabar bishops.
In Maharashtra, the gesture of a Catholic couple who, because of financial problems, took their own lives on the day of their wedding anniversary wearing their wedding dress, has caused a stir. Fr. Jose Kurian told AsiaNews: ‘A story that in this Jubilee of Hope challenges us to be close to those who experience dismay in their lives’.
India’s foreign secretary met Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister in Dubai. In a statement, India’s Ministry of External Affairs stressed the importance of humanitarian aid to the Afghan people, but it is also in New Delhi's interest to develop trade through the Iranian port of Chabahar to bypass the ports of Karachi and Gwadar, in rival Pakistan.
