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 INDIAN COMMUNISM: THE GOD THAT FAILED
New Delhi: CPM general secretary Prakash Karat's
clarifications on the recently drawn up rectification
document of the party and his stand that communists are
not against religion may not be able to stop the
cascading effect of the resignation of the Alleppy MP,
Dr K.S.Manoj from the party.
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INDIA BIBLE INSTITUTE AND IMMANUEL THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
New Delhi: The commencement and
convocation program of the India Bible Institute and the
Immanuel Theological Seminary was held at the AIPF
campus, Chandanhola, New Delhi on the 25th of January,
2010.
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REV. ROBERT JEYARAJ TO LEAD NWDC OF AGNI
New Delhi, 21 Jan 2010: The Annual
conference of the North West District Council of the
Assemblies of God North India concluded here at Bible
Bhawan. The Conference that began on 19th January was
attended by pastors and delegates from Rajasthan,
Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi.
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YOUTH CONFERENCE: ‘YOUNGISTAN' REDEFINED
New Delhi: The Asian Sahayogi Sanstha (ASSI) is
organising a two-day Youth Conference called "Youngistan"
on 26 and 27 February 2010 at Banga Sanskriti Bhavan,
Bhai Vir Singh Marg, Gole Market, New Delhi.
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GEORGE VERWER TO PREACH IN DELHI!
New Delhi: After a gap of 40 years, Dr. George
Verwer, the founder of Operation Mobilisation, will
visit Delhi to speak in the "Mission in Global
Challenges" conference.
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JUST 44% CLASS 1 KIDS KNOW ENGLISH ALPHABETS
NEW DELHI, TNN, 16 January 2010:
The scare raised by the Supreme Court on
Thursday about China being poised to overtake India in
English proficiency is about to come true. The annual
audit by Pratham, a well-known education NGO, reported
on Friday that the ability to read and comprehend
English varied wildly across India and only 43.8% of
class I kids could read the alphabets, even in big
capital letters.
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CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM LEADERS MEET HOME MINISTER ON SC
STATUS
New Delhi, January 21, 2010 Christian Today:
A delegation of Christian and Muslim leaders on
Wednesday met the Home Minister of India P. Chidambaram
and urged the implementation of Ranganath Mishra
Commission report that recommends extending SC status to
all Dalits regardless of religion.
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 KERALA HC HANDS OVER PAUL MUTHOOT MURDER CASE TO CBI
KOCHI, Jan 22, 2010: In a major development in
the Paul George Muthoot murder case, the Kerala High
Court on Thursday ordered the investigation of the case
to be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI). A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Thottathil B Radhakrishnan
directed that the investigation be completed within six
months and the final report filed.
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PASTOR AND CHURCH ASSAULTED IN RAJASTHAN; 6 ARRESTED
 Udaipur, Jan 17, 2010 PTANews: In another
incident of alleged assault on Christians happened in
village Tidi Fala Maidi, a village about 60 kms away
from here, under the Govardhan Vilas police station on
Sunday, January 17. Pastor Surjeet Massey and 20
believers of his church were in prayer in the evening at
Dhanna Bhai's house in Tidi village. A group of about 15
people with iron rods, axes, stones and sticks entered
in the group and assaulted the people in prayer. Pastor
Surjeet Massey and the church belongs to Faith Calvary
Ministry.
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AHMEDABAD PFA TO FAST AND PRAY
Ahmedabad: The Pentecostal Fellowship of
Ahmedabad is organising a corporate fasting and prayer
for 11 days from February 28 to March 7 in Ahmedabad.
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DOWNGRADE SHOCKS BANGALORE'S CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
ReligiousIndia, January 20, 2010: An official of
Bangalore’s Christ University is shocked that his
college was about to lose its status as a “deemed”
university. It is among 44 universities to be de-listed
by the federal Ministry of the Human Resources
Development (MHRD) for violating guidelines and
introducing unrelated courses.
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THE WEEK NAMES BIHAR PRIEST ‘MAN OF THE YEAR’
UCA News: A national weekly has named a Catholic
priest as its "man of the year," in recognition of his
efforts to restore the life of some 50,000 leprosy
patients in Bihar. The Kerala-based "The Week" selected
Father Christudas of Bettiah diocese for its 2009
recognition and ran the cover of its December last week
edition with his photograph.
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INDIA NEEDS SCIENTIFIC TEMPER NOT BLIND FAITH: PM
KOLKATA, IANS, 16 January 2010: India has no
need of blind faith, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said
here Saturday, and called for rational thinking to
counter outdated dogmas and ideologies. "India does not
need blind faith. We need rational thinking and a
scientific temper to counter outdated dogmas and
ideologies," the prime minister said, addressing the
150th anniversary celebrations of St. Xavier's
Collegiate School here.
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NUNS LEAD WAY IN ORGANIC FARMING
January 20, 2010 CathNews: A congregation of
nuns from indigenous Igorot communities in the northern
Philippines is showing how organic farming can be both
lucrative and good for the environment. The nuns share
their knowledge of organic farming with local villagers,
and have organized more than 200 households in nearby
communities who have previously relied on chemicals in
farming.
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RELIGIOUS URGED TO TAKE UP FRONTIER MINISTRIES
UCAN, January 20, 2010 - Religious priests in
India should move from traditional ministries to more
“frontier ministries” to help create a new world order,
says their leader. Father Jose Panthaplamthottiyil,
president of the priests section of the Conference of
Religious India (CRI), wants the Religious to have a new
“focus on the poor and the marginalized.”
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NUN PRINCIPAL RETURNS STATE AWARD
Jan 13, 2010, Cathnews India: Sister Sebastina,
the principal of Chandigarh's Sacred Heart School, where
Ruchika Girhotra studied, has returned her state award.
Sister Sebastina returned the honor after the Chandigarh
administration directed that she be stripped of her
award for her role in the expulsion of Ruchika from
school following her molestation by former Haryana DGP
S.P.S. Rathore, 19 years ago. She was the school
principal in 1990, when Ruchika was expelled.
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THREE CHURCHES IN MYSORE AND KARWAR DIOCESES ATTACKED
Bangalore, Jan 25, Daijiworld Media Network: If
the eve of the Nativity Feast of Blessed Virgin Mary and
the subsequent days witnessed a series of attacks
against churches and other places of worship belonging
to Catholics and Christians in Mangalore, Udupi,
Chikmagalur, Bangalore and other places 2008, the eve of
the Republic Day has turned out to be a nightmare for
Catholics with two churches in Thernamakki in Karwar
diocese and Inkal near Mysore in the Mysore diocese
being the targets of attack by miscreants probably in
the wee hours of Monday.
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'CREATION' MOVIE TO MAKE U.S. DEBUT
A film that tells the “true story” of 19th-century
naturalist Charles Darwin will finally be making its
U.S. debut this weekend nearly four months after its
worldwide release.
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US GRANTS ASYLUM TO HOME-SCHOOLING GERMAN FAMILY
PURCELLVILLE, Va., Jan. 26 /Christian Newswire/ --
In a first of its kind case, a US federal
immigration judge in Memphis, Tennessee granted the
Romeike family political asylum. Judge Burman said, "The
rights being violated here are basic human rights that
no country has a right to violate."
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PRO-LIFERS MARCH; ROE WILL BE REVERSED, SBC'S LAND
SAYS
Christian Telegraph: Tens of thousands of
pro-life Americans marched in the U.S. capital on the
anniversary of the nationwide legalization of abortion
with fresh encouragement for their cause, reports
Baptist Press. In fact, Southern Baptist ethicist
Richard Land said he is more convinced than ever that
the Supreme Court's legalization of abortion will be
reversed in his lifetime.
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TRAPPED FATHER SURVIVES WITH HELP OF PHONE APP
Haiti (CNN) -- Alone in the darkness
beneath layers of rubble, Dan Woolley felt blood
streaming from his head and leg. Then he remembered --
he had an app for that. Woolley, an aid worker, husband,
and father of two boys, followed instructions on his
cell phone to survive the January 12 earthquake in
Haiti.
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ANTI-OBESITY DRUG BANNED
IANS, 26 January 2010: European Medicines
Agency (EMEA) has recommended that appetite suppressant
drug sibutramine, also known as Reductil, should neither
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ORPHAN POPULATION WILL EXPLODE FOLLOWING HAITI'S
QUAKE
USA (MNN) 21 January, 2010 : A 6.1
aftershock shook the country of Haiti again on 20
January. Many aid agencies are unsure if the quake
caused additional damage. It's been more than a week
since the quake demolished buildings, left two-million
homeless and killed an estimated 200,000 people. The
deaths of those people will create another disaster --
an increase in the orphan population, says Al Lackey,
President of Kids Alive International.
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SPIRITUAL SUPPORT IMPROVES WELLBEING OF TERMINALLY
ILL, RESEARCH FINDS
Lawrence D Jones, Christian Post, Jan 4, 2010 -
Terminally ill cancer patients who receive
spiritual support from their medical team are, on
average, found to be in a better state of being near
death than those who do not, according to a recently
published study. Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer
Institute also found that among patients relying on
their religious beliefs to cope with their illness,
spiritual support reduced their risk of receiving
aggressive medical interventions at the end of life.
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FAITH LEADERS HIGHLIGHT NEED TO REMEMBER HOLOCAUST
Christian leaders across denominations commemorated
International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday to
keep alive the memory of the atrocities that took place
in the Nazi concentration camps more than 65 years ago
and to also highlight the need to be alert in protecting
human life today. Jan. 27, 2010 Christian leaders across
denominations commemorated International Holocaust
Remembrance Day on Wednesday, 27 January, to keep alive
the memory of the atrocities that took place in the Nazi
concentration camps more than 65 years ago and to also,
highlight the need to be alert in protecting human life
today.
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FRENCH CALL TO BAN BURKA
PARIS, AP, AFP January 27, 2010: A French
parliamentary report called last night for a ban on the
full Islamic veil in all schools, hospitals, public
transport and government offices, saying the burka was
an affront to French values. "The wearing of the full
veil is a challenge to our republic. This is
unacceptable," the report released by a parliamentary
commission said. "We must condemn this excess."
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THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL OF MURDERED CATHOLIC GIRL IN
PAKISTAN
Lahore, Pakistan, Jan 27, 2010 (CNA).- On
Jan. 25, thousands of people in Pakistan attended the
funeral of a 12-year-old Catholic girl who was allegedly
raped and killed by her Muslim employer.
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MODERN MOTHERS 'MOST STRESSED' AT 8.25AM
By Nick Collins, The Telegraph: Getting
the children out of bed, making sure they eat breakfast
and checking they pack their bags leaves mothers
exhausted before they have even left the house. But it
is at 8.25am, when many mothers are fighting their way
to school through rush hour traffic, that stress levels
reach their highest, research found.
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BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS ‘AFFECT DECISION MAKING’
Washington, Jan 26 : A new American study
suggests that fluctuating blood glucose levels may
affect decision-making. Psychological scientists X.T.
Wang and Robert D. Dvorak from the University of South
Dakota looked into how blood glucose levels affect our
thinking about present and future rewards.
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SIMPLE EYE TEST CAN DETECT MENTAL DISORDERS
Sydney, Jan 27 : A simple eye test can
help diagnose inherited mental health conditions such as
bipolar disorder or manic depression, according to new
evidence. Monash University neuroscientist Steven Miller
led a national team of researchers to test the binocular
rivalry rates of 348 sets of twins - 128 of whom were
identical.
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EXERCISE LINKED TO HEALTHIER AGING
Washington, Jan 26 : Exercise can help
reduce risk or slow progression of several age-related
conditions, according to a new research. According to a
commentary and four articles published in the January 25
issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives
journals, physical activity can lead to improvements in
overall health in older age.
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LOW-CARB DIET ‘HELPS LOWERS BP'
Washington, Jan 26 : A low-carbohydrate
diet can prove effective in lowering blood pressure, a
new study has found. In the study, researchers found
that two popular weight loss methods proved equally
effective at helping participants lose significant
amounts of weight. But a low-carbohydrate diet proved
better at lowering blood pressure than the weight-loss
drug orlistat, said researchers at Veterans Affairs
Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center.
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MINISTRY URGES CHURCHES TO CELEBRATE CREATION SUNDAY,
NOT EVOLUTION SUNDAY
CHARLESTON, WV, Jan. 26 /Christian Newswire/ --
CreationLetter.com is urging churches to
celebrate Creation Sunday this February 14th to counter
the Clergy Letter Project's Evolution Sunday, scheduled
on the same date. As the Year of Darwin comes to a close
and we enter the Post-Darwin Century, CreationLetter.com
is renewing its efforts to answer the challenge the
Clergy Letter Project represents to the plain,
traditional interpretation of Genesis.
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CHURCH IS GROWING, THANKS IN PART TO CHINESE
GOVERNMENT
Christian Telegraph: The Church in urban
China is growing like wildfire, and it may have the
government to thank for it, reports MNN. "There's a mass
migration happening in China right now between people,
particularly young people, moving from the rural areas
to the city to look for jobs," explains Tom Henry with
WorldServe Ministries. "It's also being heavily pushed
by the Chinese government. And as that happens, God is
doing the same sort of revival that He did in the rural
areas, and churches are exploding in urban areas all
over China."
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POPE TELLS PRIESTS GET TO GRIPS WITH BLOGS, WEB VIDEO
By Joe Fay, 25th January 2010: The Pope
has ordered his priests to get more active on the net to
spread the word of God, while warning them not to get
carried away by the false idols of the digital world. In
a message highlighting that 2010 is the Year for Priests
(Catholics only) and flagging up May's 44th World
Communications Day, Pope Benedict reminds his priests
that "Church communities have always used the modern
media".
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AUDIO BIBLES TO ACCOMPANY DISASTER RELIEF TEAMS
Jan. 20 /Christian Newswire/ -- Before the
earthquake, Haiti was one of the poorest nations in the
world. About 70% of Haitians live on less than $2 a day,
and now they have lost everything. Faith Comes By
Hearing, an international Audio Bible group, is working
with Convoy of Hope to provide relief in Haiti.
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