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Greenpeace hails court ban on genetically modified eggplant

Campaigner says ruling will have impact on Philippines agriculture and production.A Greenpeace activist uproots a Bt eggplant during a protest actionManila:Environmental group Greenpeace today welcomed a Court of Appeals order to stop field trials of ... [Published UCAN India - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Eggplant, Bacillus Thuringiensis, Greenpeace International, Genetically Modified

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

China Catholics mark Prayer Day at Shanghai shrine

Around 2,000 gather for World Prayer Day for the Church in China.Catholic laymen carry the statue of Our Lady of Sheshan in the procession on May 24Shanghai:Around 2,000 Chinese pilgrims gathered at China’s largest Catholic shrine this morning to observe ... [Published UCAN India - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Shanghai, China, Catholic, Pope Francis I, Auxiliary Bishop

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

New evidence that mobile phone radiation may be toxic

School experiment shows plants fail to thrive near signal.Denmark:Five ninth-grade young women from Denmark recently created a science experiment that is causing a stir in the scientific community.It started with an observation and a question. The girls ... [Published UCAN India - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Radiation, Cellphone, Toxic, Denmark

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

New Delhi (India)

Court halts trial of alleged Delhi rapist

Lawyer claims suspect's prison food was poisoned.New Delhi:A special court trying the men accused of the rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi last December, has postponed proceedings against one of the accused because he is seriously sick with ... [Published UCAN India - 14 hours ago]

Entities: A.P. Singh, New Delhi (India), prison

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Second Vatican Council

Priests revisit Vatican Council II

Sixty five diocesan priests from all over the country have gathered for the meeting.Bangalore:The Conference of Diocesan Priests of India (CDPI) began its annual meeting yesterday in Bangalore.Sixty five diocesan priests from all over the country have ... [Published UCAN India - 23 hours ago]

Entities: The Vatican, Bangalore, Second Vatican Council

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Roman Catholic Church

The state of the Indian Church

I am often tempted, for good reason, to compare the Catholic Church with the Govt. of India, says the writer.Kanpur:It is finally out – The Catholic Directory of India 2013 (CDI 13). I have always been an ardent collector of the CDIs, because I believe ... [Published UCAN India - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Catholic, India, Laity, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Gulf Syro-Malabar associations to meet by month-end

The church has around 500,000 believers in Gulf countries.Kochi:A get-together of the Syro-Malabar church associations in various Gulf countries will be held in Kuwait on May 30.Organized by the Kuwait Syro-Malabar cultural association under the auspice ... [Published UCAN India - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Kuwait, Kochi, Evangelism

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Request made for change of 2016 congress date

Request made for change of 2016 congress date.Manila:Pope Francis is likely to visit the Philippines in early 2016 to attend the International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu City, the head of the country’s bishops' conference said yesterday.Archbishop Jose ... [Published UCAN India - May 23 2013]

Entities: Philippines, Pope John Paul II, The Vatican, Gaudencio Rosales

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Panel rejects proposal for minority universities

The panel was to suggest the norms, curricula, affiliations and locations of the institutions.Minority affairs minister K Rahman KhanNew Delhi:A government-appointed panel has rejected the UPA government’s proposal to set up five minority universities, ... [Published UCAN India - May 24 2013]

Entities: Sukhadeo Thorat, K. Rahman Khan, Aligarh Muslim University

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Amnesty slams Asian countries on human rights

Violence against women, extrajudicial killings the main violations.Asia:Asian countries have come under fire from London-based rights watchdog Amnesty International in its annual report published on Wednesday.Bangladesh came in for some heavy criticism ... [Published UCAN India - May 23 2013]

Entities: Human Rights, North Korea, Bangladesh

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Pope says all who do good will be redeemed, including atheists

Doing good is cited as the principle that unites humanity.Vatican City:Pope Francis rocked some religious and atheist minds today when he declared that everyone was redeemed through Jesus, including atheists.During his homily at Wednesday Mass in Rome, ... [Published UCAN India - May 23 2013]

Entities: Atheism, Pope Francis I, Good Will, Mark Francis

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Pope Francis requests prayers for China

Appeal in advance of special day of prayer on Friday.Hong Kong:Pope Francis today urged all Catholics around the world to join in prayer with the people in China this Friday, May 24, is the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China declared by his predecessor ... [Published UCAN India - May 23 2013]

Entities: Pope Francis I, China, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Shanghai, Testimony

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"Flaws in the government regulations have led to the sad state we are in, with 62 GMOs 9gewnticall modified organaisms) imported and fed to Filipinos without their knowledge and consent. The environment and our farmers are exposed to eight kinds of GMOs that are allowed for propagation, without knowing their long-term impacts" he said

Greenpeace hails court ban on genetically modified eggplant [Published UCAN India - 14 hours ago]

"We can’t comment on the case or his condition. Jail authorities have been asked by the court to submit a detailed report" a hospital source said

Court halts trial of alleged Delhi rapist [Published UCAN India - 14 hours ago]

"We told them that January is fine because our suggestion was to make the pope’s visit to the Philippines a priority,” said Palma, who is also president of the Pontifical Committee on the International Eucharistic Congress. "We know that the pope continues to inspire us and his visit will have an enormous impact on our faith and our Christian life.""

Request made for change of 2016 congress date [Published UCAN India - May 23 2013]

"Pope Francis is saying, more clearly than ever before, that Christ offered himself as a sacrifice for everyone. That's always been a Christian belief. You can find St Paul saying in the First Letter to Timothy that Jesus gave himself as a "ransom for all.""

Pope says all who do good will be redeemed, including atheists [Published UCAN India - May 23 2013]

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