Rev J N Manokaran

A 19-year-old Indian student Aryan Anand, submitted false documents, including academic transcripts, financial statements, and even a fake death certificate for his father to secure a full scholarship at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, USA. He bragged about this as a great achievement in his Social Media post: “I have built my life and career by […]

A first-year MBBS student from a government medical college in Dungarpur, Rajasthan was forced to do more than 300 push-ups amid scorching heat. This impacted the student’s kidney functioning and he had to undergo dialysis. An FIR has been lodged against seven second-year students. (The Economic Times, 27 June 2024) Medical professionals are considered like

A church has branch churches in multiple cities. However, there is only one Pastor who preaches, and with modern digital technology, he is virtually seen and heard from giant screens. In a way, technology helps the human aspiration to conquer space and time. However, it is not flesh and blood, but a virtual reality. God

Some couples are channeling their nurturing instincts towards animals due to the costs, mental burden, and long-term commitment associated with raising children. (The Print 16 June 2024) Sadly, these young people are called DINK (Double Income No Kids). The Bible ordained the family as the first institution, a covenant relationship, and commanded to multiply. (Genesis

A clerk working in the bank received his salary. He took cash of rupees two thousand and paid it to the grocery shop owner in his neighborhood. The shop owner took the cash and went and paid to the Wholesale grocery business owner. At that time the truck supplier came with the supplies the business

In ancient Babylon, there were four classes: Priests, kings, citizens, and slaves. A similar class system existed in the Roman Empire too. In India, there is a four-tier caste system, with the belief, that God created Priests from the head, knights and kings from the chest, merchants and farmers who feed us from his stomach,

Thane City teen ends her life after her father asks her not to download Snapchat on her phone. (Deccan Herald, 24 June 2024) Snapchat is a multimedia instant messaging app. Pictures and messages are shared with recipients. It has 293 million users and is popular among those under 16. It is an ardent task for

AI technology now allows for digital “resurrections” of deceased individuals, enabling loved ones to interact with virtual versions of the dead through tools like Replika and StoryFile. They are called ghost bots, death bots, grief bots, generative ghosts, AI ghosts, and AI afterlives. These AI-driven grief bots stimulate conversations or even video interactions based on

One worship leader explained: “Experience is important. People who come to the church should see colors displayed uniquely, there should be a sweet light fragrance, and there should be smoke. Then the Holy Spirit could work, and people would feel great.” He asked his associates to go and see the concerts done in dance bars,

In Rajasthan an elderly man used to collect plastic bottles and waste and sell it for a living. He had a handcart on which he would keep all the stuff. Police said he was being mocked by some youngsters of the Lohawat village who also made his videos and shared them on social media. Hurt