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1. Kerala Church Scandal – urgent need for reform or motivated allegations? 2. After allegations of land scams, the Kerala Church is now under fire for sexual exploitation of nuns and members. 3. In Kottayam, a nun has filed a complaint alleging sexual abuse by a Catholic bishop, and another woman parishioner in Pathanamthitta alleged that she was sexually harassed by four priests.

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Opinion    01/09/2018               1378 Sub :-                                     Kottayam  rape case of 3 Nuns against Jalandhar bishop 1. Kerala Church Scandal – urgent need for reform or motivated allegations? 2. After allegations of land scams, the Kerala Church is now under fire for sexual exploitation of     nuns and members. 3. In Kottayam, a nun has filed a complaint alleging sexual abuse by a Catholic bishop, and another woman parishioner in Pathanamthitta alleged that she was sexually harassed by four priests. Ref :- ThePrint asks: Kerala Church Scandal – urgent need for reform or motivated allegations?                                      Compiled by Deeksha Bhardwaj, journalist at ThePrint ...

1. In a statement before leaving for Nepal for the two-day summit, Mr. Modi said he will interact with the leaders of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand on the margins of the summit whose theme is ‘Towards a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable Bay of Bengal region’; 2. Two major factors have driven India’s interests in the BIMSTEC forum. A key reason for India to reach out to its BIMSTEC neighbours has been the stagnation of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). 3. Another strategic challenge for India is that China has long desired to be part of the SAARC grouping. Some SAARC members also have their own interests in bringing China into the equation: they want it to balance India’s dominance. China has observer status in SAARC. When this was given, it only increased the demand to make China a full member of SAARC. 4. India will have to carefully navigate the emerging regional geopolitics, as many of the elements that made SAARC hostage to political rivalry and turned it into a defunct mechanism can re-emerge in BIMSTEC. 5. As ASEAN celebrates 50, reflections on SAARC’s failed decades.

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Opinion    31/08/2018               1377 Sub :- 1. In a statement before leaving for Nepal for the two-day summit, Mr. Modi said he will interact with the leaders of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand on the margins of the summit whose theme is ‘Towards a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable Bay of Bengal region’; 2. Two major factors have driven India’s interests in the BIMSTEC forum. A key reason for India to reach out to its BIMSTEC neighbours has been the stagnation of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). 3. Another strategic challenge for India is that China has long desired to be part of the SAARC grouping. Some SAARC members also have their own interests in bringing China into the equation: they want it to balance India’s dominance. China has observer status in SAARC. When this was given, it only increased the demand to make China a full member of SAARC. 4. India will hav...