Today's headlines: Qatar and Bangladesh sign a memorandum on migrant workers. Myanmar’s military retakes a village on the Mon-Karen border. Taiwan denounces Chinese military activities after Blinken's departure. Syrian woman gets seven life sentences over the Istanbul attack of November 2022. Russia has lost its dominant position as India’s main arms supplier.

According to the UN health agency, about 3,500 people die of viral hepatitis every day. The highest number is in China, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Despite improvements in diagnostic testing, huge disparities still exist in access to drugs.

The archbishop of Goa has called on Catholics to give up the weekly visit to the Marian shrine in Velankanni on 6 May to avoid missing voting set the following day in this part of India. On candidates, he stressed the importance of voting for “persons with secular credentials, who are truly committed to work for the good of all the people”.

The Diocese of Mananthavady, in the southern state of Kerala, released a statement addressed to all parties regarding issues affecting Wayanad constituency, like the lack of infrastructure, schools, and hospitals. Gandhi spoke about the same things during a rally but also attacked the ruling party’s ideology.

In a statement, the National United Christian Forum calls on Christians to vote in the upcoming general election (19 April-1 June). Expressing a preference is not only "a symbol" but also a "powerful tool for growth and good governance" to build a “society that is inclusive and which uplifts all the members.”

The Archbishop of Hyderabad looks at the media reaction to the declaration released by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith on human dignity. The media are “focused on gender theory, sex change, surrogacy etc., but” people who “struggle with poverty, exploitation, discrimination, lack of access to primary healthcare” cannot leave others indifferent.