World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
With one in two people lacking access to a toilet, India urgently needs a Sanitation Act As a traveller, you often judge a country by its public toilets. India fails this toilet test miserably. For even as our country appears poised to become an economic giant at some future date, one of the many appalling statistics that brings us down to earth is our toilet story, or rather the lack of toilets story.
A documentary film on how market forces are appropriating natural resources that belong to everybody. IN VARANASI, WITH the Ganga in the background. The documentary is part of a movement to expose the subterranean war going on for water.
NEW DELHI: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved a new Central scheme for providing special infrastructure in States affected by Left-wing extremism. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presided. The Rs. 500-crore scheme will be launched during the 11th Plan. For the current financial year, Rs.100 crore has been earmarked, an official spokesperson said.
Manoj Prasad Posted: Sep 11, 2008 at 2321 hrs IST Ranchi, September 10 For Akhilesh Kumar, trapped in the Kosi flood, the only ray of hope came through his cellphone.
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Rangpar: He may be visually impaired, but he sure does see things others don
Continuing power breakdowns and unscheduled load shedding resulted in a clash between locals of the Mustafabad area of Dharampura and officials of the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) on Friday. The scuffle occurred as WAPDA officials tried to leave the area without restoring the electricity, City 42 reported. The channel cited the locals as saying that the area was without any electricity for long hours every day and WAPDA officials had done nothing to resolve the problem.
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Authorities struggling to provide aid after devastating floods in Bihar said on Sunday they needed more boats and rescuers to help hundreds of thousands of people still marooned in remote villages. Bad weather and heavy rain over the past few days have hampered rescue and relief operations in the worst-ever floods to hit Bihar state in 50 years, officials said.
The Western Ghats hill range of India, recognised as a global biodiversity hotspot, also contains impressive cultural diversity including a number of tribal communities.
In India, mining is one of the main economic activities since time immemorial, giving rise to a long historical tradition of artisanal mining. As modern mining rose during the colonial occupation, artisanal mining activities began to be overlooked and this great tradition became obscure.