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
The Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD) in its meeting held at Nagpur on April 12 and 13 last condemned the
The proposed industrial coastal growth corridor as well as series of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) on the Andhra coast must be stopped immediately to protect the rights of common people, according to the Industrial Coastal Corridor Nirmana Vyat-hireka Porata Samiti. Speakers at the dharna organised by the committee near the district collectorate protesting against the corridor said here on Thursday that the corridor and the SEZs undermined the livelihood of the already marginalised communities.
A man smokes at a bar in Maryland. Smokers who drink heavily and have the genetic risk factor for Alzheimer?s get the disease nearly nine years earlier, a study finds. LARGE STUDY FINDS HIGH-CHOLESTEROL LINK Men and women in their early 40s with elevated blood cholesterol levels are more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those with low cholesterol, a report says. Other studies had suggested high blood cholesterol also could increase the risk of Alzheimer's. But the new report is one of the largest studies to link cholesterol to the degenerative brain disease.
Bhawani Saur, a Gond widow of Baissa village in Tikamgarh, was preparing for her daughter's wedding next week. So, when a request came from officials for her to make a meal for 20, she was totally unprepared.
With India looking forward to having good relations with the democratically elected Maoists in Nepal, New Delhi on Wednesday made it clear that there was no specific evidence to indicate any nexus between naxals of both the countries. Though India had stated this on earlier occasions as well, the statement
Directives have been issued to the concerning officers in connection with funds allocated for conservation-cum-development schemes for primitive tribes for the year 2007-08. According to the directives, they have been asked to approve on priority basis the schemes under this Rs ten crore plan. Principles laid down by the Union government have also been incorporated in it.
The state government has instructed district collectors to send the proposals about improvement of administration in tribal areas and primitive tribes which are to be forwarded to 13th Finance Commission. The government has asked them to send proposals regarding arrangements of land, houses, special nutritious diet, drinking water and establishment of Ashram Shools apart from construction of houses for departmental employees. Besides, divisional commissioners have been asked to convene division level meetings soon in this connection.
At Indian Preserves, Tigers Remain King as People Are Coaxed Out By SOMINI SENGUPTA Published: April 16, 2008 NAGARHOLE NATIONAL PARK, India
The Constitution assures tribals of protection against exploitation, respect for their tradition and heritage, and assistance for the improvement of their socio-economic and educational status. And yet they happen to be the most adversely affected ethnic group. They have suffered on account of the development projects. To them, development is synonymous with deprivation.
The standoff between the supporters of Tikait and Mayawati has opened a new chapter in the long history of confrontation between the two sides based on land, caste and political power in UP, writes Sudha Pai