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
A bill to recognise and vest the forest rights and occupation in forest land in forest dwelling Scheduled Tribes who have been residing in such forests for generations but whose rights could not be recorded; to provide for a framework for recording the forest rights so vested and the nature of evidence required for such recognition and vesting in respect of forest land.
China's northeastern city of Harbin prepared to turn the taps back after a toxic spill into its river left millions without water for five days and an 80-km slick still flowing beyond. Water supplies
"Animals have the right to live in jungles undisturbed, so do we," claim the residents of the tribal village Salepali in Chandanbhati panchayat in Balangir district in Orissa. Tension gripped the
In a major crackdown on employment of child labour, a joint team of the State Labour Department, the Delhi police and the non-governmental organisation, Pratham, rescued close to 500 children from
About 500 minor children were rescued from 50 embroidery units running illegally in east Delhi on Monday. Delhi government's labour department conducted raids at these embroidery units and
Peeved over the non-resolution of the rehabilitation issue, the people from two forest villages, Laika and Dadhia located inside Dibru-Saikhowa in Assam staged a sit-in programme in front of the
The Kerala High Court dismissed a clarification petition filed by soft drinks major Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd seeking a direction that they have deemed licence to restart their bottling plant
According to official figures, there are over 12 million children under 14 working their way down the great ladder of life, through all the seven circles of Urban Hell. They live below the absolute
Realising that there are more than 20 lakh children with special needs (CWSN), HRD ministry is rapidly moving towards bringing them under the umbrella of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. From coming up with
The Human Resource Development Ministry, which recently formulated the National Plan of Action (NPA) for Children, has asked states and Union Territories to initiate self-reliance measures in areas