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
Displacement
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300 families displaced by floods
Dibrugarh, Sept 13: More than 300 families have been displaced by floods in Lahowal Legislative Assembly Constituency in Dibrugarh district. Following incessant rains in the last week, homes and land of the people under the constituency were inundated. The people have taken shelter on highlands of saporis or tea estates in their self-made temporary relief camps.
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Let Posco change plant location: Congress leader
BHUBANESWAR: Former Congress MLA Umesh Swain on Monday said that the proposed Posco steel plant should be shifted from the present location to a place south of Jatadhari mouth as displacement will be minimum in this case. Addressing mediapersons here, Swain said that the BJD managers who are organising a rally at Jagatsinghpur on September 18 in support of the proposed plant should persuade the
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The plane truth
The shift of focus from a shared vision of a planned metropolitan region to development for financial profit underlies the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra
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Vedanta's silent independent directors
Ranju Sarkar / New Delhi September 8, 2010, 0:37 IST Given the serious allegations against the firm, did these members of the board fail in their duty to safeguard the interests of stakeholders? Vedanta Resources had environment clearance to set up a 1-million tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa. But, it went ahead with expanding its capacity six-fold without any approvals.
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Kotmale power project: 489 get new houses
The 489 families displaced by the construction of the Upper Kotmale Hydro Power project have now been accommodated in six settlements in housing units based on the floor areas occupied by them previously, the National Development Media Centre said yesterday. At the time they were dislocated many of them were living in tin-roofed line rooms consisting of one verandah and a room with no kitchen o
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Mineral deficit is all set to rise
P Raghavan The refusal of bauxite mining rights at Niyamgiri in Orissa marks a major turning point in the battle for natural resources in India.
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16 million displaced by floods, says UNHCR
The country director of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that floods and torrential rains had affected over 20 million people and displaced 16 million Pakistanis. Addressing a press conference at the UNHCR office here on Tuesday, Mengesha Kebede said the flood-affected area was equal to the size of Italy.
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Political ecology and social movements with reference to Kudremukh environment movement
<p>The main premise of political ecology is that environmental change is not a neutral process amenable to technical management. Rather, it has political sources, conditions and ramifications that impinge on socio-economic inequalities and political process.
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Jharia rehab on web
Dhanbad, Aug. 31: Several thousand victims of a raging underground fire will no longer have to do the rounds of Jharia Rehabilitation Authority (JRDA) office.
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SC demands Chhattisgarh tribals rehabilitation details
Under pressure to act against the anti-Naxal Salwa Judum, the Chhattisgarh Government faced fresh trouble with the Supreme Court requiring information on rehabilitation provided to tribals displaced due to mining and other developmental activities. On Tuesday, the apex court heard a PIL filed by academicians Nandini Sundar, Ramachandra Guha and EAS Sarma on the State