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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Not a Lion In Sight
The brothers are named Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. But their similarity to the Bollywood Deol family ends there. Two-year-old
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Climate refugees: Implications for India
There is as yet no agreement on the status of people displaced by climate change and the term
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Orissa tribals seek Opposition backing for their agitation
Prafulla Das KALINGANAGAR: Hundreds of tribal men and women of this industrial area in Jajpur district of Orissa on Friday appealed to all Opposition parties in the State to help them continue their agitation against displacement and alleged harassment at the hands of the local police and the administration.
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Anti-Posco agitation: CPI MP arrested
CPI leader and MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai was arrested today while trying to enter the proposed steel plant site of Posco-India ahead of a rally to protest the project, police said. "Tarai was arrested as a preventive measure to avoid any law and order problem as a large number of anti-Posco activists have gathered in the area," SP Jagatsinghpur Devdutta Singh said.
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Chief secy visit HP over Renuka dam
May 14: Amidst reports of protests at the proposed Renuka dam, Delhi chief secretary Rakesh Mehta will be leaving for Himachal Pradesh to hold talks to resolve the issue. The Delhi government is funding the construction of the Renuka dam to ensure that the capital gets enough potable water to meet its demands.
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Locals, police clash in Kalinganagar
One dead, many hurt. The agitation against Tata Steel's six million tonne steel project at Kalinganagar in Orissa's Jajpur district once again turned violent today leading to the death of one tribal and injuries to several others. The deceased has been identified as Laxman Jamuda, a 60 year old resident of Chandia village.
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On 25 km, Kerala govt takes a road less travelled
THIRUVANANTHAPURA: Eyebrows are raised as a govt against widening of national highways presses for 4-laning of a stretch that requires displacement SHAJU PHILIP AT A time when the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala has pleaded with the Centre to allow the state to live with narrow national highways, its interest in a 25-km stretch from Kozhikode to Kinaloor has the state's interest piqued.
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Benchmarking rehabilitation and resettlement
Sujay Nag Despite the best of intentions on the part of the government, many people hit by land acquisition for projects continue to get a raw deal. One corporate's efforts in this field may serve as a model to follow.
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Manmohan urged to send GoM to Narmada Valley
NEW DELHI: The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to send a high-level Group of Ministers to the Narmada Valley to assess
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Natural resources under threat from eminent domain doctrine: Binayak Sen
CHENNAI: Natural resources in the country are under threat as vast tracts of land, forest and water reserves are being handed over to Indian affiliates of international finance capital under cover of the eminent domain doctrine, or the state's pre-eminent ownership of land, Binayak Sen, human rights activist and vice-president of the People's Union for Civil Liberties, said on Monday.