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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Elevated Expressway Writ petition in HC for alternative alignment
C Shivakumar L&T Ramboll's alignment along NH 4 will reduce human displacement, cut monetary and social cost, ensure easy green nod and help complete the project in a shorter duration -- Petitioner M Perumal
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Fear grips Orissa tribal villages
Prafulla Das KALINGANAGAR: The upcoming steel hub in Orissa's Jajpur district appeared to be a war zone on Friday, with policemen surrounding hundreds of tribals, who were opposing the construction of a common corridor road to give access to Tata Steel's six million tonne proposed steel mill.
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BCCL plea on royalty use
Dhanbad, April 2: Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) has requested the state government to utilise the extra money it has paid as royalty cess for 2009- 10 fiscal to execute the Rs 7,028-crore master plan to rehabilitate the victims of a raging underground fire in Jharia.
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Gujarat clears another hurdle on Narmada dam
Gujarat crossed yet another hurdle in its troubled journey to the Narmada Dam, with the environment sub-committee of the Narmada Control Authority (NCA) giving its nod for further construction.
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Thermal projects may hit roadblock
Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, April 2, DH News Service : The country
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Anti-Posco rally held at Balitutha
Villagers participate in the protest under the banner of PPSS Activists of PPSS have been staging dharna since January 26 CPI leader draws three lines at entry point as
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Posco to resettle displaced first
South Korean steel major Posco has finally started talks with anti-displacement forums to garner support in favour of its Rs 52,000-cr steel project at Kujang near Paradip in Orissa.
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Indias childhood in the "pits": a report on the impacts of mining on children in India
<p>New report on impacts of mining on children by HAQ, Samata and mm&P shows that children & their communities are not part of the growth that mining promises. It addresses loopholes in the policy & demands an assessment of children’s status in mining areas. <br />
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216 Jharia families get keys to safety
- Rs 7,028cr fire zone rehab plan gets underway More than a decade after it was conceptualised, the Rs 7,028-crore master plan to rehabilitate 200,000-odd victims of a raging underground fire in Jharia was implemented today with the allotment of over 200 new flats at Belgarhia in Baliapur, a safe zone 10km away.
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Narmada dam needs review, not funds: Medha Patkar
Gargi Parsai The Narmada dam (Sardar Sarovar Project) needs a review not funds, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar said here on Tuesday, slamming the Gujarat government's push for seeking permission to raise the height of the dam when over 2 lakh families of tribals, farmers, fish workers, artisans and traders still occupied the submergence zone.