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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Damning disclosure
Big dams have a high environmental and human cost, says a new report
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The birds are back
almost 30,000 migratory birds have arrived at the Harike wetland lake at Ferozepur, Punjab, a result of a massive lake cleanup operation. In four months, at least 125,000 tonnes of water
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The verdict and after
The Supreme Court s decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.
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Victory dance of the impotent
It is sickening to see the Union home minister rejoice when dam oustees despair
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You ve got a verdict
Six years of litigation over the Sardar Sarovar dam comes to an end with the Supreme Court giving the go ahead to construction. The fate of those displaced by the dam still hangs in balance
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Damn not the oustees
The human tragedy that will unfold as a result of the Sardar Sarovar dam has to be mitigated
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Killing the Musi river
the Musi river flowing through Andhra Pradesh will soon disappear due to the state government's Nandanvanam project. The government is planning to utilise the dry river bed of Musi for various
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Burnt fingers
It is a great shame when the World Bank tells us how to rehabilitate our people
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Wrong banishment
the indigenous community of 61 villages in Melghat of Amravati district, Maharashtra, are in constant fear of being evicted from their homes and losing standing crops due to Project Tiger. Two
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Skin deep Hinduism
Desperate Hindu extremists are making a mockery of the real problems that the river Ganga faces