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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Sonbhadra dam, four decades later: Where fears return in a flood
Kanhar Irrigation Project was dormant for nearly 40 years before Uttar Pradesh govt set about reviving it. This has led to violent protests by villagers it will displace, police firing and opposition from
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Uma Bharati’s assurance on Polavaram project
Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharati on Monday assured that the Centre would do everything for completion of the Polavaram project on time after Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met her and
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Ganga, Brahmaputra on the same power map
Just as the SC has asked for a comprehensive look at the mass of hydropower projects on the Ganga in Uttarakhand, NGT wants a similar exercise for the project rush in Arunachal's river system The Union
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April 25 quake worst in Nepal records
The death toll from the April 25 quake in Nepal on Sunday topped 8,500, making the temblor the deadliest of all times for the Himalayan nation, triggering as many as 240 aftershocks and injuring around
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Govt rules against displacing slum dwellers
Asks DUSIB To Focus On In Situ Rehabilitation; To Be Tried First In 15 Slums In Sultanpuri And Hari Nagar The much debated and repeatedly amended slum re habilitation policy is back on the drawing board
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The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015
The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 2015 was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Minister for Rural Development,
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8 million people including 1.7 million children affected by Nepal earthquake
Almost 8 million people have been affected by the devastating earthquake in Nepal that killed nearly 7,000 people and 1.7 million children are in urgent need of aid in the worst-hit areas. According
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UN says over 13 mln people food insecure in East Africa
The number of food insecure people in the Eastern Africa region has increased from 11.43 million people to 13.73 million people as of March, UN humanitarian agency said Thursday. The UN Office for Coordination
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Evicted and abandoned
More than 3 million people were physically or economically displaced by nearly 1,000 World Bank-financed projects between 2004 and 2013.
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50‚000 families displaced in Dhading
DHADING: The devastating earthquake that rocked the country last Saturday has displaced 50,000 families and more than 28,000 households have been affected. According to preliminary estimates of the