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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Fearing cancer, Mukerian residents up in arms against thermal plant
Fearing displacement and the spread of diseases like cancer because of ecological degradation, residents of more than 30 villages are up in arms against the state government's move to set up a thermal
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Bihar flood toll mounts to 201
Over 200 people have died and 6.9 million displaced as the flood situation remained grim in Bihar with most rivers in spate. As many as 201 persons have died since June 15 and 6.9 million others have been
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Jairam: forcible land acquisition by PSUs led to Naxal problem
‘Implementation of new Land acquisition law will end displacement of tribals’ Criticising public sector undertakings (PSUs) for the displacement of many tribals, Minister for Rural Development Jairam Ramesh on Sunday blamed their actions for the growth of Naxalism in various States and reiterated that the era of “forcible land acquisition” was over.
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Implementation of Forest Rights Act 2006 in Odisha
Analysing the problem-ridden process of implementing the Forest Rights Act 2006 in Odisha, this paper points out that it has focused more on providing land rights to individual claimants, neglecting community
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Power projects in Shahpur harming ecology: Mankotia
Vijay Singh Mankotia, Congress leader from Kangra, said today that the micro-hydel projects in the Shahpur Assembly constituency were wreaking havoc on the ecology of the area. He said due to the violation of norms by micro-hydel projects, houses at Harvoh were sinking. He specifically targeted the 5-MW Brahol Top micro-hydel project, which is owned by Kamal Padha, BJP leader from the area, and the Raheja power project.
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Three days on, jal satyagrahis hold ground, more arrested
With arrest of another 125 oustees from Bichhola village of Harda district on Tuesday, the number of arrested jal satyagrahis from Khandwa, Dewas and Harda has crossed 1,000 mark in the three days.
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Jal satyagraha enters 2nd day
Despite a crackdown on their jal satyagraha, the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists are undeterred by the arrests of villagers in the Narmada ghatti. Hundreds of displaced people in Malud village
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MP govt tries to crush jal satyagrah by dam-affected villagers
Hundreds of people from Khandwa, Dewas and Harda including senior Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Chittaroopa Palit were arrested on Sunday by police as soon as they started jal satyagrah to raise
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Crises, vulnerability & poverty in South Asia: peoples' struggles for justice and dignity
Most governments of South Asian countries claim to be stern upholders of democracy. They claim to have maintained high levels of transparency and accountability and to have respected the rule of law necessary
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Historic Land Acquisition Bill gets Lok Sabha nod
The Lok Sabha tonight okayed a new farmer-friendly land acquisition Bill that promises to address landowners’ concerns as regards relief and rehabilitation. A last-minute division of votes forced by the