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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CoP-11 on biodiversity: An opportunity to go beyond business as usual
With the Convention on Biological Diversity's 11th Conference of the Parties to take place in Hyderabad, this article points out that the treaty's implementation the world over has lacked resolve. India
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A Graveyard Of Dreams
The mineral-rich state of Orissa, once a magnet for big-ticket investments, is now a deadlocked destination for projects worth thousands of crores. Four days in and around Bhubaneswar were enough to catch
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EAC nod for Aranmula airport
An Union Environment Ministry panel has recommended clearance for developing a Rs.2,000-crore international private airport at Aranmula. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) for Building Construction, Coastal Regulation Zone, Infrastructure Development and Miscellaneous projects has recommended the proposal for environmental clearance with conditions, officials said here on Thursday. The airport, planned to be built on about 500 acres of land at Mallappuzhassery in Aranmula, has been hit by a controversy after the Opposition Left Democratic Front and a section of local people alleged that it would have disastrous environmental consequences and cause displacement of families.
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Chouhan bows, orders reduction in Omkareshwar level
Bowing before villagers, protesting in neck-deep water of the Narmada for the last 17 days, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday announced reduction in the water level of Omkareshwar dam to 189
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Police cracks down on Jal Satyagrahis, but fails to stem the flood
Barely a couple of hours after police evicted protesters from a 'Jal Satyagraha' today, about 50 persons from villages near Khardana entered the Narmada river demanding reduction of the Indira Sagar dam
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Facing protest, Chouhan lowers water level
Bowing to pressure following sustained television coverage of the Narmada Bachao Andolan’s ‘Jal Satyagraha’, the Madhya Pradesh government on Monday lowered the water level in the Omkareshwar reservoir
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Environmentally- induced displacement. Theoretical frameworks and Current Challenges
The aim of the presented paper is to demonstrate environmentally-induced displacement as an increasingly important category of population movement that represents a new set of challenges to the international
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Jal Satyagraha continues for the 10th day
Khandwa: Shri. Arun yadhav, Member of Parliament, Khandwa District reached the Jal Satyagraha site at Ghoghalgaon and heard out the issues of the Oustees. The Oustees conveyed to Shri Yadhav that “The
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'Land is our subject but rehabilitation is State subject'
KOKRAJHAR: BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary while interacting with the editors of different newspapers of the State at the Kokrajhar Circuit House on Friday said the land is the subject of BTC and the council authority will take necessary steps for the resettlement of the displaced people who have valid citizenship documents while the State Government is responsible for rehabilitation. Mohilary said the discussion between the BTC and the district administration was going on for rehabilitation of displaced people in their respective places. He alleged that in the past one month the district administration worked “partially”.
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The Lanjigarh development story: Vedanta’s perspective
The purpose of this report is to present a clear context and holistic contextual perspective to our stakeholders on the Lanjigarh refinery operations, including human rights aspects, environmental and