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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Land losers in troubled waters
Those displaced by the Seabird naval project are fighting a legal battle for 30 years Poor land owners in the taluk, who parted with their land for Asia’s biggest naval base, ‘INS Kadamba’ (Seabird), have been waging a protracted legal battle for over three decades for fair compensation.
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Bangladesh termed most vulnerable
Bangladesh is the world's most vulnerable country to climate change-related risk factors, according to a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released yesterday. “Asia and the Pacific have six of
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Asia climate disasters displace 42 million: ADB
BANGKOK: Climate-related disasters have displaced more than 42 million people in Asia over the past two years, the Asian Development Bank said Tuesday in a report calling for swift action to avert future
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Legal clinics and adivasi rights - Report of a national workshop
A national workshop in Hyderabad deliberated on adivasi rights and the organisation of legal clinics, addressing the issues faced by the vulnerable communities among them.
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Revenue Minister cornered over land conversion issue
JAMMU: Minister for Revenue and Relief Raman Bhalla was cornered by the members from PDP, National Conference and even his own party (Congress) on the issue of conversion of Agriculture land for the use of industries and poor maintenance of revenue records. This issue was first raised by PDP member and it was followed by volley of supplementaries raised by other members from NC and Congress. The PDP member Murtaza Khan pointed out that Government has notified nearly 796 kanal of prime Agricultural and irrigational category land at Rakh Amb Tali in Samba for the purpose of Industrial Growth Centre.
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International Labor Organization raps Brazil over monster dam
The UN's International Labor Organization (ILO) has released a report stating that the Brazilian government violated the rights of indigenous people by moving forward on the massive Belo Monte dam without
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Fukushima's legacy of fear
Japan's worst-ever nuclear accident displaced more than 100,000 people. Many could now safely return home. Yet mistrust of the government prolongs their exile.
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Rs.1,402 crore for four-lane on Vikkiravandi-Thanjavur highway
Works to be completed within 27 months: Palani Manickam The National Highways Department has sanctioned Rs.1,402 crore for laying four-lane on the national highway from Vikkiravandi to Thanjavur, said S. S. Palani Manickam, Union Minister of State for Finance, here on Friday.
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Implications of industrial relocation on workers in Delhi
Industrial relocation in Delhi in the mid-1990s and early 2000 was supposed to ensure a pollution-free environment in the capital city. The apex court’s concern for quality of life in Delhi is commendable.
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Reject Land Acquisition Bill 2011: We need a just, democratic and effective framework
Today, people are protesting against illegal and unjust land grabbing across the country, and it is clear for all to see that the process of land acquisition is unjust and driven by private interests.