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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Conceptualising movements against large dams: Case study analysis of NBA strategies, linkages and state response
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) is a protracted struggle of more than three decades against large dams. While the movement has been a witness to various highs and lows, some key lessons nevertheless can
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Militant left radicalism, state and civil society: The centrality of tribal land rights
The growth of militant left radicalism, known as the Naxalite movement in official documents and civil society discussions, has acquired considerable prominence in the public policy discourse, media coverage
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Govt in a fix over Sindol project
Bhubaneswar: Speaker Pradeep Kumar Amat’s efforts to end the stalemate over the controversial Sindol Hydro-Power Project issue has run into rough weather with the opposition Congress and the BJP refusing
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Bandh hits normal life in Western Odisha
Sambalpur: Normal life was hit in Western Odisha on Thursday due to disruption in train and bus services and closure of shops during a bandh demanding scrapping of Sindol hydro-power project and setting
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Green light for construction of Karnali irrigation after govt agrees to rehabilitate displaced families
Construction of main intake of Rani, Jamara and Kulariya canal under Karnali Irrigation Project based in Karnali Chisapani is all set to begin within a few days. The construction of the intake, which
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Sindol: House panel to look into submergence
BHUBANESWAR: Members cutting across party lines on Monday demanded scrapping of the MoU for the Sindol project even as Speaker Pradeep Amat suggested setting up of a House Committee to gauge public opinion
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28 years on, no compensation for ITR oustees
BALASORE: Several families, mostly farmers and fishermen displaced by the Integrated Test Range (ITR) here languish in penury, awaiting compensation 28 years after their lands were acquired for the project.
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Fishermen observe fast against nuclear reactors
<p> Nearly 7,000 fishermen, including over 3,000 women from 11 coastal hamlets in the district, observed a fast at Idinthakarai on Tuesday demanding the closure of the nuclear reactors under construction at Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project.</p>
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Thousands displaced in Assam flash floods
<p> Guwahati: At least seven people were swept away and thousands displaced by flash floods in Assam Monday, officials said, adding that army soldiers and Indian Air Force helicopters were being deployed to rescue trapped villagers, officials said.</p>
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Thousands displaced in Assam flash floods
At least seven people were swept away and thousands displaced by flash floods in Assam Monday, officials said, adding that army soldiers and Indian Air Force helicopters were being deployed to rescue trapped