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
People
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Mumbai set to replace Tokyo as the most populous city
Mumbai is set to replace Tokyo as the world's most populous city by 2020, according to a study released by the Washington-based Population Institute. Mumbai, currently home to about 18 million
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UNICEF appeals for $230m to help children
As part of the coordinated UN effort, UNICEF is requesting for US dollars 229.5 million from donor nations to deliver vital services to children and women in 16 countries of territories caught in
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Schemes for tribal development fail
Various development and welfare schemes being prepared by the government for the upliftment of tribals merely exists in files and papers. None of the higher officials care to implement the schemes
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Kamar tribe struggling for livelihood
Government has prepared development of schedule tribes, but the schemes have not been implemented properly. This is evident by the pathetic plight of the Kamar tribe.Spread in the areas of Selbehara,
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UP to rehabilitate 73,000 child workers
The rehabilitation package for child workers announced by UP government on International Women's Day lacked special emphasis on girl child labour working in hazardous occupations.According to
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Maori tribe in big land deal
A Maori tribe will become the biggest private landowner on New Zealand's South Island under a multi-million dollar land deal announced and funded by a land claim compensation
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Copyrights Act to be changed to protect tribal artists
The Union minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Mr Arun Jaitley, has recommended amendments in the Copyrights Act to protect the interests of traditional and tribal artists of India.
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14th Indian census set for March 2001
It is being projected as the biggest administrative exercise in the world. Two million enumerators under 400,000 supervisors will go on a house-to-house, hut-to-hut campaign throughout this vast
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New award for green crusaders
The Indian Associations of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (IAPPD) has instituted an award in memory of its chairman, Satpaul Mittal, to give recognition to individuals and
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Assam tribals' call for a separate state
An important tribal community of Assam, the Dimasha, has demanded a separate state to protect its identity and wage a fight against