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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HC order on hawkers' applications
The Delhi High Court has given an extension of three months to the Muncipal corporation of Delhi to complete the scrutiny of hawkers' applications for licenses. Mr Justice Manmohan Sarin gave
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UN urged to prevent use of children in war
The Society for the Protection of Rights of the Child (SPARC) has appealed to the UN Security Council to integrate specific measures to prevent the use of children as soldiers in the impending
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MP govt charged with violation of tribal rights
The Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights has charged the Madhya Pradesh government with blatantly violating the human rights of tribals and crushing their just struggle for tribal
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Community initiatives impress UN team
A team of United Nations Leadership Academy University has described the development initiatives in Madhya Pradesh launched with community participation as an example worthy of emulation.
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Grand council of tribals taking shape
A grand council of representatives of about 30 tribals in Kerala will be meeting in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday to chart out agitation programmes to press their demand for land and employment.
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People's tribunal blames officials for firing
The Indian People's Tribunal on Environment and Human Rights (IPT) has concluded that there was no justification for the firing on tribals in Dewas district earlier this year in which at least four
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Nepalese Parliament bans bonded labour, to free slaves
Nepal's Parliament has banned bonded labour, following up a government fiat proscribing the oppressive practice to speed up the rehabilitation of freed slaves. The government had banned the practice
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ILO lauds India for efforts to curb bonded labour
The Government has received a pat from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for its "successful efforts to combat bonded labour." Though the ILO has taken toe of India's two decade-long
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Empowering children
Rajasthan successfully experiments with the concept of bal panchayat, which involves children in the decision-making process at the village panchayat
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17 tribal districts to get British aid
The British aided 100 million pound(Rs. 700 crores) rural livelihood project is expected to cover 17 tribal districts with an estimated population of 12.5 million. According to the project concept