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
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Government to distribute Rs 500 cr to tribals
Madhya Pradesh Chief minister Digvijay Singh said that the state government has decided to distribute the income of about Rs 500 crore earned through sale of minor forest produce, wood and bamboo
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Welfare schemes for those who share information on Veerappan
The Special Task Force, which suffered a serious setback by alienating tribals during their hunt for Veerappan, has now embarked on a programme to befriend them. The drive to seek the help of tribals
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For 15 million in India, a childhood of salvery
Nallanayaki, a child worker cannot leave the silk loom in a small town in Tamil Nadu, until she pays the $146 loan her parents took from her employer. But her salary of less than 17 cents a day
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Vision impossible
Education for al by 2005, health for all by 2010, eradication of child labour within a decade, we've heard it all before. Populist political pronouncements, which we are supposed to take with a
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Vision impossible
Education for al by 2005, health for all by 2010, eradication of child labour within a decade, we've heard it all before. Populist political pronouncements, which we are supposed to take with a
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Thane to host a meet of old tribes
Thane will take a walk through history from February 4 to 9, going back nearly 2,000 years to witness ancient traditionalceremonies like the water libation ritual of Africa and religious ceremonies
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Kani tribals get solar street lamps, ID cards
For years, the Kani tribals have lived in darkness in the reserve forests of Kanyakumari. But not any longer. The district administration has begun a project to light up the hamlets and has already
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Bringing tribal girls closer to school
In a novel initiative to promote education among girls belonging to the backward Saharia tribe, three residential education camps have been organised in Baran district in South Rajasthan. Girls from
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Adivasis unaware of government schemes
There is one remote village in the Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh where adivasis dominate but they were unware of the government schemes. The residents of the village are neither getting
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Child labour exploitation in Baglung
The mid-western district, of Baglung has many children forced in to hard labour. In most cases it is the cruelty of step-mothers that drive children out of their houses, says a report of a study by