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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Adivasis in grave danger, says Condpan
The Adivasi people living in the proposed Bodo Territorial Council (BTC) areas are facing life threat, said Silvius Condpan, chairman, Assam Planning and Development Board and senior Congress leader.
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Stress on infrastructural facilities for tribals
Chairman of the National Commission for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes Dilip Singh Bhuria stressed the need for providing infrastructural facilities in tribal areas like drinking water,
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Child labour increasing alarmingly in Jamalpur
The number of child labourers in increasing in Jamalpur district (Bangladesh). According to an unofficial sources about 20,000 child labourers below 12 years of age are engaged in this odd job for
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Panel seeks land for tribes
Land, fake certificates and meagre funds are the key issues facing tribals in many parts of the country. The Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission, headed by Dileep Singh Bhuria, who along
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Independent probe sought
Alleging that the death toll in police firing on tribals in Muthanga wildlife sanctuary in north Kerala on Feb 19 was much higher than what was being claimed by the Kerala Government , an NGO the
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Tribals shifted from tiger reserve
Eight tribal families have been shifted from Kabatghai village located inside the core area of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Orissa. The displaced families have been rehabilitated in Ambadiha village
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Rescue centres for child labour
Busy shaping their own destiny at a small slum cluster in the Capital are a group of Bal Panchayat members who are not only aware of their rights but also their responsibilities towards
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A fresh batch of Adivasis encroaches farm
A fresh batch of 130 odd Adivasi families led by Ponuchami encroached the Orange and vegetable farm at Oothukuzhi in Nelliampathy in Kerala and were in the process of pitching huts there. The 180 odd
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Tribals launch hunger stir against graft, funds misuse
Representatives of 33 tribal communities led by former tribal welfare minister D Ravinder Naik began a 33 hour hunger strike and dharna in front of the Indira Park in protest against the "rampant
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Metro MD selected for lifetime award
Mr E. Sreedharan, Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, who is also associated with many railway projects in the country, including the Konkan Railway and Delhi and Kolkata Metros, has