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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Tribal schemes need effective implementation
The 19th meeting of the Rajasthan State Scheduled Tribes Advisory Council, held at Banswara in South Rajasthan early this week, underlined the need for effective implementation of the schemes for
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Concern over population decline in Russia
Russia has lost over seven million people in the painful transition from communism to capitalism, according to preliminary census data released on April 23. The steepest peace time population decline
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Tribals' revolt against Naxalites
After some 30 villages in Korchi area of Gadchiroli district defied the Naxal boycott of government-run employment-generation schemes, the revolt has spread to more drought-hit villages in the
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Anti-Shinde' couple bags award
Eminent social worker Abhay Bang, who is known to be a bitter critic of Maharashtra's public health system along with his wife Rani, has bagged the prestigious Maharashtra Bhushan Award instituted by
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When a scheme doesn't work, relauch it with a new name
What does the HRD ministry do when its development schemes don't work? It simply relaunches them under a new name. Sample this : A particular scheme of the department of women and child has been
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Elimination of child labour demanded
A workshop that concluded called for eliminating child labour, child abuse and corporal punishment. The Provincial Commission for Child Welfare and Development (PCCWD) had the organized the
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Child labour
Going by the book is perforce something at which she is adept as a presiding officer in the legislature, but Najma Heptulla has never been so rule-bound as not to respond to developing situations. So
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Child's day out
Nearly one year after the United Nations Summit on World's Children in New York in May 2002, in which Indian delegates played an important role in the drafting of a resolution that obtained
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Centre spells out funds earmarked for child welfare
From now on, there will be little scope for states to gloss over the funds they get but don't spend on education, health, nutrition, development and protection of children. The Department of Women
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100 million child labourers in India'
Even when the Constitution of India prohibits employing of children, India has a population of 100 million child labours and in Delhi alone there are an estimated four lakh. A survey conducted by a