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 and a major increase in international remittances. The report highlights that international migration remains a driver of human development and economic growth, highlighted …
Expressing concern over the severe drinking water shortage in the twin cities of Andhra Pradesh, several MLAs and experts in water management demanded a stringent law to ban industrial, housing, quarrying and other activities in the catchment areas of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar.
Commercial Taxes Minister K Vijayarama Rao who was opposing commercial exploitation of groundwater by private persons, made a 'U'turn and announced that there would be no ban on the activity for at least two or three months. "For those who supplement to the water needs of the general public, the …
The Assam Tea Tribe Students Association (ATTSA), Bokakhat unit has warned the stone quarry owners of Bokakhat subdivision not to exploit the child labourers below the age of 14. The ATTSA also demanded the Government to intervene in the matter immediately and examine the activities of the stone quarries in …
SC/ST Welfare Minister M. A. Kuttappan has said that the Kerala government will distribute another 1,840 acres of land to the Adivasis in two months. Kuttappan said in a statement here on Sunday that the government was committed to redressing the grievances of Adivasis. The government has sought sanction of …
A couple of days after the police firing on tribals in Wayanad district of Kerala, the Booker Prize winner author, Arundhati Roy, lent her voice to their "struggle for land and justice". In a letter to the Kerala Chief Minister, A.K. Anthony the activist author noted that it was "the …
Members of the Opposition LDF brought the proceedings of the Kerala Assembly to an early halt demanding a judicial inquiry into the police firing on Adivasis at the Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary in Wayanad district on Wednesday. After making a vain bid for the adjournment of the proceedings to discuss the …
A recent study by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) on bonded child labour in India's silk industry has found that nearly one lakh children work in Karnataka's silk industry
Chief Minister S M Krishna on Monday said Karntaka should be free of child labour by 2007, and it is the responsibility of the Government departments, parents and community members to work in this direction.
Lokayukta Justice N Ventakachala has directed the Bangalore city corporation (BCC) to immediately take steps to clear silt removed from Ulsoor lake which has found its way into the Bennamangala tank near Kadiramanna Palya village, putting residents to hardship.
A study report has suggested to the Karnataka State government that water be declared as essential commodity and its wastage be considered an offence to ensure its optimal use during the summer months. The Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board (BWSSB) could arrange for sale of potable water in sachets …
Insensitivity of the political establishment to environmental issues is the biggest tragedy in Kerala nowadays. And it was on display at the latest Cabinet briefing of the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony. It is more than a month since an ecologically very sensitive part of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary was taken …
In just five years, Ecuadoran roses, as big and red as the human heart, have become the new status flower in the United States, thanks to the volcanic soil, perfect temperatures and a year and tens of thousands of jobs in this once impoverished region north of Quito. But roses …
Social activist and Magsaysay award winner Rajendra Singh said that he was opposed to national river grid scheme as it was impractical and would lead to disputes among states. Talking to reporters, Rajendra Singh said that 100th part of the total money allocated for the scheme could make water available …
Andhra Pradesh state level federation of tribals was constituted with Communist Party of India national secretary A B Bardhan as the federation's first general secretary and former legislator M Budhu Chouhan as convenor of federation's steering committee. Any person, apart from those belonging to political parties, can become a member …
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 finished installing solar lamps at Manalodai. The district has sent a Rs 2 crore proposal to …
Even as the government orders a high-level peobe into the alleged presence of pesticide residues in bottled water, the industry is asking which safety/hygiene norms should Indian companies follow
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 the interiors of villages and hamlets have been persuaded to participate in the special camps.
The Rajasthan BJP has opposed the State Government's decision to discontinue the supply of irrigation water to the farmers of the Indira Gandhi Canal area over a month ahead of the scheduled time. "The move is totally anti people and anti-farmer," former Minister and party spokesperson, Manickchand Surana, said in …
Any person who is below the age of 15 and is not attending a school would be considered either a child labourer or a bonded worker in the new legislation that is expected to be ready for presentation before the Legislative Assembly in about four weeks in Andhra Pradesh.
Buried in the dusty bylanes of Dharavi are over 10000 tales of lost childhood. Here children work for over 15 hours in the 250-odd zari workshops. Many of them are under 14. The Child Labour Act guidelines banning the employment of children in hazardous industries, fixed work timings and breaks …
