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
Migration
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding grant of citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong Tribals, Arunachal Pradesh, 17/09/2015
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Committee for C.R. of C.A.P. & Others Vs. State of Arunachal Pradesh & Others dated 17/09/2015 regarding grant citizenship to the Chakma
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Britain to be Europe's most populous country by 2050
Britain looks set to overtake Germany as the European Union's most populous country by 2050, according to statistical agency Eurostat. If current migration and birth rate trends are maintained, the UK
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Fleeing drought, climate migrants press Zimbabwe's fertile east
In the eastern highlands of Manicaland province, crudely built wood, mud, and thatch hovels cling perilously to the mountainsides. The illegal homes, the government says, belong to migrants who have
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Abrupt recent trend changes in atmospheric nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East
<p>Nitrogen oxides, released from fossil fuel use and other combustion processes, affect air quality and climate. From the mid-1990s onward, nitrogen dioxide (NO2) has been monitored from space, and since
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MGNREGA Sameeksha II: an anthology of research studies (2012-2014)
MGNREGA Sameeksha II is proposed as a continuation of the objective of nurturing a discourse around MGNREGA which is open, scientific, critical and constructive. It reviews research studies carried out
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Climate change hits mental health, may up criminality: Study
Climate change, besides leading to physical destruction, is likely to affect the mental health of humans, a study has revealed. Droughts, floods, rising sea levels, increasing ambient temperatures and
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Drought causing distress migration from Telangana
Hyderabad: The ongoing drought is fuelling distress migration from districts in Telangana, a trend that was witnessed in the early 2000s. The severe drought conditions for the second consecutive year have
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Travel time to hospital a problem in JE cases
Health authorities in the state have said the long distance from the house of a person suffering from Japanese Encephalitis (JE) to a medical centre is one of the factors behind the high fatalities, as
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Migration due to drought in Maharashtra
People in the drought-hit areas of Maharashtra, especially from Marathwada region, are migrating to Pune and Hyderabad, Congress MP Rajani Patil says. Marathwada, consisting of Aurangabad, Jalna, Parbhani,
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Protected birds faring better in Europe
Birds which have been given the highest level of protection by European rules are faring significantly better than other bird species, research has shown. The study found birds protected as “annex 1”