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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Climate change alters bird migration patterns
WASHINGTON: Rising temperatures, triggered by climate change, are forcing birds to alter their migration patterns. The finding is based on data from eBird, a database containing 10 years' worth of observations
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Climate change could pose threat to conservation: expert
Talking to The Hindu on her arrival here to attend a Climate Conclave organised by the British Council, Association of British Scholars and TKM Institute of Management, she outlined the challenges posed by climate change and socio-economic factors to the conservation efforts worldwide. Balancing development needs with conservation holds the key to survival of species, she asserts. She said climate change was likely to trigger droughts and flooding of low lying areas, leading to population migration between and within countries.
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Thanks to Aadhaar, MGNREGS is in demand in Jharkhand
Prompt payment through bank; corruption eliminated; in fact, some workers have a saving. They are all manual workers earning Rs. 100 daily under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
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Climate change and migration in Southeast Asia: responding to a new human security challenge
Migration and displacement are among the range of pressures on people and their communities likely to arise from the economic, social and environmental consequences of climate change. Despite fragmented
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Ramesh seeks tribal cooperation to combat Naxalism
The political endeavour under the Saranda Action Plan (SAP) — not just to bring the government closer to the local tribal population but also to give them a stake in the democratic set-up and unfetter
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A saga of three villages in Andhra Pradesh
A study of the socio-economic situations of three villages in north-eastern Andhra Pradesh shows that while times and values have vastly changed, not much has been transformed in terms of privileges and
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Climate change, migration, and conflict: addressing complex crisis scenarios in the 21st Century
This report provides the foundation and overview for a series of papers focusing on the particular challenges posed by the cumulative effects of climate change, migration, and conflict in some of our world’s
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Malaria control in Bhutan: case study of a country embarking on elimination
Bhutan has achieved a major reduction in malaria incidence amid multiple challenges. This case study seeks to characterize the Bhutan malaria control programme over the last 10 years.
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Climate change, environmental degradation and migration
This publication contains the report and supplementary materials of a workshop on “Climate Change, Environmental Degradation and Migration”, which was held in Geneva, Switzerland on 29–30 March 2011. The
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Urban India 2011: evidence
India’s urban transition, a once in history phenomenon, has the potential to shift the country’s social, environmental, political, and economic trajectory. It may exacerbate inequalities, create new opportunities,