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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Cheerless Nuankhai
Nuankhai is the main festival of tribal dominated western Orissa comprised of Balangir , Bargarh , Boudh , Deogarh , Jharsuguda , Kalahandi , Nuapada , Sambalpur , Sonepur , Sundargarh , and Aathmallik
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Trends and processes of urbanisation in India
The paper attempts a stock taking of urbanization in the post colonial period in India and critically examines the scenarios projected by international and national agencies. The policies and programmes
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Gender, climate change and health
This new report on gender, climate change and health released by WHO is based on the recognition that the effects of climate on human society, and our ability to mitigate and adapt to them, are mediated by social factors, including gender.
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Facing the challenge of environmental migration in Asia and the Pacific
An ADB project that is developing policy and financing responses to environmental migration has determined that climate change will increase forced migration due to environmental disruptions in Asia and
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Climate change and migration dynamics
Climate change is a new driver of human migration, and is expected by many to dwarf all other factors in its impact. But while there is growing concern about climate change, far less agreement exists about
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Socio-economic impact of implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in India
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 which is a rights-based flagship scheme of the Government of India with effect from 2 February, 2006, guarantees at least 100
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Militant left radicalism, state and civil society: The centrality of tribal land rights
The growth of militant left radicalism, known as the Naxalite movement in official documents and civil society discussions, has acquired considerable prominence in the public policy discourse, media coverage
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U.N. Agency Warns Of Possible Bird Flu Resurgence
The United Nations warned of a possible major resurgence of bird flu and said a mutant strain of the H5N1 virus was spreading in Asia and elsewhere. The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
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Delay in NREGA payments causing distress migration
The Planning Commission has raised concerns over people migrating from the countryside to cities in search of jobs. The Plan panel says that this ‘distress migration’ is mainly due to delayed disbursement
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Climate change forces species to move fast
Climate change appears to be forcing many of the world's creatures to migrate to more favourable locales up to three times faster than previously believed, a study said on August 18. Researchers compiled