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
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
Officials of the Mumbai Board of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) are taking forward a plan to redevelop two of their major colonies in gross misuse of the Slum Act. The colonies have been categorised as slums despite the Mhada Act making it categorical that none of the colonies belonging to the authority could be developed under the Slum Act. In a letter written to
LUCKNOW: Evicting tribals and traditional dwellers from tiger reserves is not always the solution. Creating a stake for them in reserves could also be an option. The biggest tiger reserve of the country, Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam has its security manned by its tribal folks `Chenchus'.
Dhanbad, Aug. 31: Several thousand victims of a raging underground fire will no longer have to do the rounds of Jharia Rehabilitation Authority (JRDA) office.
Under pressure to act against the anti-Naxal Salwa Judum, the Chhattisgarh Government faced fresh trouble with the Supreme Court requiring information on rehabilitation provided to tribals displaced due to mining and other developmental activities. On Tuesday, the apex court heard a PIL filed by academicians Nandini Sundar, Ramachandra Guha and EAS Sarma on the State
The past decade has seen considerable progress towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the fulfillment of children
BHUBANESWAR/SAMBALPUR: Even as western Orissa continues to reel under a sudden outbreak of the H1N1, nine Chinese nationals were rushed to the VSS Medical College and Hospital with suspected symptoms on Monday. The Chinese nationals are part of a 55- member team working for establishment of the power plant of Sterlite Energy Ltd at Jharsuguda.
What is common between Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district of Orissa and a place near Umiam lake in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya? Both are among the finest addresses for nature lovers.
The state government has prepared a strategy to provide 100-day job to 10 lakh most deprived families under Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in this fiscal. "These targeted 10 lakh people would include 5 lakh the most poor families and the rest, 5 lakh, would be women," Secretary Rural Development Manoj Singh said here on Sunday. He said to start with the
BHUBANESWAR: In 2004, the Centre for Monitoring of Indian Economy (CMIE) had predicted that the State had potential to attract FDI worth $ 40 billion in view of its huge bauxite, iron ore and coking coal reserves. Interestingly, the big ticket investments like Posco, Mittal etc queued up into Orissa from 2005.
LANJIGARH: Even as the Centre has dealt a body blow to the expansion project of the UK-based Vedanta in Kalahandi by rejecting the stage-II forest clearance from its proposed mining project at Niyamgiri, tribals fighting to save their habitat on Thursday announced that the campaign would continue. Kunti Majhi, the president of Niyamgiri Suraksha Parishad, said that he was quite happy that the N