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
People
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Two tribes discovered in New Guinea
report : Indonesian officials say they have discovered two nomadic tribes in the remote interior of western new Guniea, a news report said
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Girl child scheme falters for want of funds
The Balika Samriddhi Yojna (girld child scheme), launched in 1997 to elevate the status of the girl child born to a family living below the poverty line, has failed to make a headway due to severe
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ICDS third phase to cover 1,003 blocks
Approved by the World Bank, the third phase of the International Development Agency (IDA) assisted Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) project of the Department of Women and Child
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Tribals allege forced acquisition of land
Even as the state government is yet to make a categorical assertion on the acquisition of tribal land for the controversial Sahara India Housing Project at Ambavane Village in Mulshi taluka, 36
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World population
The world's population topped the 4,000-million mark during January and could double in less than 40 years, according to UN estimates. The latest edition of the UN Demographic Year Book put the
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Haryana to spend Rs 63 cr. on children
The Haryana Government would spend about Rs 63.33 crores under the Integrated Child Development Services Scheme (ICDS) during the current financial
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MoU signed with ADB to end child labour
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $150,000 as technical assistance to Pakistan for the education and rehabilitation of working children and freed bonded labourers.
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IOC to rehabilitate uprooted villagers
The Indian Oil Corporation has assured the Punjab and Haryana High Court that 131 families uprooted from Baholi village following the establishment of an oil refinery would be properly rehabilitated.
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Tribal uplift project launched in A.P.
STEP, a Rs. 58-crore European Union-funded project, aimed at sustainable empowerment of two lakh tribals in four coastal districts, was launched by the Chief Minster, Mr. N. Chandrababu Naidu.
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158 Kutch villages to have woman sarpanchs
The earthquake-ravaged border district of Kutch is poised for a dramatic change. With 2002 fast approaching, about 158 villages in 10 taluks of this far flung and second largest district of the