Population data sheet 2023
The Population Data Sheet, published annually by ESCAP, features a range of key indicators on population and development. The focus is on population size, structure and growth rates, as well as fertility,
People
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Jharkhand: BJP, JMM clash on tribal land law
Political compulsions seem to have forced Jharkhand's tribal leaders to speak on diametrically opposite things. On one hand is former Chief Minister Babulal Marandi of the ruling Bharatiya Janta
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Muliebrity unshackled
An organisation that is actually a composite of several movements for women's uplift shows there's mroe to development than aid. The Self Employed Women's Association(SEWA) is both an organisation
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Autonomy a must: tribals
Tribals of the North-east urged both the Centre and the respective state governments to recognize their political rights by granting them autonomy. Adopting a tribal agenda at the North-east tribal
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WB may extend term of 'Swa-Shakti' project
Satisfied with progress made in the empowerment of rural women in Haryana, particularly in the districts of Jind, Bhiwani and Sonepat, the World Bank may extend the term of the Swa-Shakti project for
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Rs 500-cr fund likely for tourism promotion
The ministry of tourism intends to set up a Rs 500-crore tourism development fund (TDF). Other ministry proposals pertain to a liberal civil aviation policy and putting tourism in the concurrent list
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Firing' ignites more sparks
The Karnataka government must wake up to the problems in evicting the tribals from Kudremukh National Park before agitations go out of control. The decade-long struggle by various organisations
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Govt apathy adds to Jharkhand tribes' plight
The declining population of Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) it seems that nobady's concern in Jharkhand, although the State was formed for the welfare of the people of the region, especially for the
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LTTE hands over 50 child soldiers to UNICEF
The LTTE handed over 50 under-aged cadres to the UNICEF representatives in Killinochchi to be included in their programme of reintegrating them in to society, a day prior to the opening of the first
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'Over 70,000 out-of-school child labourers'
For the first time, following the announcement of an ambitious Action Plan for Elimination of Child Labour in Tamil Nadu, the Labour department has acknowledged that there are more than 70,000 child
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Exploitation is still explosive here
The exploitation of children goes on in the open in Sivakasi fireworks