Women-led and women’s rights organizations are on the frontlines of today’s humanitarian crises—but many are at risk of disappearing. As global needs rise due to conflict, climate change, and displacement, deep cuts to foreign aid are threatening organizations that provide life-saving services for women and girls. In March 2025, UN …
BHUBANESWAR: The assessment of the joint Central team, evaluating Forest Rights Act (FRA) implementation in Posco zone, has emboldened the anti-displacement brigade which is now gearing up to fight the land acquisition process at the site till the end. A day after the panel went public with its view that …
Ranchi, July 27: If all goes well, Jharkhand may be the second state after Andhra Pradesh to go for the rubber dam, which promises zero displacement and eco-friendly construction. The state water resources department today explored the feasibility of rubber dams, especially for rivers on hilly terrain, in a meeting …
Advocates of foreign ownership of agricultural land say it brings wealth, infrastructure and new farming techniques; opponents say that displaced and deskilled smallholders are often the result. When people talk about land-grabbing the immediate focus tends to be on issues like food security, land sovereignty and worries about a new, …
Jaideep Hardikar / DNA Mumbai: Notwithstanding the political storm brewing between Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh over the disputed Babhli barrage on the river Majra in Nanded, the Rs220 crore project is one of the 11 barrages the Maharashtra government
Arijit Barman / Mumbai July 22, 2010, 0:48 IST New commercials from mid-August to bridge trust deficit, but the jury is out on whether these will work. Anil Aggarwal Metals and mining giant Vedanta Resources has been on a corporate social responsibility overdrive for long. It
Dhanbad, July 19: After rehabilitating more than 270 families from the fire-affected areas of the Jharia coalfield region to Jharia Vihar colony, the Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has decided to add around 750 quarters to the existing colony. Currently, the Jharia Vihar colony has 2,352 quarters where illegal inhabitants …
The Maharashtra government has finally cleared the rehabilitation package for the people to be displaced by the controversial MIHAN SEZ Near Nagpur city. The decision has made some concessions to the project affected persons who were demanding 12.5 per cent developed land in lieu of land acquired from them for …
July 15: States that are squabbling over inter-state water distribution should resolve their differences through bilateral talks, said the secretary, Union water resources ministry, Mr U. N. Panjiar. Talking to this correspondent, Mr Panjiar pointed out that Andhra Pradesh has disputes with Orissa over Vamsadhara, with Maharashtra over the Babli …
Jamshedpur, July 14: Deputy commissioner of Seraikela-Kharsawan Gauri Prasad Sinha today directed the Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) authorities to speed up the process of paying compensation to the villagers who have been displaced following the closure of Chandil dam
South Korean steel maker POSCO has announced an enhanced compensation package for people affected by its proposed mega steel plant near Paradip port in Orissa. Village residents demanding relocation of the project rejected the proposal. (Read about earlier protest: Police clears way for POSCO) The company said it would pay …
New Delhi: The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) region registered its first ever recorded drop in permanent-type migration inflows in 2008, a trend that accelerated in 2009, the OECD
The widening of 270 roads in the City would lead to the displacement of about three lakh people, the biggest urban displacement ever in Independent India, Manjunath of Save Bangalore, an organisation fighting road widening, said here on Saturday. He was participating in a discussion organised by the people who …
PARADIP: The district administration has decided to conduct Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) meeting next week to finalise the Posco compensation package. The decision comes after submission of Posco survey report to the State Government and Nodal Officer of Posco project today. Locals MP, MLAs, RDC (central), Posco …
Mumbai: The polio round scheduled to be held on July 18 in Mumbai is likely to have the Bivalent vaccine for the first time. This is despite the fact that there has not been a single polio case in the city since 2008. But the authorities fear that with the …
