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UN Human Rights Council

UN Human Rights Council About: The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the Formation: The Council was created by the United Nations General Assembly in 2006. It replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human The Office of

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Project Dantak

Project Dantak Project DANTAK was established on 24th April It was a result of the visionary leadership of the third King of Bhutan and then Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal DANTAK was tasked to construct the pioneering motorable Achievements: Road Connectivity: Over the years, the Project has completed approximately 1600 km of blacktopped roads

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Travelling with the Van Gujjars: Tracing a forest-dwelling nomadic tribe’s spring migration

Travelling with the Van Gujjars: Tracing a forest-dwelling nomadic tribe’s spring migration The Van Gujjars, who trace their origins back to Kashmir, first came to the Shivaliks some 1,500 years ago A community that lives off the land, an annual migration of around 200 kilometres to the middle Himalayas and an everlasting bond with buffaloes

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Why this PhD scholar’s story is inspiring: He’s the only one of his ancient tribe to ever graduate

Why this PhD scholar’s story is inspiring: He’s the only one of his ancient tribe to ever graduate Ravi Viswanathan, 32, is the first from the 1,500 people strong Alu Kurumba tribe in the Nilgiris to pursue a doctorate and become a teacher For all of the about 77,000-odd students who are currently pursuing a

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Practice disease distancing — how India can use corona crisis to kill its caste virus.

Practice disease distancing — how India can use corona crisis to kill its caste virus. The coronavirus does not care whether one is a Dalit or Brahmin, Muslim or Christian. Modi govt and media must stop recommending ‘social distancing’ as a measure. when the world is under siege by the coronavirus’ ‘war against humanity’ and

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Nidhi Dugar Kundalia’s White as Milk and Rice chronicles lives of India’s isolated tribes battling identity conflict

Nidhi Dugar Kundalia’s White as Milk and Rice chronicles lives of India’s isolated tribes battling identity conflict In her book White as Milk and Rice: Stories of India’s Isolated Tribes, author Nidhi Dugar Kundalia records the ways of life of six tribes in modern-day India, as they navigate a hyper-globalised world, dealing with issues of

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