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Jharkhand plans 'Sahai' to promote sports in Naxal-hit areas

Jharkhand plans ‘Sahai’ to promote sports in Naxal-hit areas

Jharkhand plans ‘Sahai’ to promote sports in Naxal-hit areas RANCHI: Jharkhand government plans to launch a special scheme ‘Sahai’ to promote sportspersons in extremist-hit areas. Under the plan, officials from the Sports Department have been asked to identify potential talents under 19 years of age. “To instill a culture of sports and identify talent in […]

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A proposed Bill and its possible ramifications in matrilineal Meghalaya    

A proposed Bill and its possible ramifications in matrilineal Meghalaya    

A proposed Bill and its possible ramifications in matrilineal Meghalaya     If implemented, the proposed Bill would modify an age-old customary practice of inheritance of the matrilineal Khasi tribe. Last week, a district autonomous council in Meghalaya announced that it would introduce the ‘Khasi Inheritance of Property Bill, 2021, aimed at “equitable distribution” of parental

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Ocean Research Vessel- Sagar Nidhi

The Union Minister of Earth Sciences visited the Indian Subcontinent’s Pioneer Ocean Research Vessel (ORV) Ship SagarNidhi. Earlier, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has launched India’s first manned ocean mission “Samudrayaan” in Chennai. Click here to download

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Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs-anthropology-snippet-vishnuias

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE A total 18,493 families in 215 villages across Protected Areas (PA) in India have been displaced in the 48 years since the inception of Project Tiger, the Union government’s flagship scheme for tiger conservation. Click here to download

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