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Agro biodiversity Initiatives Open Tribal Women’s Horizons

Agro biodiversity Initiatives Open Tribal Women’s Horizons

kaliamma Nanjan, 70, sings as she cuts through her farm in Kerala’s Western Ghats. She deftly navigates the slopes of Attappady in Palakkad district with the gravity-defying dexterity of a mountain goat. Her silver-grey hair and bright saree vanish as she enters her mosaic-like 3.5-acre farm — her own agrobiodiversity haven. There is one acre

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Why is an Amazon tribe talking to Indians about Blood Gold?

Why is an Amazon tribe talking to Indians about Blood Gold?

The Yanomami people, who live in a settlement deep inside the rainforest, have been threatened for several decades by illegal gold miners who invade their land and bring diseases. From the remote rainforests of Brazil, a little-known tribe has made an emotional appeal to Indians: “The gold which has come from our Yanomami territory is

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National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) – Formation

National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) – Formation

1.  NCRB was set-up in 1986.2. NCRB was formed by merging the Inter-State Criminals Data Branch,Directorate of Coordination and Police Computer (DCPC), and Central FingerPrint Bureau of CBI.3. As part of NCRB evolution, the Crime and Criminal Tracking NetworkingSystem (CCTNS) was approved in 2009 and Digital Police Portal waslaunched in 2017. FOR MORE CONTENT DOWNLOAD

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Complete literacy for Wayanad’s Adivasis: Kerala govt aims at 90% literacy for Adivasis in 6 months-anthropology-vishnuias

Complete literacy for Wayanad’s Adivasis: Kerala govt aims at 90% literacy for Adivasis in 6 months

constitutes about 20% of the Wayanad’s population, has literacy rate of about 70%, which is significantly lower than the state’s and Wayanad’s literacy rate. This divide is what the local authorities are trying to fill, with the help of civilian volunteers. If the present project is able to achieve its target, then Wayanad will be

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