Royal Past & Islamic Matrilineal Kinship: Lakshadweep’s Rich History Has Always Left Chroniclers At Sea Opposition parties in Lakshadweep and Kerala are up in arms against various measures initiated by the Administrator of the group of islands, terming them as “anti-people” and have sought his recall. However, this is not the first time that Lakshwadweep […]
Assam’s tribal communities lost land and forest to mining For years, Assam’s rainforests in and around the Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary have been bearing the brunt of coal mining, both illegal and legal. Apart from the impact on the biodiversity of the ecologically sensitive area, it is the tribal communities of the region who have
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Chhattisgarh’s Sitanadi Udanti tiger reserve: Tribals seek forest rights, officials cite core area rule. Despite the Congress-led Chhattisgarh government’s promise of recognition of community resource rights, these villagers are facing bureaucratic hurdles, largely based on interpretation of law. THOUSANDS OF tribals living in villages located in the core areas of Sitanadi Udanti Tiger Reserve
An Indian Adivasi community is divided by scripts Santali is one of India’s many Adivasi languages. Today, seven different alphabets are used to write in it. Some argue that this great variety does not help the community’s development. Script is important for the sustainability and development of a language. In the long-term, writing
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21 more members of vulnerable tribal groups test Covid positive in Odisha Twenty-one more members of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Odisha have tested positive for Covid-19, taking the total number to 45. Twenty-one more members of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG) in Odisha were afflicted with coronavirus, taking their number
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Revealed: Bolsonaro’s plan to wipe out “the world’s most vulnerable uncontacted tribes” Revealed: Bolsonaro’s plan to wipe out “the world’s most vulnerable uncontacted tribes” The Brazilian government is planning to open up the land of uncontacted tribes to deadly exploitation, by scrapping the emergency orders that currently protect their territories. Experts say the plan could drive
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Fearing exclusion of smartphone-less tribals, Jharkhand seeks to use own app for vaccination It has been made mandatory for people in the 18-45 age group to register themselves at Co-WIN to get the vaccine. RANCHI: Fearing exclusion of a large chunk of the tribal people in the ongoing vaccination drive against Covid-19 due
No, Humans Didn’t Evolve From the Ancestors of Living Apes The last ancestor that we shared with apes had its own set of traits, and was different from both us and modern apes. The truth is that we don’t know where we, homo sapiens, came from. In his 1871 work, In The Descent of Man,
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Concern for PVTGs in Odisha as test hesitancy poses hurdle Thirteen of the 62 tribal groups in Odisha have been identified as PVTGs, which are given special protection because of their dwindling population. Their current population is 2.14 lakh, spread across 11 districts. WITH NEARLY 55 per cent of the Covid cases in Odisha being
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