The Cabinet’s decision to raise the legal age of marriage for women is based on the recommendation of a panel led by Jaya Jaitly. Click here to download
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Amazon India launched Karigar Mela in partnership with Tribes India. As part of this initiative, customers will be able to access and shop from a selection of over 1.2 lakh unique traditional tribal and local Indian handicrafts and handloom selections. Click here to download
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The “period huts” where thousands of tribal women and girls are banished during their menstruation in the western Indian state of Maharashtra are getting a makeover. Click here to download
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Through his Lakshya Foundation, a BMC staffer has been voluntarily teaching rural and tribal students for 12 years, writes Sudhir Suryawanshi Click here to download
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Arpita Chowdhury launched #EducationForAll, an initiative where student volunteers teach Class XII tribal students to help them prepare for the Board exams Click here to download
Twenty-four tribal men in Kerala’s Idukki district have been allegedly socially ostracised by the “oorukoottams” (council of tribals) for allegedly consuming beef, which is against their custom. Click here to download
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Despite having huge strategic significance, India’s northeastern frontier has largely remained marginal in the country’s popular imagination as well as mainstream politics. The region has witnessed multiple crises including bloody insurgencies, but still lacks the emotional resonance of the Kashmir conflict due to geographical, cultural, and ethnic factors. Click here to download
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It is the silver jubilee year of the Panchayat (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 that was passed by the Parliament to empower people living in the fifth schedule areas, which are mostly dominated by Adivasi communities. Click here to download
Perhaps one day your surface-marring gesture will be conceived of as a great gift to science, and possibly art. (Try this line of reasoning with the angry homeowner or shopkeeper who’s intent on measuring your hand against the one now permanently set into their new cement walkway.) Click here to download
Hundreds of tribal villagers from India’s Hasdeo Forest begin a rally and march tomorrow in protest at the government’s plans for a massive expansion of coal mining on their lands. Click here to download
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