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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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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Ladakh: Dard Tribe in Aryan Valley preserved Dard Culture for centuries despite several challenges In Ladakh, Aryan Valley is fascinating for its tribal culture, custom, epics and languages which are different from the rest of the union territory. Aryan Valley is home to Buddhist Dard Tribe that live in five villages. People have preserved the
How COVID-19 made forest rights battle tough for Tharu women The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown spelled disaster for and paralysed several communities — the Tharu Adivasi community in eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Khiri district near the India-Nepal border was among those affected hard. The Adivasi villagers alleged the forest department prevented people from entering
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Bhil Tribe and their demand for separate State. Bhils or Bheels are an Indo-Aryan speaking ethnic group in West India. They speak the Bhil languages, a subgroup of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages. As of 2013, Bhils were the largest tribal group in India. Bhils are listed as indigenous people of the states
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Maharashtra: Tribal Farmers Form A Company To Harvest & Sell Medicinal Herbs Today we came across an interesting bit of positive news from Pune, Maharashtra; wherein more than 800 tribal farmers have incorporated a company to harvest and sell over 120 exclusive medicinal herb products. Vanarinath Aushadhi Vanaspati Adivasi Farmers Producer Company Limited is the
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Chhattisgarh Govt Launches Schemes For Tendu Leaves, Cow Dung Collectors The scheme, named after slain Congress leader Mahendra Karma, was inaugurated on the occasion of his birth anniversary from the official residence of CM Bhupesh Baghel in Raipur. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel buys cow-dung to mark the inauguration of ‘Godhan Nyay Yojna’. Under the
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