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

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