Northeast citizens faced racial discrimination amid COVID-19 outbreak, says govt. study  They were “harassed, abused and traumatised” and disparagingly called „coronavirus,‟ says study A study commissioned by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on racial discrimination and hate crimes against people from the northeast States found that the “northeast India seamlessly fits [an]

Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland Why in News Recently, an apex body of Naga tribes, Naga Hoho has cautioned the Nagaland Government with respect to preparation of the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN), seen as a variant of Assam’s National Register of Citizens. Key Points Background: The State government had formed a

Tribal body flags concerns over Nagaland’s version of NRC ‘RIIN could have unforeseen and dangerous implications for the Nagas as a people’ An apex body of Naga tribes has asked the Nagaland government not to be hasty with the exercise to prepare the Register of Indigenous Inhabitants of Nagaland (RIIN), seen as a variant of

Arunachal’s tribes revive indigenous lockdown rituals.  A tribal lockdown ritual has staged a comeback in Arunachal Pradesh, the State geographically closest to China’s Hubei province where the COVID-19 outbreak began. Arr-Rinam is the Galo equivalent of lockdown imposed by consensus for 48 hours whenever an epidemic strikes. The Galos, one of the 26 major tribes

Nutrition policy to suggest steps to tackle anaemia Draft identifies it as a major health problem in State The draft nutrition policy being finalised by the State government identifies anaemia as a major health problem in the State, especially among women and children. More women and children have anaemia in 2005-06 than in 1999-99, the

Odisha’s Tribal Communities Are Reeling Under a Land Grab Project Masquerading as ‘Afforestation’  The forest department‘s move to aggressively promote commercial plantation activities on community forest land in the name of compensatory afforestation is usurping the forest rights of the tribal communities Pratima and many others in the village said that the police had threatened

A hamlet that thrives on the ancient barter system Women from Naxal-hit Sukma region gather to exchange forest produce for rice and salt The Edugurallapalli tribal shandy that gathers on Fridays is reminiscent of the ancient barter system, where tribals exchange forest produce for rice, iodized salt and other commodities. The shandy is in the

Schooling Karnataka’s tribal students to be guardians of forests Steady destruction of Western Ghats prompts a group of trekkers to come out with a long-term plan Children in a government primary school at Nagarbhavi were thrilled to get pen, pencil, eraser, drawing book, and school bag, from a group of trekkers from Mangaluru. Most of

No proposal to implement Panchayat system in Sixth Schedule areas of Assam The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha that “presently, there is no proposal to implement panchayat system in Sixth Schedule areas of Assam”. Sixth Schedule of the Constitution It protects tribal populations and provides autonomy to the communities through