Tag: Migration

Energy development holds up deer during spring migration: Study

Mule deer rely on this surfing behaviour to find the youngest and most nutritious plants that allow them to recover from winter and put on fat for the next lean season.

October 10, 2022

Migration crisis

In the east, the focus of the recent Russian offensive, carrying women, children, elderly people and many with reduced mobility to safer territory in the west was the priority this week.

August 6, 2022

Time to acknowledge Environmental Migration under a ‘normative framework’: IIT

This will prevent refugees from being compelled to return to their native countries, where they may suffer danger. Asylum seekers from vulnerable areas must also be absorbed in proportion to their greenhouse gas emissions in host countries. Given the severity of the expected Global Environmental Changes and accompanying impacts, the researchers suggest that taking early and adequate action is critical.

June 5, 2022

Greener pastures

It estimated that India had the highest number of international migrants in the world; 18 million Indians were living abroad despite Covid-19 induced travel restrictions in 2021. The UN body estimated that 10 million Indians migrated between 2000 and 2010. But the numbers, enormous as they are, do not tell the whole story.

March 31, 2022

Migration Muddle

"Why did Shah push Khan for a treaty to deport illegal migrants? Why did not the Hasina-Modi joint statement include the assurance? There was no mention of the migration issue at all, a lapse that raises questions about India's real intentions. One possible clue is that the Bharatiya Janata Party incited Hindus into religious-nationalistic fervour to win votes"

November 27, 2021

The long march home — book on lockdown migration launched

1232 KM: Corona Kaal Mein Ek Asambhav Safar' by author Vinod Kapri, published by Sarthak Prakashan (an imprint of Rajkamal Prakashan Samuh) was released at the India Habitat Centre.

November 25, 2021

Libya, UNHCR discuss illegal migration, border control

Al-Koni also stressed the importance of addressing illegal migration in Libya's southern border rather than at sea where illegal migrants cross towards Europe, according to the statement

September 23, 2021

‘Greece won’t become gateway to Europe for irregular migration flows’: Notis Mitarachi

Since 2015, over one million people have reached Greece fleeing warzones and extreme poverty, and most continued their journey to other European countries until the borders along the Balkan route to Central Europe were sealed off.

August 28, 2021

Odisha to tag problematic tuskers with radio collars to check human-elephant conflict

The radio collars will be Global Positioning System (GPS)-enabled and will track the real time location of problematic wild elephants.

June 25, 2021

Kamala Harris to visit US-Mexico border area regarding migration

Harris will arrive in the area just days before former President Donald Trump is to visit the border with a group of House Republicans and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

June 24, 2021

On World Refugee Day, Kolkata Port recalls history of human migration

Hundreds of men and women set sail on the ship, Lalla Rookh, in 1873 to work in sugar plantations in Suriname

June 20, 2021

UN launches 1st online platform on migration

The hub is expected to disseminate peer-reviewed information from different sources, such as reports by international organisations, academic articles and government statistics.

March 19, 2021

Migration and marginalization

East Delhi's Seelampur witnessed a protest in the middle of the night. Now, the protest has become sporadic to university campuses of Jamia Millia and Madras University.

December 23, 2019

Documentary film based on life of Uttarakhand farmer nominated for Oscars

The film will inspire youths to stay in their villages and work for their communities.

September 18, 2019

Changing dynamics of migration

Discrimination with domestic migrants is most felt by people from the North-east who travel outside the region for employment

January 14, 2019

Towards competitive backwardness

The Constitutional scheme of affirmative action cannot work unless reservation is truly inclusive and non-discriminatory, writes Sanjeeb Panigrahi.

December 27, 2018

Entrepreneurship as a bright profession

Expanding business to other global markets has its own distinct advantages. However, that decision should be taken with a lot of consideration.

September 28, 2018