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Kurmi community's 'Rail Roko' protest demanding ST status enters Day 2
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Purulia (West Bengal) [India], September 21 (ANI): People from the Kurmi community in West Bengal continued their 'Rail Roko' protest in Purulia for the second day on Wednesday over their demand for Scheduled Tribe status.
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Odisha govt implements community-based action plan for making coastal comm
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 20 (ANI): In a step toward enhancing the climate resilience of coastal communities, the Odisha government has decided to implement a community-based action plan with an aim of making coastal communities more climate resilient.
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SBI Foundation and WWF India join hands for Red Panda Transboundary Conser
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Gangtok (Sikkim) [India], September 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): International Red Panda Day is celebrated every year on the third Saturday of September to support Red Panda conservation. It is a day to celebrate the Himalayan Mountains' elusive Firefox and generate much-needed awareness about the spe
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JP Nadda inaugurates 'Basti Sampark Abhiyan' to develop greater connect wi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda on Saturday, inaugurated the 'Basti Sampark Abhiyan' campaign, aiming to develop a greater connection with the people of Scheduled Castes (SC) and backward communities.
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Odisha CM Patnaik writes to Centre on pending proposals for inclusion in S
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 17 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has written to Union Minister Arjun Munda to consider over 160 state government proposals pending with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs for inclusion of communities in the ST list.
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Husk Power Systems to electrify 80 new communities in rural India
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium]/Patna (Bihar) [India], September 17 (ANI): EU- funded Electrification Financing Initiative (EDFI ElectriFI) signed a microgrid debt facility with Husk Power Systems to drive net-zero economic growth in 80 new communities in rural India.
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ClimeCo partners with Enaleia to establish a Verra Plastic Collection Proj
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Boyertown (Pennsylvania) [US], September 15 (ANI/PRNewswire): ClimeCo, a leader in the management and development of environmental commodities, has partnered with Enaleia to remove plastic pollution from vital fishing areas. Enaleia is a non-profit that engages coastal communities to collect
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Union Cabinet approves inclusion of tribes of five States in ST category
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday approved the inclusion of tribes of five states in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category.
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COVIDActionCollab's #OnwardTogether celebrates the impact and power of col
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): The COVIDActionCollab (CAC), with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Skoll Foundation, and its 350+ partner organizations, has successfully provided 24.9 million service instances to the vulnerable communities o
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A Seven Boats initiative towards spreading true awareness about this extre
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 12 (ANI/ATK): Each suicide is a personal tragedy that prematurely takes the life of an individual and has a continuing ripple effect, affecting the lives of families, friends and communities. Every year, more than 1,00,000 people commit suicide in our
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Sikh community under threat in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], September 10 (ANI): The increasing cases of atrocities against the Sikh community in Pakistan have exposed the false claim by Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) founder Gurpatwant Singh Pannun who earlier stated that the minority community is "happily" living in Pakistan.
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Pakistan UN envoy Masood Khan confronted in US over rapes in the name of f
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI): Former Congressional candidate from Virginia and Army veteran Manga Anantmula confronted Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Masood Khan over the rapes of women belonging to minority communities in the name of flood relief.
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