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We are one and free: Australia amends anthem to honour indigenous people
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 2 (ANI): Australia brought in the New Year differently this year by tweaking their national anthem 'Advance Australia Fair' slightly to recognize the country's Indigenous history and communities, said Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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Ruling BJP ally among tribal organisations questions govt failure to tackl
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 23 (ANI): As demonstrations in Kanchanpur area of North Tripura district continued on Sunday against the government's decision to rehabilitate Bru refugees from Mizoram in the state, various tribal organisations in Agartala, including the ruling BJP's
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'IPFT happy with Tripura CM, discussed alliance conditions agreed by BJP
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Four member delegation of Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) including General Secretary Mewar Kumar Jamatia on Thursday met BJP national president JP Nadda to discuss alliance conditions agreed by BJP before the 2018 assembly election and a sepa
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Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur becomes country's first municipal corporation to
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur has become the first municipal corporation in the country where people of an urban area have been provided forest land right certificates.
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Inclusion, participation of indigenous people must be ensured in COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [USA] Aug 10 (Xinhua/ANI): Inclusion and participation of the world's 476 million indigenous people must be ensured in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and on the road ahead towards recovery, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday.
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Tribals should take the benefit of AP govt schemes: Minister
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], August 9 (ANI): The Andhra Pradesh government is implementing many schemes for the welfare of tribals who should take their benefit and get ahead in life, said Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Su
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BJP, IPFT working together, minor issues on seat sharing will be handled c
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], July 11 (ANI): BJP general secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday said that BJP and Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) were working together for the welfare of people of the state and issues concerning seat-sharing between the two ruling allies for the forthcom
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Diplomat Abhay K to deliver lecture on "Protecting Environment through Poe
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): On the World Environment Day, an anthem for planet Earth, penned by Indian poet/diplomat Abhay K. has been translated into Quechua, a language spoken in the Peruvian Andes by the indigenous people of Peru.
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Kashmiris hold anti-Pak protest against oppression, cross-border terrorism
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 10 (ANI): Political activists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) held a protest against Islamabad for the oppression of indigenous people, exploitation of natural resources and sponsoring cross-border terrorism in the region.
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Assam govt to introduce Bill in next Assembly session securing land rights
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said that the state Cabinet has decided to introduce a new Bill in the next Assembly session to secure the land rights of the indigenous people.
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Disappointed with CAB, 'big danger' for indigenous people: Bhaichung Bhuti
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Former Indian football team captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Friday expressed disappointment with the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), saying it is a "big danger" for the indigenous people.
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IPFT calls 12-hr strike to protest against CAB on Monday, demands separate
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec 7 (ANI): The Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) announced that it will observe a 12-hour strike on Monday in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) areas to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill and to highlight other d
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