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Elders demand restoration of ex-FATA's separate status in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bajaur Agency [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): Expressing their dissatisfaction with the merger of former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA's) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, elders has demanded the restoration of separate status of the region as no visible change was seen in the lives of people
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CJI writes to Ravi Shankar Prasad, requests him to strengthen connectivity
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has written to Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad requesting to strengthen the network and connectivity beyond major urban centres, particularly in rural and tribal areas, as he said the digital divide is adversely impac
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First convocation of KISS Deemed to be University
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 26 (ANI/PRNewswire): Founded in 1992-93, Odisha-based KISS Deemed to be University will hold its first convocation for passing students on 27th June 2021.
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Tribal man marries two women with consent of all three families in Telanga
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Adilabad (Telangana) [India], June 19 (ANI): A tribal man married two women at the same ceremony in Utnoor Mandal of Adilabad district with the consent of all three families and a tribal body said the wedding was in accordance with their customs.
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Only graduate from Coimbatore's tribal village teaches children after scho
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 18 (ANI): Sandhya, the first and only graduate of Chinnampathy tribal village in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore, has stepped up to fill up the educational void in the lives of children caused by the shutting down of schools due to the COVID-induced lockdown.
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Odisha CM announces Rs 1690 crore Covid assistance package for socially we
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 18 (ANI): Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday announced a COVID package of Rs 1690.46 crore for the assistance of landless farmers, construction workers, urban poor, Tribal peoples, state food security beneficiaries, National Rural Employment Guarante
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COVID-19: Hyderabad NGO uses technology to help rural, tribal areas
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 17 (ANI): Keeping in view the limited access of medical facilities in the rural and tribal parts of the society amid the COVID pandemic, a Hyderabad based non-profit organization (NGO) has combined both the fields of service and technology together to exte
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Maharashtra: Officials visit remote tribal villages to combat mistrust on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Amravati (Maharashtra) [India], June 17 (ANI): Amravati district administration officers on Wednesday visited tribal-dominated remote villages to combat mistrust about the COVID-19 vaccine and counseling them to get inoculated.
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Mission Van Dhan will transform tribal ecosystem: Arjun Munda
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Mission Van Dhan will transform the tribal ecosystem of the country, said Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda on Tuesday.
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Six arrested in West Bengal's Alipurduar for thrashing, stripping woman
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): Six people, residents of Paschim Chengmar village in Alipurduar district, were arrested for stripping and parading naked a woman, informed the police on Tuesday.
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COVID-19 vaccination drive reaches tribal population of J-K's Rajouri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 13 (ANI): Facing the second wave of COVID-19, Jammu and Kashmir is trying to vaccinate its citizens rapidly, reaching even the remotest corner of each area and village including nomadic tribes.
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Overcoming COVID vaccines hesitancy, tribals in North Bengal get inoculate
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], June 13 (ANI): Knowing the importance of vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19, people from the tribal community in North Bengal are participating in large numbers in the inoculation drive to get themselves vaccinated.
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