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Supreme Court Stays Its Controversial Tribal Eviction Order

The Wire Staff 28/02/2019

On February 13, the apex court had directed states...

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Top Wildlife Scientists Ask for Cancellation of SC Tribal Eviction Order

Nitin Sethi 28/02/2019

They called the Supreme Court order ‘unjust’ to the...

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Eviction of Tribals: Forced Displacement and Its Links With Poor Health

Sarojini Nadimpally, Deepa Venkatachalam and Adsa Fatima 28/02/2019

Forced displacement has been shown to increase vulnerability to...

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SC to Hear Centre’s Plea Seeking Withholding of Eviction of Tribals

The plea said that as the forest dwellers were...

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Political Parties Compete for Vote of India’s Tribal Community

Mayank Aggarwal 26/02/2019

After the Supreme Court ordered the eviction of tribal...

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The Supreme Court Sends Forest Rights Back to a Dark Past

Tanay Gandhi 25/02/2019

In colonial India, encroachers were thought of as 'evil'...

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How the FRA Is Being Cut Down to Size, and Tribals With It

Rajshree Chandra 23/02/2019

It is scandalous that the fate of a million...