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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicForest dwellers

Topic: forest dwellers

NHRC, IGNFA collaborate for human rights training for forest officers

ThePrint Team -
Officers urged to internalize UDHR, relevant laws to protect forest dwellers' rights.

J&K govt starts training officials on how to check documents of forest land ‘encroachers’

Azaan Javaid -
The J&K administration has already held a training session last week for its ‘frontline workers’ who are tasked to complete the job by 31 March 2021.

J&K names over 63,000 ‘encroachers’ of forest land, say they’re occupying 15,000 hectares

Azaan Javaid -
This year alone, the authorities have retrieved more than 550 hectares of forest land out of the illegally occupied 15,000 hectares, according to J&K administration officials.

Most of the 20 lakh forest dwellers facing eviction don’t know why they’re being ousted

Ritika Jain -
The Supreme Court has ordered that the tribals and forest dwellers whose claims to forest land have been rejected should be evicted by July.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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