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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: Migration

It’s not just jobs: 2-yr Punjab study says drugs, corruption driving rural youth’s exodus abroad too

'Overseas Migration from Rural Punjab: Trends, Causes and Consequences’ study by Punjab Agriculture University professors was conducted between 2021-2023. Canada preferred destination for 42%.

Report assessing India’s urban sprawl links slums to ‘low floor space ratio’ limits allowed for buildings

The India Infrastructure Report 2023, released by former vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu, calls for radical reforms in urban planning and development to address the issue of slums and sprawl.

SubscriberWrites: A note on cross-border migration into Manipur

In the interest of national security in general, & peace in Manipur, enhancement of policing along the India-Myanmar border is important.

UK-based firm estimates 6,500 Indian millionaires will move abroad in 2023, fewer than last yr

According to The Henley Private Wealth Migration Report 2023, Australia emerged as the top destination for high-net-worth individuals, followed by the UAE & Singapore.

Punjab youth are unemployable. The state doesn’t have a Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune or Noida

Young people of Punjab are perennially trapped in disenchantment with their state and in an irrational yearning to migrate. 'There is no scope in Punjab. So why spend time studying?'

Punjab has a bigger problem than Amritpal—young people with one-way ticket to Canada

Entire families are moving abroad, and many a village has only children and the elderly, affecting the entire social fabric of the countryside.

China kicks off annual 40 day migration tradition, under shadow of Covid

This Lunar New Year public holiday, which officially runs from 21 January, will be the first since 2020 without domestic travel restrictions.

Talent migration is set to increase globally. Here are 5 things that can happen

More women will migrate, city-to-city migration will ramp up and there will be a fight for residents among cities, data says

US to expel 24,000 Venezuelans migrants to Mexico by air, grant them humanitarian access

The joint US-Mexican plan to contain illegal immigration comes before the US midterm polls that threaten to deprive Democratic President Joe Biden of his party's control of Congress.

Climate change will make millions migrate. This journalist tells you how to make it fair

A third of people expect they will be displaced in the next 25 years due to climate change. But an environmental journalist shows how to rehome people.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity. Misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

‘Cassette culture’ discusses the boom of Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar saw the pinnacle of success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.