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TopicNational Commission for Scheduled Tribes

Topic: National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

NCST issues notices to West Bengal, Centre over plight of tribals in Sundarbans

The notices seek factual and action-taken reports on the issues of child marriage, human trafficking, human-wildlife conflict and corruption plaguing the state's Sundarbans region.

Tribals tortured by TMC, forced to give away MNREGA earnings in Sandeshkhali, says NCST report

Complainants told a three-member NCST team, led by its Vice-Chairperson Ananta Nayak, that the West Bengal Police allegedly 'protected' Shahjahan and his accomplices.

Change the name, make it Indian Forest and Tribal Services, ST panel to tell govt

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes says name change will ensure forest officers also look into aspects of tribal welfare.

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Feudals prevent SC/ST, minorities, women from voting: Rajiv Gandhi on electoral reforms

On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.