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TopicNomadic tribes

Topic: Nomadic tribes

A suffering tribe, an explosive case: Inside Delhi Sapera village at heart of ‘snake venom’ row

Five men from Delhi's Molarband village arrested for alleged involvement in Noida rave saga in which YouTube Elvish Yadav is also a suspect. They're out on bail, but residents say damage done.

Pandemic, Sudan strife leave Karnataka’s Hakki Pikki healers struggling — ‘debts up to our nose’

For decades, Hakki Pikkis have been going abroad to sell herbal medicine. But business has been hit hard in last few years and a mountain of debt now threatens to drown them.

Between China, climate change & development, Ladakhi nomads are losing grip on their land

With their access to grazing lands reduced due to climate factors and the army's security concerns, the Changpa nomads worry for their livelihood and the health of their livestock.

The 15-year-old Banjara market that could become the new Kathputli Colony of Gurugram

So far there have been no campaigns or plans to try and save the vendors of Gurugram's Banjara market from being rendered homeless and jobless.

How MP Excise Act systemically targets SC, ST, Vimukta communities

Researchers for CPA project analysed 540 FIRs and 5.62 lakh arrests under MP Excise Act to find the continuation of the colonial legacy of branding certain communities as ‘criminal tribes’.

Why 13 crore Indians are celebrating their ‘independence day’ today

Belonging to the Nomadic and Denotified Tribes, these Indians were considered born criminals under the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871 up until this day in 1952.

On Camera

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Less than a year before the First Constitutional Amendment, Patel wrote to Nehru about Supreme Court rulings that had 'knocked the bottom out' of press control laws.

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

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

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

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

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