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Topic: Refugee

Is New Zealand going the Canada way? Over 500% rise in asylum claims by Indians over past 2 years

In 2022-23, the number of refugee claims by Indians was 172 before it shot up 579 percent to reach 1,168 claims in 2023-24. In 2024-25, there have been 453 claims so far.

Over 117 million people forcibly displaced in 2023, says UN refugee agency

In its report on global trends in forced displacement, UNHCR said that there had been a yearly increase in the number of people forcibly displaced over the last 12 years.

UK minister Trevelyan to visit Bangladesh, discuss refugee crisis & climate action

The UK and Bangladesh are looking to boost ties in priority areas such as migration, economic reforms, and security.

47 Myanmar nationals enter Mizoram ‘fearing recruitment by Arakan Army’, take shelter in border village

A least 34,282 Myanmarese refugees taking shelter across the 11 districts of Mizoram, state home department records show. Of them, 13,310 are children from different places in Myanmar.

Over 800 killed, 4.8 million displaced in West Darfur, says UNHCR

As per UNHCR, more than 8,000 people fled to Chad in the last week alone, though this is likely to be an underestimate due to challenges registering new arrivals.

Over 84,700 people cross into Armenia from Karabakh, media reports say

The exodus of ethnic Armenians from Karabakh began after the fall of the region's separatist government last week.

Not just Indian fugitives, Canada harbouring main assassin of Bangladesh’s Mujibur Rahman

Noor Chowdhury, convicted in 1998 of killing Bangladesh’s first president, is said to be living in Etobicoke since 1996. In 2011, he appeared on Canada’s CBC Radio, pleading innocence.

Mizoram CM recalls days as rebel leader, calls state ‘one of the most peaceful’ in world

Speaking at Mizo Students' Union general conference, Mizo National Front leader said his state offers a refuge to those who have fled Myanmar, Bangladesh & Manipur owing to political turmoil.

SubscriberWrites: A refugee’s story

Karma Tenzing’s stories riveted us, & the big brown mountains & clear streams provided inspirational visuals.

War, climate change push number of internally displaced people to record high of 71.1 million

IDMC said the figure represented a 20% increase since 2021. The war in Ukraine triggered nearly 17 million displacements last year, while 32.6 million were displaced due to disasters.

On Camera

Critical minerals are the new oil. India can’t afford to depend on China

Mineral security is no longer just an economic concern but a national security imperative, underpinning the country’s ambitions in clean energy, defence self-reliance, and advanced manufacturing.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

RSS chief Bhagwat draws the line at 75. India’s politics stares at the Modi Exception

BJP has no dynastic succession, at least not at the top. You can trace this back to Vajpayee-Advani era. This act of spotting, empowering younger talent is even more striking with the choice of BJP presidents.