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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Refugee

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.

After Covid, funding crisis, India’s only Afghan refugee school finally back to in-person classes

Sayed Jamaluddin Afghan School inaugurated a new building space Tuesday. The new space, in Delhi's Bhogal, accommodates six classrooms and 250 pupils.

US, UK have a solution for refugee crisis and earning money — send them all to Rwanda

The deportation flights to Rwanda are part of 'migrant deterrence practices'. They're used by the West to deter future migration from the Global South.

How Pakistan turned its back on Afghan musicians who fled Taliban rule

About 150 Afghan artists living in Peshawar since August 2021 face deportation back 'to a life of threat', with some already arrested under Pakistan's Foreigners Act.

Refugees are in statistical shadows. Until that changes, global poverty won’t

A lack of or gaps in data limits our ability to accurately measure poverty, the impact of crises and policy shocks on refugee populations.

Cheers to Delhi govt for reducing drinking age to 21 and getting out of liquor business

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Harsh Mander wants better refugee law, Manu Joseph calls out middle-class CAA protesters

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Harsh Mander, Sunita Narain, Shailaja Chandra, Manu Joseph & many more.

I invited pro and anti-CAA Indians to my home to talk beyond Twitter. This is what happened

Anything written on Twitter about Modi govt’s CAA becomes a toxic whirlpool. Instead, mothers and daughters, couples and students showed up to my place to chat.

CAA rules must be stringent, offering citizenship only to real and not imagined refugees

Ambiguity and discretion in the current Citizenship Amendment Act could be designed for it to be more about NRC than actual refugees.

This World Refugee Day, 65 million people are displaced from their homes—highest since WWII

The United Nations has been observing World Refugee Day since 2000, and has urged solidarity with displaced people around the world.

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.