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Efforts are under way to prevent migration from rural areas of Yadgir district, which is facing severe drought, through local employment generation. | Photo Credit: File photo At Shahpur village of Malkapur Gram Panchayat in Bidar district, Narshappa, Shivaraj, Nagappa and Tukkappa, all senior citizens, have stayed back in their village even as distress…
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Hindi and Tamil differ in far more than just vocabulary. Languages differ in how they are organised, and these differences are not spread evenly around the world. In some regions, neighbouring languages like Basque and Spanish differ dramatically from one another. In others, they share many of the same features, like Tamil and Kannada. A…
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With multiple discrepancies emerging as the pre-Special Intensive Revision (SIR) mapping progresses, political groups and activists monitoring the exercise, who have cross-checked the records with Booth Level Officers (BLOs), have estimated that around 12% of Karnataka’s voters could face deletion during the revision process. The estimate is based on documents reviewed as well as trends observed in other States where the exercise…
Bar headed goose (Anser indicus) in a V formation. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri The V-formation we have all seen growing up is commonly seen in migratory birds like cranes, pelicans, and ducks. It consists of a bird leader up front and the others trailing behind. Each one keeps a precise position relative to the…
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More than 22,000 migrants have arrived in England by crossing the Channel in 2024 (file). Lille, France: Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year. The French and…
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The UN’s International Organisation for Migration said the biggest increase in deaths was on the Mediterranean Sea. File | Photo Credit: AP A total of 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the U.N. migration agency said March 6, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago. The International…