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India leading country of origin of international migrants in 2019
A dataset titled ‘International Migrant Stock 2019’ has recently released by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The data provides the latest estimates of the number of international migrants by age, sex and origin for all countries and areas of the world. As per UN report, India is the ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Anthropology • Demography • Diaspora • Environmental social science • European migrant crisis • Genetic genealogy • Human migration • Migrant labourers in Kerala
Odisha sets up task force to prevent Child Marriages
A task force has been set-up in the Koraput district of Odisha to check the practice of child marriage, common among the tribal communities in the region. Task-Force for Preventing Child Marriages The task force comprises of officials from 21 departments, including health, education, social welfare and police. The education department has been tasked to ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Anganwadi • Child marriage • Demography • Dhimsa • Humans • Infant mortality • Koraput • Marriage • Public health
2019 edition of World Refugee Day (WRD)
The World Refugee Day (WRD) is observed every year on 20th of June to celebrate the stories and contributions of refugees. The 2019 theme is “#Step with Refugees – Take a Step on World Refugee Day”. According to the latest annual study released by the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), 70.8 ..
Topics: Aftermath of war • Demography • Forced displacement • Forced migration • Human rights abuses • Internally displaced person • Persecution • Population • Refugee • Right of asylum • Social Issues • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2019 edition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)
The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is observed on the 15th of June every year to voice opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted on elderly people. According to the United Nations (UN), around 1 in 6 older people experience some form of abuse. It is predicted to rise as population’s age worldwide. Elder ..
Topics: Abuse • Ageing • Demography • Elder abuse • Elder law • Gerontology • Old age • Population ageing
UNFPA publishes a State of World Population 2019 report
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has recently released a State of World Population 2019 report. The report stated that India’s population grew at an average annual rate of 1.2% between 2010 and 2019 to 1.36 billion, which is more than double the annual growth rate of China. According to the report, in India, total ..
Topics: Academic disciplines • Demography • Environmental social science • Health in Azerbaijan • Health in Singapore • Human overpopulation • Life expectancy • total fertility rate • World Population
The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan
On January 8, the Lok Sabha has passed the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 that seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. It will pave way for the religious minorities –the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis — from these countries to get Indian citizenship. According to Union Home ..
Topics: Canadian nationality law • Citizenship Amendment Bill • Demography • Ethnicity • Human migration • Illegal immigration • Indian nationality law • Law in India • Lok Sabha • Sikhs