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The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in June 2022, notified the Forest (Conservation) Rules, 2022, which prescribed the mechanism for the diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes. File

Explained | Why is the tribal panel upset with Environment Ministry over forest rights?

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A view of a Banjara family in New Delhi. File

With religious identity of Banjaras now in a flux, Sangh Parivar steps in

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Items of a shop set on fire in Delhi’s Kardam Puri in February 2000.

The uncertain act of building trust with sources

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Minister for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Bhupendra Yadav had insisted that the rules were framed under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and that the NCST’s apprehension of these rules being in violation of the FRA was “not legally tenable”.

Scheduled Tribes panel requisitions FRA implementation reports from Supreme Court

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IIT-Bombay, Powai main gate.

IIT-Bombay panel looks to wrap up probe into Dalit student’s death

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Students from different organisations demand justice for Darshan Solanki outside IIT Bombay.

The Kota-quota hierarchy at IIT

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Uttar Pradesh school accused of firing trans teacher over gender promises sensitisation course

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Democratic Youth Federation of India and Students’ Federation of India supporters stage a protest at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on February 20, 2023 alleging discrimination, and in the aftermath of 18-year-old first-year engineering student Darshan Solanki’s alleged death by suicide.

National Commission for Scheduled Tribes grills IIT-Bombay on counsellor posting

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A view of IIT-Bombay. File

Dalit student death | IIT-Bombay admits to conducting surveys to end ‘culture of exclusion’

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According to internal documents seen by The Hindu, IIT-Bombay knew of issues faced by SC/ST students and the need for “affirmative counselling for marginalized communities”.

Months before Dalit student’s death, IIT-Bombay surveyed caste-discrimination on campus

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Students take part in a sit-in protest in the IIT-Bombay campus late on February 13, 2023 over the death of a Dalit student. Photo: Twitter/@ChintaBAR

Dalit student death | IIT-Bombay denies charges made by Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle

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Students hold a vigil at IIT-B on Sunday night.

Dalit student’s death at IIT-Bombay highlights institutional failure to create safe spaces, says Ambedkar Periyar Phule Study Circle

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the year-long celebrations commemorating the 200th birth anniversary of Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati, in New Delhi on Sunday.

Maharishi Dayanand removed evils falsely attributed to religion with light of religion itself: PM

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The NALSA judgment had called for the community to be considered ‘Socially and Educationally Backward Classes’.

Movement to secure horizontal reservation for trans people in education and employment gains momentum

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