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Decks cleared for first tribal varsity in Jharkhand

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

TheJharkhandassembly, the final day of its winter session, gave its nod to Pundit Raghunath MurmuTribal UniversityBill 2021 paving the way for study and research on tribal culture, art and tradition. The university with its headquarters in Jamshedpur will have its jurisdiction all over the state and allow admission to candidates from all communities and religion.

Named after noted tribal laureate Pundit Raghunath Murmu, who holds the credit of developing Ol Chiki script for Santhal language, the university will be the first of its kind

in any state where special focus

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will be on scientific preservation of tribal culture and study on the subjects pertinent to tribes all across the country.

Children should be vaccinated against Covid-19: Bihar health experts

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

With the rising cases of Omicron infections in the country, demand for booster shots and vaccination of the children below 18 years of age are picking up.

Health experts of the state are also advocating the need of administering booster doses for the people already vaccinated with two doses. They also plead for vaccination of children to ensure their protection against the new variant.

Many countries like USA, UK, Spain, Russia, Germany and Australia are rolling out booster

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shots of the Covid-19 vaccine in view of the Omicron threat and hence, it is high time India should also start vaccinating people, especially the senior citizens with booster doses, they add.

Cgarh to ease process of passport issue, renewal

June 14, 2024 by rawan239

The Chhattisgarh government has decided to simplify the process to issue and renew passports.

The government is going to launch a m-passport-app which will give relief to people from hassles of Police verification and lengthy procedures.

The pilot project will start in six districts including Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Korba, Raigarh and Surguja.

A decision in this regard was taken after discussions at a meeting of the Home Department chaired by Chief Secretary Amitabh Jain. Additional Chief Secretary Home Subrat Sahoo was present.

At the meeting, Director General of Police Ashok Juneja said the process of issuing passports has been simplified using m-passport app in Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Odisha.

This app is proposed to be used in Chhattisgarh. A team of Home Department officials has been sent to Maharashtra to get a better understanding of its nitty-gritty.

This app will be used initially in six districts from where applications for making new passports or seeking renewal are received in large numbers.

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Minister for adi dravidar and tribal welfareN Kayalvizhi Selvarajinaugurated a two-day national seminar on of Tribal Communities: Issues and Challenges at the Research Centre for Tribal Culture in Ooty.

Of the 36 tribal communities inTamil Nadu, Toda, Kota, Kurumba, Irula, Paniya and Kattunayakan are on verge of degeneration, the minister said. The government is taking all possible efforts to enhance the livelihood of tribal communities.
Tribal communities comprise only 1.1% of the total Population of the state. Their Literacy rate stands at 54.5%, while the states literacy rate is 81%. Thanks to the governments special focus

on 320 government tribal residential schools and eight Ekalaiva model schools last year, 4,000 more tribal students joined government tribal schools this academic year, compared to last year, she said.
The government allocated 45.79 crore to develop infrastructures in government tribal schools and sanctioned 50.5 crore towards scholarships that benefitted 35,953 tribal students in the last academic year,Kayalvizhisaid.

Earlier, Kayalvizhi inaugurated the information centre and photo exhibition organised at a cost of 21 lakh at the Tribal Research Centre in Muthorai Palada near Ooty.