On 16th August the Department of Sociology, Cotton University in collaboration with Anamaya-tribal health collaborative organised a dialogue on Tribal Health and Culture Interlinkages.
The key speakers at the event were Dr. Forhad Akhtar Zaman, Additional Professor and Head, Department of Community & Family Medicine, AIIMS-Guwahati; Dr. Anil Kumar Boro, Head of Department, Department of Folklore Research, Gauhati University and Dr.Mitra Das, Deputy Director, Assam Institute of Research For Tribals And Scheduled Castes, Government of Assam.
The event ended with a moving mime performance on sustainable use of forests and conserving medicinal plants by artist Mina. Such interdisciplinary discussions are important because indigenous communities report disproportionately high levels of maternal and infant mortality, malnutrition, cardiovascular illnesses, and other infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis.
The discussion highlighted that more sensitivity needs to be brought about while providing healthcare to indigenous populations. There is a need for behavioural change in communication through long-term interventions and improved tribal health literacy.
There is a need to acknowledge that there are many underlying factors that influence indigenous health seeking behaviour, more so in an increasingly globalised world, and one of the basic aspects that influence health seeking behaviour is the immediate environment and culture.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) urges Indian government to "stop using unnecessary lethal force against CAA protesters".
New York: The Indian authorities should cease using unnecessary lethal force against demonstrators protesting a law that discriminates against Muslims, Human Rights Watch said today. Since protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act began on December 12, 2019, at least 25 people have been killed and hundreds have been arrested.
Police have used excessive force only against demonstrators protesting the law, including many students. All the deaths have occurred in states governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP): 18 in Uttar...
Kumar Sanjay Krishna, an Assam Meghalya 1985 cadre IAS officer, going to be the next Chief Secretary of Assam.
Krishna is now serving as Additional Chief Secretary, Home & Political Department.
Current Chief Secretary Alok Kumar is goingto to retire on December 31.
Shrinkhal Chaliha, the firebrand leader of the Veer Lachi Sena which has been vehemently protesting against the Citizenship(Amendment) Act, 2019, was arrested again by the police on Monday.
Chaliha was picked up by the police from Barbarooah locality of Dibrugah where he took part in a protest rally organised against the C(A)A,2019.
He was arrested earlier in the current month on charges of making objectionable comments while protesting against the controversial Act.
However, he was released on that day itself.
Sources in the Dibrugarh police informed media persons that the leader was arrested in a case registered with a police station in Guwahati.
As per the Veer...
As Assam is going through a major upheaval to protest against the citizenship act to protect 'jati, mati and bheti' (community, land and base) of the state , the Dallas Assamese met on 21st December to show solidarity with Assam and protest against the .
The event took place at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Plaza. The group gathered around the statue of Mahatma Gandhi holding placards and Assamese "Gamusa" calling for a withdrawal of the act.
“We are here to say that we stand in solidarity with our Assamese brothers and sisters and all other students and people protesting across India,” said one of the protesters. Ankur Bora , an active member of Assamese diaspora expressing his views...
Secretary General of Naga People's Front and Rajya Sabha MP KG Kenye resigns from the post of Secretary General.
He was issued a show-cause notice by the NPF Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) for voting in favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in the Parliament.
Kenye sent his letter of regisnation to NPF president on Friday.
The All Assam Students Union (AASU) submitted a writ petition at Supreme Court challenging Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 (CAA).
The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 on Wednesday 18 December.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO.______ OF 2019
(Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India read with Order XXXVIII of the Supreme Court Rules, 2013)
IN THE MATTER OF:
ALL ASSAM STUDENTS UNION
THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT, DIPANKA KUMAR NATH GOPINATH BORDOLOI NAGAR GUWAHATI-786014, ASSAM...
Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti, Associate Professor of Economics in A. D. P. College, Nagaon, Assam, has contributed few important suggestion to Assam Accord high level committee regarding safeguards for the indigenous people of Assam. .
Dr Borkakoti appeared before the high level committee on clause 6 of Assam Accord at Tezpur on November 28 at the invitation of Government of Assam.
The high level committee is chaired by Justice (Retd) B. K. Sharma.
Inner line should be introduced in Assam with maximum limit of 30 day stay; people from rest of India coming to work here be given 5 year work permit at a time.
Acquisition right of land should be restricted to indigenous people only....
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, in short, is referred to as “CAB”. The bill which was passed by both the houses of the Parliament (Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha) have been granted assent by the President and has now become an Act. It will come into force on such date as the Central Government notifies in the Official Gazette.
Who are the persons covered by CAB?
CAB grants citizenship to any person belonging to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians community from Afghanistan, Bangladesh or Pakistan, who entered into India on or before 31st day of December 2014 and they will not be treated as an illegal migrant. The bill also reduces the duration of residency from...
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