Aiming to preserve the indigenous culture and publicise it in its original form and manifestations in the mass media, the Dr Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Research Institute here recently imparted training in related skill-sets to 100 participants in an intensive workshop, Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

The Mission, announced in the Union Budget, is a major tribal outreach project of the Government which targets to ensure that when India celebrates its 100th Independence year in 2047, no child is born with the fatal disease. It has deep political implications as well, The Indian Tribal [...]

Unlike his contemporaries, this Bhotra tribesman from Nabarangpur took the lead in honing his skills to magnify and multiply his array of designs and make a mark, Niroj Ranjan Misra reports

Under fire for his handling of the unabated violence in the northeastern State since May 3, CM N. Biren Singh on Friday (June 30) typed out his resignation letter, sought time from the Governor to hand it over but changed his mind and tore it apart owing to [...]

The two organisations have joined hands to undertake the in-depth study to “help the administration to attend to the needs of the society and contribute in its development”, The Indian Tribal reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push for the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has not just set the tone for next year’s Lok Sabha polls but also led the Opposition, including minority community leaders, and tribal organisations getting worked up, The Indian Tribal reports

A Bhumija tribal, hailing from a big carpenter family, he has been instrumental in setting up the Odisha Cartoonists’ Academy. Niroj Ranjan Misra gets to know him closely

While acknowledging the traditional healers as Tribal Health Ambassadors, the ICMR-NIRTH study aims at encouraging them to act as a channel for timely referral of cases needing immediate medical attention to Government health centres, The Indian Tribal reportsNew DelhiThe Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National [...]

This International Yoga Day, on Wednesday (June 21), will see the craftsmanship of India’s tribal artisans on 34,000 yoga mats — from Odisha’s Sabai Grass to Bengal’s Madhurkathi — which TRIFED procured and supplied to the Ministry of Ayush, The Indian Tribal reports

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch a mission to eliminate Sickle Cell Anaemia by 2047 from Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh on June 27. On World Sickle Cell Day (June 19), Union Tribal Affairs Minister Arjun Munda details his Ministry’s action plan to tackle the menace that [...]