The Union Tribal Affairs Minister pointed out that the Modi government is committed to providing quality education to tribal children in their mother tongue even as he inaugurated several new wings at Swami Vivekananda Medical Mission Hospital, Attapaddy, Kerala, The Indian Tribal reports

The Special Court for Scheduled Castes and Tribes on Wednesday (April 5) sentenced 13 of the 14 accused convicted for lynching the impoverished tribal youth to seven years’ rigorous imprisonment, The Indian Tribal reports

Five years after a mob publicly lynched the 27-year-old man, Madhu, on the suspicion of theft, as many as 14 of the 16 accused have been pronounced guilty by a court in Kerala. Quantum of sentence to be pronounced on Wednesday, The Indian Tribal reports

Against the backdrop of continuing infant mortality reported among the tribal children in Attappadi and the ever-increasing demands for more advanced health facilities in the region, the Kerala Government has decided to set up an Intensive Care Unit exclusively for the marginalized children. The Indian Tribal reports