Scheduled Tribes

What is the Day officially called? Where was the decision to celebrate the Day taken? Why was the decision taken? Do you know why the Day is observed on August 9 every year? The Indian Tribal brings you the answers to all such queries about the special day

The Government of Jharkhand, which observes August 9 as a State holiday to commemorate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, holds special two-day celebrations to mark the occasion. Sudhir Kumar Mishra reports

Currently, no seat in the 40-member Goa assembly is reserved for the Scheduled Tribe community while one seat is reserved for the Scheduled Castes. The Indian Tribal reports

The female doctor, belonging to the Gond tribal community, has achieved a rare distinction of conducting deliveries of over 100 twin babies in just two and half years itself in Durg district hospital. Vijay Singh Thakur reports

The new dispensation of Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi recently announced the special initiative of doling out pocket money to Scheduled Tribe students to dissuade them from dropping out of school. Sandip Kumar Bal reports

As per data provided by the Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Durgadas Uikey, there are 20 slots available under National Overseas Scholarship in every selection year. The Indian Tribal reports

The 73-year-old Paraja tribal agriculturist breathed her last at the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, where she was admitted a couple of days ago. The Indian Tribal reports

The senior CPI(M) Politburo member has written to the Union Tribal Affairs Minister calling for local recruitment instead of the existing centralised process. The Indian Tribal reports

With the Assembly elections just a few months away, the decision to bring back the out-on-bail Hemant Soren at the helm of affairs in Jharkhand has been taken as part of a multi-pronged strategy. The Indian Tribal reports

Played mostly by Santal tribals in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha and in the Kolhan region of Jharkhand, this traditional khela (game) is dying slowly without the support of major sports clubs and patronage of State governments, writes Niroj Ranjan Mishra