Houthis and Yemen War: Houthis are a large clan belonging to the Zaidi Shia sect. Zaidis make up around 35% of Yemen’s population. The Zaidis ruled over Yemen for over a thousand years until 1962 when they were overthrown. In 2004, the Houthis began an insurgent movement against the Yemeni government. In 2012, Ali Abdullah …
Uighurs: The Uighurs are a minority Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central and East Asia. The Uighurs are recognized as native to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China. They are considered to be one of China’s 55 officially recognized ethnic minorities. The …
Herero and Nama tribes reside in Namibia. Between 1904 and 1908, German colonial settlers killed tens of thousands of men, women and children from the Herero and Nama tribes after they rebelled against colonial rule in what was then called German South West Africa. Why in News? Germany for the first time has recognized that it committed …
Yanomami Tribe: They live in the rainforests and mountains of northern Brazil and southern Venezuela. According to Survival International, they are the largest relatively isolated tribe in South America. They practice hunting and slash-and-burn agriculture and speak the Xirianá language. Why in News? Yanomami Tribe has asked the Indian Government to stop buying Blood gold which …
Novichok: The name Novichok means “newcomer” in Russian and applies to a group of advanced nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s. How was it developed? Novichok was developed under a Soviet programme codenamed Foliant. It can be delivered as a liquid, powder or aerosol and is said to be more lethal …
News: In his Mann ki Baat address, the Prime minister has made a reference to Mexico’s Khadi Oaxaca and told how khadi reached Mexico after a local resident became influenced by a film on Mahatma Gandhi. Facts: Khadi Oaxaca: It is a farm-to-garment collective which comprises around 400 families, which live and work on traditional farms and homesteads …
Rohingya: Rohingya is ethnic minority group, largely comprising Muslims living primarily in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state. They practice a Sufi-inflected variation of Sunni Islam. They differ from Myanmar’s dominant Buddhist groups religiously, ethnically and linguistically. They speak Bengali dialect, as opposed to commonly spoken Burmese language in Myanmar. Myanmar considers Rohingya’s as illegal Bengali immigrants, despite …