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Sept. 30, 2023 will mark 10 years of Orange Shirt Day and three years since National Day for Truth and Reconciliation was formally recognized as a statutory holiday in Canada.It’s the first year British Columbia will join Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Manitoba and Prince Edward Island to make it a provincial stat as well — providing an opportunity for Canadians to meaningfully mark the day.While people are encouraged to wear an orange shirt, how can Canadians go beyond that and engage more actively in truth and reconciliation?Global News spoke with five Indigenous people to get their thoughts:Note: The following interviews have been edited for length and clarity.Angela White is the executive director of the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, an organization that provides essential services to residential school survivors and families. I think the biggest and most important part of people working towards meaningful reconciliation is to educate themselves and not just relying on Indigenous people to be that voice.

Indian Navy has moved a mega proposal to the government for building the second aircraft carrier to be constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited. A proposal has been received by the Defence Ministry for building and acquiring the second indigenous aircraft carrier which would be known as the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier-2, defence officials told ANI. The Defence Ministry would be shortly discussing the proposal moved by the Indian Navy as one of the biggest programmes under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Aatmanirbharta (self reliance) programme in defence sector, they said. The programme will create several thousand direct and manifold indirect jobs through the Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kerala when the work on the IAC-2 is approved by the government. The first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was commissioned by Prime Minister Modi in Kochi in September last year where the expertise developed by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in building such large size ships was applauded. The Indian Navy has been pressing for three aircraft carriers to maintain at least one carrier on each coast with one in refit. With three aircraft carriers, the Indian Navy would also be keeping pace with all the navies deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, officials said. The Indian Navy is also going to get 26 new Rafale fighter aircraft for the INS Vikrant and also looking to buy the indigenous Twin engine Deck L-based Fighter aircraft which are now expected to be produced in large numbers to be deployed on the three carriers. Admiral R Hari Kumar had recently stated that INS Vikrant, the indigenously built aircraft carrier, will be based in Visakhapatnam.

SYDNEY (Reuters) — Thousands rallied in Australia on Sunday to support recognising the country's Indigenous people in the constitution, a proposal that is struggling ahead of a referendum next month.

Indian Air Force in a recent announcement, officially declared plans to buy around 100 more made-in-India LCA Mark 1A fighter jets, giving a boost to the indigenous aerospace sector. Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari announced this plan in Spain in an exclusive interaction with ANI upon receiving the first C-295 transport aircraft in Spain. Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari told ANI at the Airbus aircraft manufacturing facility that "The LCA was developed from the ground up for replacement of the large MiG series fleet including the MiG-21, MiG 23 and MiG-27 aircraft.

Indian Air Force (IAF) has officially announced its intention to procure about 100 additional Made-in-India LCA Mark 1A fighter jets. During his visit to Spain, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, the Chief of the Indian Air Force, made this announcement while receiving the first C-295 transport aircraft. Speaking to ANI, he underscored the pivotal role of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) in replacing the aging MiG-series fleet, which includes the MiG-21, MiG-23, and MiG-27 aircraft. «With the retirement of these aging aircraft, it is imperative that we bolster our inventory with LCA class aircraft.

A group of Indigenous Australian Rules football players, led by 1980s legend Phil Krakouer, launched a landmark class action against the AFL on Friday, claiming the game failed to protect players from vile racial abuse on the field that resulted in life-altering damage.

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) on Wednesday joined hands to develop an indigenous communication-based train control (i-CBTC) system, officials said. The team has commenced work at the i-CBTC lab of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and will soon develop and deploy a prototype i-CBTC product on a «designated test track» within the DMRC network, they said. With this partnership, the Delhi Metro and BEL are set to «usher in a new era of rail transportation in India», driving innovation, reducing costs, and fostering self-reliance in the field of train control signalling systems, the DMRC said in a statement. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of Vikas Kumar, Managing Director of the DMRC. «This groundbreaking partnership is aligned with the 'Make in India' initiative, championed by the Government of India under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs,» the statement said.

Indigenous tribes in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are asking federal officials to deny a utility's request for a loan to cover its share of a natural gas-fired power plant on the shores of Lake Superior

LCA), the air force is set to order an additional 100 of the Mk 1A variant of the fighter jet, with the order value likely to be around $8 billion. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has already placed an order for 83 LCA Mk1A fighter jets, the first of which is to be delivered by early next year. The Mk 1A version is a major improvement over the 40 Mk1 jets that were originally ordered by the air force, with modern avionics, Active Electronically Steered Radar, a new electronic warfare suite and a Beyond Visual Range missile capability. The order will place the total number of LCA jets-also called Tejas-in the Indian fighter fleet at 223, second only to the Russian origin Su 30MKI fighter jets.

Many Indigenous communities in Canada are in crisis because of a severe shortage of adequate housing. According to a forthcoming study by the Assembly of First Nations and Indigenous Services Canada, First Nations reserves require $135 billion to address this deficiency. And that doesn’t include housing shortfalls in Métis settlements and Inuit communities, which could push the total need much higher.

Canada plans to sell a stake in the Trans Mountain oil pipeline to Indigenous groups through a special-purpose vehicle that will allow individual communities to buy into the enterprise.

fundamental rights of tribal communities worldwide. The origins of observing this day stem from a worldwide movement aimed at acknowledging the rights and valuable contributions of indigenous peoples. Despite constituting around 6% of the global population, indigenous communities are frequently marginalized, even though they possess rich cultural diversity.

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News Corp Australia is pitching its special coverage of the Indigenous Voice to parliament as an “educational series” that will “empower our readers” and explain the causes of disadvantage, according to leaked material outlining how much the company’s mastheads will charge for advertising.

Tata Motors on Friday delivered a prototype of its indigenously-developed electric bus to the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation. The Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has placed an order for 921 advanced e-buses with the auto major, Tata Motors said in a statement.

ITLF) Conglomerate of Recognised Tribes stated two-and-a-half-months into the ethnic conflict in Manipur, evidence of atrocities committed against Kuki-Zo tribals continue to surface. ITLF stated a video which went viral shows a large Meitei mob parading two Kuki-Zo tribal women naked toward a paddy field to be gang-raped. ITLF in statement stated the despicable scene, which happened on May 4 in Kangpokpi district, shows the men constantly molesting the helpless women, who cry and plead with their captors.

India ordered will have a high indigenous content, including several high-level technologies like combat systems and air independent propulsion (AIP), Naval Group CEO Pierre Eric Pommellet has said. «The additional submarine built based on Scorpene design would cater to most of the current requirements of the Navy. The platform can also be integrated with more advanced weapons as per the need of the customer,» Pommellet told ET in first official comments on the deal.

Narendra Modi's state visit to the US in June has sparked unprecedented momentum in the India-US defence ties. As competition in the Indo-Pacific escalates, the US is keen to give India access to top-grade military technology and flesh out the latter's role as a 'major defence partner'. But, for Delhi, stronger defence ties with the US are not an achievement.

PVM) stated that Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserting delimitation will protect indigenous people and that the Assam Accord, National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Clause 6 safeguards have failed is not only false, but also mischievous.Upamanyu Hazarika, Convenor PVM stated that the delimitation process and the draft delimitation of constituencies has been touted by the Chief Minister Sarma as a measure to safeguard the identity of the indigenous people of Assam as the Assam Accord and consequently NRC and Clause 6 of the Accord providing safeguards to the local population from becoming a minority under Bangladeshi influx has proven to be a failure. According to the Chief Minister, delimitation is the only measure to safeguard the identity of the local population from becoming a minority.

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said she's sorry for delays in acting on new human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi people. 

Pope Francis has issued an historic apology for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “catastrophic” policy of Indigenous residential schools, saying the forced assimilation of Native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures, severed families and marginalised generations.