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Sucheta Dasgupta | India’s unsung green heroes

Sucheta Dasgupta | India’s unsung green heroes

Take economist-turned-sociologist Radhakamal Mukerjee, b. 1881), for instance. In 1922, he formally advocated the...

8 March 2025 2:23 PM

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Sculptural beauty of trees

Photographer Juhi Saklani captures the dramatic beauty of trees and roots that emerge from old buildings and walls.

15 April 2018 1:10 AM

The environment activist was also actively involved in the Anti-Tehri Dam movement. (Photo: Twitter)

Environmentalist, Chipko movement leader Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of...

The 94-year-old, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Shri awardee was admitted to the hospital after his oxygen levels started...

21 May 2021 9:39 AM

People hug a tree during a protest against cutting of trees at Sarojini Nagar in New Delhi on Sunday. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

A Chipko-like' movement to protest felling of trees

The movement, started by Prerna Prasad, spread rapidly in two days by word of mouth and social media.

24 Jun 2018 7:58 PM

An aerial view of the floods in Aluva after heavy rains, in Kerala. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala wake-up call on growth and development

The world's peasants, providing 72 per cent of its food, are defined as unproductive.

21 Aug 2018 7:44 PM

Resident groups held a Chipko movement and embraced trees to stop them from being felled.

Noida: Recreational park on forest land sparks protests

Authority has decided to cut around 3,520 eucalyptus, babul trees.

25 Aug 2018 8:16 PM

A group of activists had started a Chipko movement wherever the authority began felling trees.

Trees cut as per law, cooperate: MMRC to citizens

MMRC will be cutting 1,074 and transplanting 1,727 trees. MMRC has said that to compensate for the cut trees, it will...

27 May 2017 8:21 PM