Ecologist Madhav Gadgil gets the UN’s highest environmental honour, says he is a durable optimist

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Indian ecologist Madhav Gadgil has been awarded the UN's highest environmental honor, the 'Champion of Earth' award, for his lifetime contribution to environmental protection. His research, particularly on the Western Ghats, has significantly influenced policy and empowered communities, despite facing resistance in implementing...

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Madhav Gadgil

Indian ecologist

United Nations

Intergovernmental self-regulatory body

UN team visits Rohingya camp in Jammu amid row over water, power supply

A UNHCR team visited a Rohingya camp in Jammu amid political debate over providing utilities to their settlements. The BJP demands a probe into the settlement of..

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'Israel can learn from India the use of soft power to win war of narratives'

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Western Ghats

Mountain range along the western coast of India

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