The prize carries a cash award of Rs 15 lakh, a trophy and a citation.

When we talk about changing individual behaviour and lifestyle for the environment, it must be noted that the individual and the collective...

Bahuguna, one of India's best known environmentalists, was admitted to the hospital on May 8 after testing positive for Covid. He had been ...

The Jury for Gandhi Peace Prize is chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi ,and comprises of two ex-officio members, namely the Chief Just...

According to the 87-year-old environmentalist, who was a Chipko movement leader, projects like the Rishi Ganga hydel project, which bore th...

Sonia Gandhi was addressing a gathering at a function in Delhi to confer the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration to Chipko Movemen...

This year 112 recipients have been selected for the prestigious awards. This includes 4 Padma Vibhushan, 14 Padma Bhushan and 94 Padma Shri...

Haryana-based Ashoka University has acquired the rich papers of the second President of India, Dr S Radhakrishnan.

An official of the Ministry of Culture, the nodal agency which receives proposals for conferring the award, said nominations were made duri...

The Chipko Movement was an uprising against the people destroying ecological balance.

The scientists are yet to work out the short-term and long-term implications that the thinning of the base will have on the water flow from...

The rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier has slowed down to 11 metres since 2008 from the maximum of 35 metres recorded in 1974, according t...

Rough treatment of trees by pilgrims and non-disposal of waste is damaging fragile ecology of alpine meadows of Chamoli district, a team of...

The Uttarakhand government, which has been demanding that the projects be given the goahead, demanded the state be part of the expert commi...

The government has asked the Supreme Court for six months to undertake a complete assessment of the feasibility of allowing construction of...

The Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the government in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

17-member group has been asked to assess both existing and under-construction projects in the region over the next three months.