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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
TopicSunderlal Bahuguna

Topic: Sunderlal Bahuguna

Chipko inspired the world. Not all its outcomes were positive

Ironically, the very demonstration of people’s attachment to their local ecology was used by centralised decision-makers to alienate them from it.

Delhi Assembly passes resolution urging Bharat Ratna for Sunderlal Bahuguna

Arvind Kejriwal said the entire country wants Bharat Ratna to be conferred on Bahuguna, who 'not only protected the environment but also worked for many other social causes'.

Sunderlal Bahuguna had wide political acceptance. Today’s environmentalists don’t

Some sections of the environmental movement currently in India may not have the cultural support that somebody like Bahuguna could command.

‘Guard of Himalayas’, ‘gentle warrior’ — Sunderlal Bahuguna dies of Covid at 94

Bahuguna was admitted to AIIMS Rishikesh on 8 May after he tested positive for Covid. The environmentalist was best known as the leader of the Chipko Movement.

On Camera

Bangladesh Army Chief wants elections. Muhammad Yunus wants to get rid of him

When the Army chief starts sounding more democratic than a Nobel Peace Prize winner, you know Bangladesh’s political theatre has become a stage for satire.

No competition, have to deliver faster & reliably, says Amazon India V-P of operations

Diving into workings of Gurugram fulfilment centre, Abhinav Singh, V-P (Ops) at Amazon India, offers insights into how company manages logistics, in conversation with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.

Centre approves development of AMCA prototype with rollout target of 2031. HAL to bid with private firms

HAL has so far been the only entity in India to manufacture fighter planes. It will now have to compete against private companies, like TATA, Adani, L&T and other interested players.

There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power has become its hard liability

India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold war. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must engage with their media, think tanks, civil society.