Do you know which city is known as the City of Ghats? Explore why Varanasi holds this title, along with details about its ghats, location, cultural importance, religious role and interesting facts in ...

India said it would help create hundreds of "vibrant villages" along its border with China. Three years later, residents wonder where they are.

India is home to two major mountain ranges that shape its geography and climate. Stretching along different coasts, these ...

Restoring the ability of local communities to act as guardians of nature is a promising approach to both ecological and ...

In the Battle of Wadgaon in 1779, the Marathas defeated the East India Company, though the victory did not last long as the ...

Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is scheduled to attend the golden jubilee celebrations of St Thomas English High School in Gudalur in the Nilgiris on January ...

Eminent ecologist Madhav Gadgil, 83, passed away late on Wednesday in Pune after a brief illness. In a storied career as an ecologist, his seminal work as chairman of the Western Ghats Experts Ecology ...

I have never met the man. I have read his books, and I have spent some time getting acquainted with his Report on the Western Ghats. But this limited acquaintance is enough to have turned me into a ...

Veteran ecologist Madhav Gadgil, known for championing community rights and sustainable development, passed away late Wednesday. He was 83. Best known for chairing the Western Ghats Ecology Expert ...

In 2019, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) conferred the Salim Ali Award for that year on renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil, who reminisced then how Ali, India’s legendary ornithologist, known ...

Two schoolchildren were wandering on Yavteshwar Hill near Satara in the blazing sun. When they felt thirsty and went to the well near a temple, the priest asked, “Are you Brahmins? This water is not ...

Renowned ecologist Madhav Gadgil died in Pune late Wednesday night after a brief illness at the age of 83. Widely regarded as one of the architects of modern Indian environmentalism, Gadgil ...