President of India, Pranab Mukherjee presented the 24th Saraswati Sammaan for the year 2014 to Dr. M Veerappa Moily, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) in New Delhi. He received the award for his epic Sri Ramayana Mahanveshanam written in Kannada.
The World Bio-Fuel Day was observed across the world on 10 August 2015. The day is observed every year with an aim to create awareness about non fossil-fuels (Green Fuels).
International Day of the World’s Indigenous People was observed on 9 August 2024 with the theme “Post 2015 Agenda: Ensuring indigenous peoples’ health and well-being”.
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to ensure that no unauthorised construction activities are permitted and no trees cut in the eco-sensitive zone near the Taj Mahal.
Rajasthan High Court banned the Santhara ritual (the voluntary starvation to embrace death) prevailing in the Jain Community.
Indian socio-biologist Raghavendra Gadagkar was awarded with the Germany’s highest civilian honour ‘Cross of Order of the Merit’ for his contribution in the field of behavioural ecology and sociobiology and for strengthening research corporation between India and Germany.
In an initiative to bring students closer to nature, Union Government of India has launched the School Nursery Yojana. The Yojana (Scheme) seeks to engage students from class VI to IX in raising of saplings in nurseries created in schools.
