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President Droupadi Murmu on Friday will address the valedictory function of the 97th Common Foundation Course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.

President Droupadi Murmu, on the second day of her two-day visit to Uttarakhand, on Friday, performed a rudrabhishek at the Raj Pragyeshwar Mahadev Temple inside the Raj Bhavan here.

Book on Chipko movement wins the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize

Uttarakhand’s Raini village, which gave birth to the famous environmental movement, is becoming uninhabitable.

A book on the popular forest conservation campaign Chipko Movement, written by historian-activist Shekhar Pathak, was on Thursday named the winner of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2022.

'The Chipko Movement: A People’s History by Shekhar Pathak' makes the big win

The winner will be announced on December 1.

The harassment of locals in the hands of hydro project companies has long since been an issue in the state. A recent incident in Helang village has led to individuals and organisations coming together like never before.

How would limited resources and the fragile ecology of the hills contain the many-fold increase in tourists?

Remote parts of Uttarakhand's Chamoli district suffer from adverse weather. Residents of these villages have threatened poll boycott if their demands for relocation are not met.