Uttarakhand

IFS officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi is on a mission to save and foster Uttarakhand's miracle plants like Patwa, Himalayan Lily and Gentiana, to name a few.

While the recent forest fires in Nainital have made headlines, IFS officer Dr Abdul Qayum had long back built an award-winning system to prevent forest fires in Arunachal.

In June, Uttarakhand mountaineer Savita Kanswal became the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest and Makulu in 16 days. She scaled many heights in her brief career, literally and metaphorically.

Dr Nirmal Kumar and a team of professors from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi are on a mission to boost sustainable tourism in the hill states. Here's how they're doing it.

Leaving the city behind, Lovepreet and Preeti quit their regular jobs to relocate to Ramgarh in Uttarakhand, and embraced a sustainable life of farming in the hills.

Rhododendron arboreum, or Buransh, is an integral part of Uttarakhand’s local economy, and has been used in traditional medicine since time immemorial. So here’s a look at the science behind its health benefits, and how you can elevate everyday dishes with this beautiful flower.

Dr R Meenakshi Sundaram is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from the Uttarakhand cadre who has implemented various schemes to help the local farmers and agriculturists.

Babita Rawat, a farmer from Uttarakhand, is an award-winning farmer who has been reaping success with mushroom farming, alongside growing tomato, okra, and more on her farm.

Nestled among the foothills of the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, The Retreat is a guesthouse that was made by a German who escaped Germany after a failed assassination attempt of Adolf Hitler.

Passionate about experimental and unplanned travel for 15 years, Archana Dutta writes what its like to be on the road with her child whom she is 'unschooling'.