Passage 1
Whenever a dictionary of green terms is written, no matter in what language, it will contain at least one Hindi word—Chipko, which means to hug.
In the 1970s, women from the Himalayan villages of Reni and Mandal hugged trees in the nearby forests to protect them from commercial loggers.
The tree-huggers’ movement was an assertion of local people’s rights over their resources. It told the world that it is the poor who suffer the most when the environment degrades and, therefore, they have a vested interest in its management on a sustainable basis.
Chipko enthused so many people that it inspired a nationwide environmental concern and influenced policy formulation to balance economic development with environment protection.
Source – https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/chipko-a-di
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Passage 2
The White House on Sunday said US President Joe Biden had again spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as pressure builds on Israel and Hamas to reach a deal that would free some Israeli hostages and bring a cease-fire in the nearly seven-month-long war in Gaza.
The White House said that Biden reiterated his “clear position” as Israel plans to invade city of Rafah despite global concern for more than 1 million Palestinians sheltering there.
The US opposes the invasion on humanitarian grounds, straining relations between the allies. Israel is among the countries U.S. Secretary of State will visit as he returns to the Middle East on Monday.
Source- https://indianexpress.com/article/world/biden-ne
