Question: In May, 2021, which Indian was announced to be given the famous ‘Whitley Award’?
(a) Anand Patil
(b) Anand Kumar
(c) Nucleu foam
(d) Rajendra Singh
Answer – (c)
Related facts
- In May ‚2021, 6 persons were announced to be awarded the ‘Whitley Award, 2021’, including Nagaland’s famous environmentalist Nuklu Phom.
- He was given this award for the establishment of a Biodiversity Peace Corridor in Nagaland.
- The award is known as ‘Green Oscar’.
- It is provided by the Whiteley Fund for Nature – a UK institution for the conservation of nature.
- Under this award, the winner is awarded an amount of 40,000 pounds.
- The Whitley Gold Award for the year 2021 was presented to Paula Kahumbu of Kenya.