Click to play videoNew Delhi: CNN-IBN won the Panda award in the 'Best News ' story category for its story Last Dance of Saras reported by its correspondent Bahar Dutt in March this year.
The story exposed how Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav is building an airport in his constituency in Etawah at the cost of the state bird Saras.
Singh wanted the state bird to make way for steel jets and the wetlands to make way for a brand new airstrip spelling what may be the last dance for the world's tallest flying bird.
Wildscreen is a UK-based educational charity working globally to promote the conservation of nature and the public appreciation of biodiversity, through the power of wildlife imagery.
Wildscreen Panda Awards 2006 |
 David Attenborough's film Life in the Underground won the Wildscreen 2006 Panda Award, also known as the Green Oscars. |
| Indian filmmakers won 22 of the Wildscreen 2006 Panda Awards, which is celebrating its 26th year. |
| The second award for films from developing countries went to Cherub of the Mist, produced by India's Bedi Films. |
| Around 500 wildlife filmmakers and broadcasters from 40 countries attended the five-day event, which saw 22 awards instead of the normal 20 awards being given out. |
| Wildscreen will make a debut in New Delhi in January 2007 to showcase some of the best films at the awards this year with a major focus on educating youngsters. Source: IANS |
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