Police have arrested an American tourist for visiting an isolated island in the Indian Ocean and contacting tribal people ...

Mykhailo Viktorovych Polyakov of Scottsdale, Ariz., was arrested two days after he set foot on the restricted territory of ...

An earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale jolted the Andaman Sea on Wednesday morning, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). According to the National Center for ...

Pankaj Sekhsaria, who has written extensively on the environment, development, and wildlife conservation, with a special focus on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, told Frontline: “This statement by ...

Read on. The Association of Indian Primatologists has warned that the Great Nicobar Island Development Project poses an irreversible threat to the island’s ecosystem and the endemic Nicobar long ...

In FY24, the shipping ministry sanctioned 28 projects worth over ₹5,400 crore for Lakshadweep and for Andaman and Nicobar Islands including a new port for passengers and tourists at Port Blair.

1. The Great Nicobar Island (GNI) infrastructure project was conceived by NITI Aayog and launched in 2021. According to the andaman.gov.in, the key plans include the construction of the “International ...

On March 13, the Andaman and Nicobar Forest Department organised a first-of-its-kind “turtle festival” in Campbell Bay, Great Nicobar Island, according to the Andaman Chronicle. During the festival, ...

Great Nicobar has two national parks, a biosphere reserve, small populations of the Shompen and Nicobarese tribal peoples, and a few thousand non-tribal settlers. • The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are ...

Like other indigenous groups on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, they suffered greatly from the 2004 tsunami, which devastated much of the coastline and wiped out the livelihoods of many fishermen.

The Indian fine dining aficionados at Jhol have launched their Culinary Journey: Purification menu to celebrate five years of service in Bangkok, following flavors around the subcontinent. For three ...

Shompen men walk through the forest on the Great Nicobar island. | Still from video produced by Professor Vishvajit Pandya and team for the Andaman and Nicobar administration. The Union government ...