Anti-plastic drive in Andamans
The plastic menace in the pristinely beautiful Andaman & Nicobar islands caused so much concern that WWF-India together with the NCC decided to do something about it. On the World environment day,
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Measles-like ailment among Jarawa tribe causes concern
Several members of the Jarawa tribe, one of India's most ancient peoples, have been admitted to the G.B. Pant Hospital at Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with an ailment suspected to be
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Anti-diabetic drug from CDRI
A plant extract, traditionally used by the inhabitants of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to control diarrhoea, has given impotant leads for the development of the first herbal based anti-diabetic drug
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Curry Power
India's famed curry powder is tempting the Jarawas, considered the most primitive and reclusive of South Aisa's tribes, to emerge from their jungle homes deep in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. "At
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UNDP aid for coral reef project
The United Nations Development Programme will assist India with conservation and sustainable management of the coral reef ecosystem of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A grant of nearly Rs 1.4 crore
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Rs 370 cr plan outlay for Andaman & Nicobar Island
The annual plan size for Andaman & Nicobar Islands for 2001-02 announced today, has been finalised at Rs 370 crore. Transport, social services, energy and agriculture have been marked as thrust
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SC bans felling of trees in Andaman
Taking serious note of the depleting forest cover of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Supreme Court, in a landmark judgement, has imposed a complete ban on the felling of any naturally grown tree
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Andamans all set for eco-tourism
Taking advantage of nature's beauty at its bountiful best in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the territorial administration has decided to encourage private investment in the tourism sector in a big
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Endangered marine wildlife seized
Endangered marine wildlife such as organ pipe coral, sea cucumbers, Trochus and Turbo weighing 14 metric tonnes, illegally removed from coral beds in Andaman and Nicobar islands, was seized by the
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Waiting for devastation?
Lakshwadeep is facing great peril of submergence under the sea. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also categorised under the same threat. Mumbai is likely to get it share of sea surges causing loss of
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Rising mercury : met trashes E1 Nino, global warming theories
The South-West monsoon has entered the south Andaman & Nicobar Island, a day earlier than the schedule. The Indian meteorological department (IMD) is still studying the development to make a final
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PM pushes for development of Andaman and Nicobar
In a bid to spur the development of Andaman and Nicobar islands, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, announced that an inter-island helicopter service would be launched soon with 90 per cent
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Seminar held on NGOs' role in Andaman growth
A two-day workshop on "Expanding and deepening the role of voluntary sector/non-governmental organisations in Andaman and Nicobar Islands" was held on Tuesday and Wednesday in Port Blair. The
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MPEDA plans 'safe shrimp' project in Andamans
The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) plans to set up a shrimp domestication project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Mr Jose Cyriac, Chairman, MPEDA, told Business Line that
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Raining frogs
Will the deluge end?
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No penny for the Onges?
The discovery of a generation old plant extract used by Onges in The Andarnans has patent hungry profiteers jostling their way down There The question is, whether the custodians of the secret stand to gain anything at all
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Fishy goings on
Is something wrong with the fish species around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? So would it seem, going by a recent decision of the environment and fisheries departments of the island to cultivate
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Bumps on road to reconstruction
The Andaman and Nicobar administration and planners at Delhi's Yojna Bhavan are at a loss as to how to proceed with reconstruction of the tsunami-devastated islands spread over 700 km in one of the
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The Andamans up for grabs
Dubious land sales that hold grave implications for fragile ecologies have set a dangerous precedence in the strategically sensitive Andamans and Nicobar Islands. What is more ominous is that the
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Andamans wants to open up more islands
The Andaman and Nicobar administration has approached the Ministry of Home for permission to open the Cinque Islands, Ross Island and Barren Islands so that foreign tourists could make a night halt