Trespassers beware
Members of the world's most isolated tribe, the Sentinelese of the Andaman Islands, killed two fishermen who had illegally approached their island on January 26, 2006. Sunder Raj and Pandit Tiwari
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Biodiversity blues
Unable to adapt to rapid changes, many species will die out
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Andaman & Nicobar opens 50 sites in 15 islands to enhance tourism
Andaman & Nicobar opens 15 islands to bidders
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Reconciliation
Lessons from marine ecology
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Dry study on an oceanic idyll
THE inky blue waves of the Bay of Bengal wash the shores of one of the most beautiful archipelagos anywhere. But the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands is much more than just a
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Treasure islands
The Andaman & Nicobar islands (A&N) -literally "treasured Islands" - have enticed many gold- diggers, but this time, a no-profit project is on here. Aiming to enrich the islanders'
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Pleasure island
andaman and Nicobar Islands intends to promote "high-value low-volume eco- friendly tourism' in a big way. The administration is wooing private entrepreneurs to develop resorts, introduce
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Neptune s sorrows
Corals are to the oceans what tropical rainforests are to land. Known as Neptune s goblets, they are a vital link in the marine ecosystem and, in fact, store more biodiversity than the rainforests. But human activity is gobbling them up. And global warmi
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Go under
Or, follow coastal regulations
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Rocked by quake
An earthquake of moderate intensity, measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale, rocked the car Nicobar island in the Andamans early this morning, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said here.
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On record
A database on Andaman s Jarawa tribe in the offing
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Scientists in the fields
Farmers in South Andamans benefit with guidance from the Central Agricultural Research Institute
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Roadblocks
The GIS' greatest enemy is a government obsessed with paranoid secrecy about data
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2100: An Indian cataclysm
The sea would gobble up more than 5,700 sq km of India's coastal land if emission of greenhouse gases grows unchecked
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In Short
saving the act: The prime minister's office (PMO) has issued a directive that Union cabinet proposals having a bearing on decentralisation will have to be cleared by the newly-formed ministry of
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Andaman & Nicobar turtles face extinction
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the third most significant biodiversity hotspot in India. With a coastline of 1962 kilometres and many beaches straddling small isolated islands, the region provides an ideal nesting habitat for primarily four species o
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Nature education
FROM now on, training and education would be imparted in preserving biodiversity, say experts. In a recently-concluded workshop on taxonomy in Jaipur, Rajasthan, participants said that knowledge
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Precariously perched
THERE may be hope yet for the swiftlet, a small Indian bird found only in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, which is in danger of becoming endangered. TRAFFIc-India. a branch of Twmc-international
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Kalam proposes n-power plant exclusively for Andamans
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam on Friday said, there would be a 250 MW nuclear power station on one of the islands exclusively for the Andamans. He was at the national seminar on security and development of the islands under the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC).
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Dial Rx for telemedicine
Rural patients consult city doctors via satellite link