Alarm over Indian Ocean reefs
The idyllic islands of Andaman and Nicobar in the Northern Indian Ocean have fringing coral reefs round the east coast and a long barrier reef to the west. The reefs are not yet well documented
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Coast Guard's oil clean up bill: Rs 13 crore
The Indian Coast Guard has filed an initial multi crore claim for its role in mopping up thousands of tonnes of oil spilt off Groat Nicobar Island in January.
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On windy shores
Since the 1950s and 60s, India s efforts to tap wind energy have seen many ups and downs. The mid 1990s saw a boom, with Tamil Nadu taking the lead in wind power generation. But nothing has moved since
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Sourcing Shompens
Hunter gatherers of Great Nicobar yield evolutionary clues
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"We are starved of funds"
KALYAN BANERJEE, director of the National Institute of Virology NIV in Pune, speaks to MAX MARTIN about the emergence and re emergence of viral diseases in India. Banerjee warns that the hantavirus, one of the most lethal killers discovered till date, m
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Andaman's settlement plans in a row
the Andaman and Nicobar administration has prepared a proposal to resettle people living on encroached public land since 1978. The plan, which awaits the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest's
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Making science of mumbo jumbo
Scientists compile India's ethnic knowledge. They find a veritable gold mine
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Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass
Excerpts from <i>Troubled Islands!</i> by Pankaj Sekhsaria
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Watered down?
The Union government plans to dilute the coastal regulation zone norms
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Andamans may offer islands on lease
Andaman and Nicobar administration is likely to offer a few of its islands on lease to private entrepreneurs for tourism development. "We have identified an island, 1,800 km from Port Blair, for
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A R Maslekar
ANIL AGARWAL has raised many important points regarding the status of India's forests with reference to the SFR 1995 by the PSI and the FAO's assessment for 1980 and 1990. The paper commends
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Sea walls opposed
Andaman s ecology will suffer
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BrahMos test-fired
BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile, on Wednesday lifted off from the Indian Naval ship "Rajput' speeding in the Bay of Bengal and destroyed a target on an uninhabited island in the Nicobar group of islands situated in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. It was the 15th launch of BrahMos but this was the first time that the missile was fired from a ship towards a target on land. "We kept a target on the sand dunes of the island. It was hit. It was a precision-mission. This is an important mission for us because the Navy is acquiring the capability, with the same BrahMos, to destroy targets on the coast,' said A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. The previous 14 flights of BrahMos were from ship to ship, land to ship, and from land to land. Dr. Pillai, who spoke from the Campbell Bay island, called it "a fantastic test.' The launch was executed by trained Naval personnel on board the Rajput. The test-firing took place at 10.30 a.m. BrahMos travels at a speed more than three times that of sound and can hit targets 290 km away. It is a joint product of India and Russia. Dr. Pillai said Defence Minister A.K. Antony phoned him up to congratulate the missile technologists of BrahMos Limited, the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia on the success. Mr. Antony said it was a major breakthrough in enhancing the capability of BrahMos.
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Oceanic disaster ahead
The latest findings of the Coastal Ocean Monitoring and Prediction System (COMAPS) offer us a gloomy picture about the health of the seas. The COMAPs has identified 25 locations of "hotspots"
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Awaiting the deluge
The question on everyone s lips is when will the monsoon commence and how extensive will it be?
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Sharks bear brunt of seasonal fishing frenzy
Even as the Andaman and Nicobar coast is witnessing the June end whirl of shark fishing activity, the local administration and conservationists are at harpoons drawn. The row has intensified, with reports of over fishing by local fisherfolk and illegal tr
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Corals in shells of death
The shores of the Andaman and Nicobar islands are losing their magnificent coral reefs because of heavy siltation caused by developmental activities
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Forests faults
The area under forest cover in India has been a subject of controversy and intense debate between the Forest Department anf the environmental groups and researchers. As more and more remote sensing
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Industries eye forest land for plantations
Wood-based firms want to convert forest areas to their own use for raw material. In doing so, they ignore the fate of millions of rural poor, who are dependent on forest lands.
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The hanta phantom
Indian scientists suspect the presence of hantavirus one of the. most dreaded killers of modern times in Gujarat