Nine survivors rescued on India island after 37 days
Nine tribespeople have been rescued on India's Andaman and Nicobar islands more than a month after the tsunami struck, after getting lost in the jungles and surviving on wild boars and coconuts,
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Andaman, Nicobar unfit for cultivation, say experts
Scientists from the Karnal-based Central Soil Salinity Research Institute have reported extensive, and in some cases permanent damage to soil and crops in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands where tidal
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Unusual earthquake pattern in Andaman
Experts said that there was "unusual earthquake pattern" in Andaman and Nicobar Islands with more than 120 tremblors recorded in the last one month releasing a large amount of seismic energy. This
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Quake pattern
Experts said that there was "unusual earthquake pattern" in Andaman and Nicobar Islands with more than 120 tremblors recorded in the last one month releasing a large amount of seismic energy. This
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Tsunami topography disturbed, says expert
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands might have moved by about 1.25 metres towards the south-east and twisted anti-clockwise by several degrees because of the impact of the colossal earthquake and the
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Silt deposits threaten coral life in tsunami-hit southern Indian islands
The tsunami split coral reefs in India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands chain, burying them under sand deposits and threatening the entire marine habitat in the area, researchers said. The
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Rains may play havoc, Govt to speed up rehab
The government plans to construct tremor-proof houses for the residents in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands before monsoon sets in around April. Minister of State for Tribal Affairs, P.R. Kyndiah, on a
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'Amazing survival instincts saved tribals'
Their knowledge of nature and an amazing instinct has saved the endangered primitive tribals in the Andaman and Nicobar islands from devastation by the tsunamis that claimed the lives of thousands of
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SC order on felling triggers row in Andamans
The Supreme Court judgement regarding the use of forest land for the rehabilitation of tsunami victims has triggered a controversy in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The apex court in its order on
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SC order on felling triggers row in Andamans
The Supreme Court judgement regarding the use of forest land for the rehabilitation of tsunami victims has triggered a controversy in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The apex court in its order on
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Post-disaster mass vaccination decried
The mass vaccination for cholera and measles undertaken for the tsunami-hit populace of various regions, including the Andaman and Nicobar islands, has been decried by the St. John's disaster relief
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Tsunami-hit Indian islanders brace for high tide
Hundreds of people slept on footpaths and in playgrounds and temples in India's tsunami-hit Andaman and Nicobar islands amid fears on Tuesday that high tides would inundate low-lying areas, officials
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Stone-age tribes evacuated from Indian isles
Indian authorities have evacuated dozens of the world's most primitive people from their tsunami-hit homelands in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, potentially exposing them to unwelcome outside
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All except Nicobarese safe: Home Ministry
The Centre sought to put to rest all hue and cry regarding the effect of the killer waves on the already dwindling numbers of the tribals living in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. According to Home
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Disaster management teams set up in the Andamans
Disaster management teams have been constituted in the tsunami-hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where relief efforts are concentrated on eight islands. The teams have representatives of the
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SC allows tree felling in Andamans
The Supreme Court revised its earlier order banning felling of trees in forest areas and allowed so for rehabilitating tsunami-hit people in Andaman and Nicobar islands. It allowed the administration
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NAC to finalise Food Security Bill draft today
The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) hopes to finalise its Working Group's draft of the Food Security Bill, take the discussion on its Communal Violence (CV) Bill draft further and hold a discussion on the plight of Jarawas in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, when it meets here on Wednesday, sources in the Council toldThe Hindu. The final version of the Food Security Bill draft,
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Ancestral warning systems saved Andaman tribes
The five aboriginal tribes inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, our last missing link with early civilisation, have emerged unscathed from the tsunamis because of their age old "warning
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Rs 100 cr for A&N, Rs 35 cr for Pondy
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 100 crore for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Rs 35 crore to Pondicherry, to take care of urgent relief. The massive relief and rescue operations mounted by the
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Relief command set up for Andamans
The grim situation in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, possibly the worst-affected Indian area in the tsunami disaster, has prompted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to set up an integrated relief