Nicobarese tribals worst affected
The Nicobarese tribals of Andaman and Nicobar Island, with a total population of about 26,000, have been the worst hit in the tsunami disaster, while the aborigine Jarawas and the Andamanese have
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All primitive tribes safe
After the Coast Guard carried out an aerial survey, and the civil administration did its own study, all primitive tribes in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were certified to be safe. A Coast Guard
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Epidemic scare in A&N
At a time when the official toll in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is nearing 10, 000, a special team of doctors from Kolkata and the armed forces are gearing up to battle a second
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Forgotten People
Rarely do the forgotten tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands catch the imagination of the national media. The tsunami tandava has brought them into the national consciousness. Killer waves rolled
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?000 dead in Andamans, blame the question mark on geography
Choose your death toll. This may sound insensitive but that's exactly what's happening here 72 hours after the waves crashed into the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. While briefing the Defence Minister
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Over 11,500 dead in India
As more and more bodies are being swept ashore, the death toll due to Sunday's tsunami waves is rising fast along the south-eastern coast and the Andaman and Nicobar islands. The total death toll
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No news of Jarwas, Ongis from Andaman
How are the Jarwas, Ongis and Sentenelese tribes doing? Could the six aboriginal tribes have survived the killer tsunami waves that slammed the Andaman and Nicobar islands? "It is a matter of serious
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Aborigines overcome disaster by instinct
How are the Jarwas, Ongis and Sentenelese tribes doing in the wake of the tsunami devastation? Could the six aboriginal tribes have survived the killer waves that slammed Andaman and Nicobar islands?
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Tsunami death toll in India 6,400
As southern India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands struggled to recover from Sunday's tsunami strike, armed forces and civilian agencies took up massive rescue and relief operations, looking for
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Andaman takes measures to save Jarawas
though not in the near future, the Jarawa tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar islands may be in for some respite. Officials are planning to stop use of the first stretch of the Andaman Trunk Road (atr) that connects south Andaman with the north and middle Andaman islands while passing through the Jarawa Tribal Reserve. The Union territory
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A&N Islands tilted following tsunami
Andaman and Nicobar Islands have tilted northeast-southwest following the December 2004 tsunami, the Rajya Sabha was informed. The Minister of State for Environment and Forest, Mr Namo Narain Meena,
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From tourist haven to poachers's paradise
The Andaman and Nicobar islands, till now better known as a tourist haven is fast acquiring the dubious distinction of being a major destination for wildlife poachers and timber smugglers who go
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TATA BP SOLAR: Sun Smart
From solar lanterns to solar technology-run ATMs, from traffic and streetlights to railway signals, Tata BP Solar (Established 1989) now wants to light up 10 million households across India and generate 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020.
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Centre plans to set up Fisheries Development Board
Continuance of poaching in country's marine waters, particularly in the territorial waters of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, has invited the government's concern. It has decided to set up a Fisheries
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Andaman & Nicobar map corals for protection
To preserve the colourful coral reef along the coast of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the union territory's administration has mapped the marvel of the sea. This has not only aided their conservation,
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SC bans tourists in Jarawa land
Order follows Andaman and Nicobar Administration’s January 17 notification The Supreme Court on Monday banned tourists from taking the Andaman Nicobar Trunk Road that passes through the area where the Jarawas live. The road is used to reach the Limestone Cave. The court has already banned all commercial and tourism activities within a five-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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Eco-tourism in Andamans to get a boost
Eco-toruism in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands is being given a big boost. Efforts are being to promote sustainable tourism while retaining 86% forest cover, which is mandatory by law. Plans are
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Lessons from a Tsunami
? A massive earthquake of magnitude 9.0 hit Indonesia off the west coast of Sumatra on the morning of December 26,2004, at 6:58 a.m. Another earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurred 81km west of Pulo Kunji (Great Nicobar, India) at 9:51 a.m. on the same day. The earthquakes set off giant tsunamis three to 10 metres high, which travelled 2,000km across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal.
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Dugong’s trails found off Guj coast
A Recent Study Notes 13 Direct Sightings Of The Mammal In Gulf Of Kutch Ahmedabad: The rare dugong, also known as ‘sea cow’, is happily grazing underwater off the Gujarat coast. Until now, wildlife experts had known about the existence of the marine mammal largely through carcasses being washed ashore along the state and sightings by fishermen. But now there is some concrete evidence.
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Malaria-causing parasite found in Andamans
Researchers have located a new malaria-causing parasite — Plasmodium Knowlesi — for the first time in humans in India. A team of researchers, consisting of Manoj Kumar Das of the National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR), Shiv S. Singh of G.B. Pant Hospital, Port Blair, Rupesh K. Tyagi and Yagya D. Sharma of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) located the plasmodium in tribal people in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.