Fishy project

A court order staying the culturing of exotic predatoryfish in the Andaman 6 Nicobar waters sets a unique precedent

What ails the Jarawas

US national allegedly killed by Sentinelese tribesmen in the Andamans

John Allen Chau had gone to North Sentinel island, hitherto out of bounds for visitors, reportedly for preaching the Gospel to the tribe

Treasure islands

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Port Blair opposes twinning plan with Phuket

It is apprehended that any association with Phuket, which is said to be a sex tourism hotspot, would dent Port Blair's image and affect it …

Rampant mining

Hits Nicobar tribals hard

‘Leave the Sentinelese alone’

50 years after he first visited North Sentinel Island in the Andaman archipelago, veteran anthropologist, T N Pandit talks to Down To Earth about …

JFM chosen

By Andamans amid doubts

Road row

No solution in sight

Farmers in Andamans fear losing out on shrimp farming

Fast invader

How should Andaman & Nicobar tackle the African giant snail?

Redundant relief?

Supreme Court order on tree felling in Andaman criticised

Aman-made island!

Andaman isles should've been given indigenous names: Anvita Abbi

Prominent linguist and expert on Andamanese languages says the Ross, Neil and Havelock islands should have been given names from the Great …

World Bank sanctions fund to strengthen fisheries management

Project will initially support four Pacific Island countries

Horns locked

Over goat's 'drinking habit'

The first Indians

Among the world's oldest indigenous populations, too

Collateral risk

Seized foreign vessels pollute sea near Andaman islands

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 …

Lakshadweep: A plan for the worse

A slew of administrative and land reforms initiated in Lakshadweep pose an existential threat to the islands and have provoked widespread protests&…

Big seizure

A house for the islander

Illogical plans for post-tsunami housing on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands omen trouble

Harbour wave: New tech is updating our knowledge about how big the rupture on Boxing Day was  

The rupture could have been as long as 1,400 km if a 2021 study is to be believed  

India’s turtle researchers oppose development plans for Little Andaman, Great Nicobar islands

The islands have global significance for global Leatherback turtle conservation and are also home to indigenous peoples like the Onge and the Shompen

Pleasure island