India News » Andaman And Nicobar Islan News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: Great Nicobar project: Strategic leap or ecological gamble? Inside India's ₹72,000 crore security bet
India's ambitious ₹72,000 crore Great Nicobar Project plans a transshipment port, airport, power plant, and township on the remote Andaman & Nicobar island outpost. Nicknamed ‘India's Hong Kong’, it ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: Andaman and Nicobar Islands to go nuclear? BARC plans small reactors amid China’s growing Indian Ocean presence
India is exploring the use of nuclear power in the strategically important Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with scientists from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) assessing possible locations for ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: Why Modi’s Great Nicobar Project is a Recipe for Disaster
It will open the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to loot and plunder. It involves felling 15 million trees and encroaching upon the land of the reclusive Shompen tribals. 700 miles from the Indian ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: Modi’s Mega Projects Could Destroy Great Nicobar Island
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News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: Can the Great Nicobar Islands survive India’s development aspirations?
Demographic change instigated by the project could gradually reshape the region’s ecological and cultural balance That history remains central to concerns about whether an island vulnerable to ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: Oil spill off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands
A Japanese tanker collided with a small Indian vessel off the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, spilling over 4,500 tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean. Concerned about the effect of the spill on the ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: What’s in a Name? For Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ Capital, Everything.
Banners decrying the name change from Port Blair to Sri Vijaya Puram were a common sight around the city for nearly two weeks after the announcement. Credit: Leesha K. Nair Subscribe for ads-free ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: Andaman volcanoes, Sirpur landscape on UNESCO's tentative heritage list
Three new sites from India have been added to UNESCO's Tentative World Heritage List. They include the Karst-mud-volcano Complex in Andaman, Narcondam and Barren Islands, and the Sirpur Cultural and ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Commerce: From Sirpur's multi-faith past to Andaman's volcanoes, 3 Indian sites enter Unesco tentative list
The latest entries are the Sirpur Cultural and Archaeological Landscape, the Baratang Karst-Mud Volcano Complex and the Andaman Subduction Volcanoes, comprising Narcondam and Barren islands ...