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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 » Security: What India found beneath Andaman waters could change country’s future, cut Gulf dependence
The Andaman-Nicobar basin was long considered a no-go zone. The government’s new Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) has now opened up this vast area (nearly 10 lakh square kilometres) for ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Security: Modi’s Mega Projects Could Destroy Great Nicobar Island
On a moonless night in January, a gargantuan turtle was digging a nest high up on a soft sand beach at Galathea Bay on the Great Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean. Her flippers, each more than two ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Security: Modi’s Mega Projects Could Destroy Great Nicobar Island
Satellite imagery captures the southern tip of Great Nicobar Island, including Galathea Bay, in India. Credit - Gallo Images—Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel/Getty Images On a moonless night in ...