India News » Andaman And Nicobar Islan News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: Andaman and Nicobar Islands to go nuclear? BARC plans small reactors amid China’s growing Indian Ocean presence
India is exploring Small Modular Reactors for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as BARC scientists inspect potential sites across all three districts from September 4 to 8. The proposal comes amid major ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: Data centres in Andaman & Nicobar: why did island administration withdraw its own proposal?
A&NI Admin's brief call for data centre proposals on Great Nicobar Island is withdrawn amid local opposition and administrative reasons.
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: 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 » Social: New Andaman LG Dinesh Sharma says his new assignment 'just the beginning'
BJP's Dinesh Sharma, newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, called his new role 'just the beginning'. He said he will work for the country's benefit and resign from the ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: UN Urges India To Suspend Controversial Great Nicobar Mega-Project
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) called on India to “suspend the implementation of the projects on the Great Nicobar and Andaman Islands until a full and independent ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: Dinesh Sharma appointed as Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
President Droupadi Murmu appoints BJP leader and former Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma as the new Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: India hits back at UN watchdog over ‘malicious’ discrimination report, Great Nicobar project halt call
The committee has accused India of failing to adequately protect vulnerable communities from ‘racial and ethnic discrimination’, while calling for a halt to major Great Nicobar projects until their im ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: Why Modi’s Great Nicobar Project is a Recipe for Disaster
700 miles from the Indian mainland and scattered across the Bay of Bengal near the mouth of the Strait of Malacca lie India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The archipelago is known for its rich ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: U.S. YouTuber remains in custody in India after visiting restricted island with a Diet Coke can
NEW DELHI — A 24-year-old American YouTuber who was arrested after visiting an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean with hopes of establishing contact with a reclusive tribe was further detained in ...
News India » Andaman and Nicobar Islan » Social: BCCI AGM in Mumbai on September 18 to discuss associate membership for Andaman & Nicobar Islands
The proposal had come up for discussion at an earlier Apex Council meeting of the BCCI and will now be placed before the AGM for consideration. If approved, the move would bring the Union Territory ...