19 quakes strike Nicobar Islands within 10 hours
No casualties have been reported so far
NASA highlights loss of mangrove cover on Katchal island in the Nicobars
More than 90% of mangrove cover on the island was lost due to the Indian Ocean Tsunami
Low-pressure area to form over Andaman Sea by April 30: IMD
The low-pressure area will likely change into a depression by May 2
Mocha: Andaman & Nicobar may see heavy rain, strong winds; Andhra Pradesh, Odisha gear up
Cyclonic circulation likely to form over Bay of Bengal May 6: IMD
As told to Parliament (September 17, 2020): Andaman and Nicobar tribes being watched closely for COVID-19
All that was discussed in the House through the day
IMD warns of Bay of Bengal cyclone on May 16
No prediction whether Cyclone Amphan would make India landfall
Simply Put: Great Nicobar Mega Project
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
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 …
COVID-19: Land is key to survival of indigenous peoples in Asia
Those who are in their forest abodes, are self-sufficient; But those who have been forcibly evicted, will find it hard to survive the pandemic
India's marine meadows
Tape seagrass, which has the longest leaves among its kind found in Indian waters, is a major carbon sink. A recent study has some useful …
Independence Day 2023: ‘There is no link between Lord Mayo’s assassination and the Criminal Tribes Act’
Down To Earth speaks to author Neelam Francis on the enigmatic figure of Sher Ali, an Afridi tribesman who assassinated British Viceroy, Lord …
Wild blood fruit, a source of natural red colourant, may be domesticated
This will be done to conserve the critically endangered fruit after it was indiscriminately harvested from natural forests
‘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 …
COVID-19 threatens indigenous peoples of Andaman and Nicobar
The last speaker of a Great Andamanese language died recently in Port Blair of tuberculosis as COVID-19 reached the Andaman and Nicobar islands
Southwest monsoon progresses after stalling for 12 days
Experts Down To Earth spoke to suspect the stalling is connected with Typhoon Mawar, which has rapidly intensified in the Pacific Ocean
Mocha to intensify into very severe cyclonic storm: IMD
Andaman and Nicobar Islands are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rains until May 12
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
Andamans want 'absolute protection' for saltwater crocodile to be withdrawn
The union territory’s administration has sent a proposal to delist the animal from Schedule 1 of the Wldlife Protection Act ‘in order …
IMD predicts low-pressure area over southeast Bay of Bengal
The storm will move north-northeastwards towards the east-central Bay of Bengal till May 11, skirting the Andaman Islands
Cyclone Asani may not make landfall at all
Odisha to witness maximum impact; West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh likely to have rains
Rising sea temperatures pose a threat to coral reefs: Study
Three mass bleaching events occurred in 1998, 2010 and 2016, impacting five major Indian coral reef regions — in Andaman, Nicobar, …
Fishing and coral reef degradation threaten parrotfish in Andaman
New study says presence of a protected area, live coral and algal cover, significantly influences distribution and abundance of the specie
The beginning of the end of Andaman & Nicobar’s Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups
The Indian government’s recent removal of Restricted Area Permit from 29 islands in the archipelago reeks of avarice and tokenism, and …
