The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has denied an RTI request concerning a proposed mega infrastructure project on Great Nicobar Island, citing legal exemptions. Criticism arises from tribal ...

This is the first census being conducted after Andaman and Nicobar administration’s decision, in Dec 2014, to not go near the island or disturb the Sentinelese ...

Each year in the first weeks of June, Indigenous communities in the Andes form a human chain to corral the camelids and shear ...

The exile government that was built by the Dalai Lama to preserve Tibetans’ cultural identity will be put to the test by his eventual succession.

Today, an important question raised in the Rajya Sabha on the Great Nicobar mega infra project was NOT answered on the grounds that the matter is sub judice.

The Great Nicobar project, often referred to as 'the new Hong Kong', includes plans to construct a mega-port, a defence base, a power station, and a new city to ...

The Great Nicobar Megaproject threatens to destroy 10 million trees and disrupt the lives of the indigenous Nicobarese people. Once tsunami survivors, they now face another disaster—mass deforestation ...

Ghost protocol: Wknd explores the growing threat to the world’s uncontacted tribes By Natasha Rego Mar 21, 2025 02:50 PM IST In a world of new needs and scarcities, conflict is escalating.

Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve was included in the list of Man and Biosphere (MAB) Program of UNESCO in 2013. According to UNESCO, the MAB programme is an intergovernmental scientific programme that ...

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have fostered rare wildlife, but many species now face extinction due to the ...