Centre denies receiving video report recording tribal opposition to Great Nicobar project
MP Saket Gokhale questioned the government’s stance, pointing out that the assessment was prepared at the request of the ...
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India's controversial plans for untouched Nicobar Isles
The Shompen are particularly isolated, having "little contact with the outside world", making them especially vulnerable to contact with outsiders. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good ...
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Activists alarmed by plans to hand reclusive Indian island tribe voter IDs
The others are the North Sentinelese, Great Andamanese, Onge, and Shompen. Jarawas have traditionally been reclusive, maintaining limited contact with the outside world. They live deep inside the ...
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands records 45.4 per cent polling till 3 pm
It did not hamper the poll process," the CEO told PTI. Seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of the Great Nicobar Islands on Friday exercised their ...