The Great Nicobar Island Development plan feels like a violation of their rights, he says. ‘They don’t have the needs we have ...

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The Great Nicobar Megaproject threatens to destroy 10 million trees and disrupt the lives of the indigenous Nicobarese people ...

MP Saket Gokhale questioned the government’s stance, pointing out that the assessment was prepared at the request of the ...

Union Minister Jual Oram asserts in Parliament that no objections were received from tribal councils or activists regarding ...

Opposition MPs question government on environmental clearances for Great Nicobar Island project, tribal consent withdrawal, and expert objections.

Opposition leaders, including TMC’s Saket Gokhale and Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, questioned the minister on the ...

The authorities have been denying journalists access to the region for years. Plans threaten the Shompen people The ambitious project also puts the Shompen people at risk. This indigenous group ...

There will be no environmental impact and no tribal will be displaced due to the Great Nicobar project, Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram said in the Rajya Sabha while asserting that the project is ...