The plea challenges the legal sanction to divert the forest area of the indigenous community towards the massive ...

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticizes the Great Nicobar Island infrastructure project, highlighting its potential threats ...

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged on Tuesday that the manner in which the Great Nicobar Island infrastructure project has been “bulldozed” is an affront to the rule of law as it threatens to be ...

The Nicobar Islands are a biodiversity hotspot, home to unique species found nowhere else. Long isolated, these islands have ...

The Great Nicobar development project’s mitigation plan oversimplifies ecological restoration, reducing it to tree-planting ...

The project could lead to the resettlement of 450,000 to 600,000 people from mainland India to the island. “Most Shompen reject contact with outsiders and are highly vulnerable to diseases for which ...

Concerns have also been raised about the impact of such a mega infrastructure project on the Shompen, a particularly vulnerable tribal group, and the Nicobarese. Union environment minister ...

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 ...