An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale occurred 183 km southwest of Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
June 21, 2022This comes a day later than the earlier announcement last week of the Southwest Monsoon reaching the South Andaman Sea on May 15.
May 16, 2022“Yesterday morning, a low-pressure area was formed in south Andaman and southeast Bay of Bengal. We expect it to intensify. It will move in northwest direction and become a cyclonic storm by 8th evening. This will reach Odisha coast on 10th,” Umashankar Das, senior scientist at IMD stated.
May 7, 2022The IMD has also warned of strong winds and advised restrictions on tourism activity at the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
March 19, 2022Against this backdrop, comes the news of building the New Transshipment Terminal in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a part of the grand plan to develop these islands. The terminal is supposed to be built in the island of ‘Great Nicobar’ and entails an overall investment of 100 billion Indian Rupees. This project will be built in Campbell Bay, at Great Nicobar near the national naval station of ‘Baaz’.
February 25, 2021The project for 40 electric buses is being executed by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Limited (NVVN Limited), a 100% subsidiary of NTPC Limited, a PSU under Ministry of Power, Government of India.
January 27, 2021The project will enable delivery of faster and more reliable mobile and landline telecommunication services to the islands, on par with other parts of India.
August 10, 2020'Andaman and Nicobar is at a strategic location in relation to trade and blue economy,' PM said.
August 9, 2020The decision comes in the wake of a notification issued yesterday by Registrar General, Calcutta High Court in which several precautionary measures had been given.
March 17, 2020The medium intensity earthquake with epicentre in the islands at a depth of 10 kilometres occurred at 6.09 am
May 22, 2019The first jolt with a magnitude of 4.9 occurred at 5.14 AM, followed by another jolt with a magnitude of 5 a couple of minutes later.
April 1, 2019Ross Island would now be called Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep; Neil Island would be known as Shaheed Dweep, and Havelock Island would be renamed as Swaraj Dweep.
December 30, 2018The aircraft flew down to Port Blair negotiating deteriorating weather over Andaman and Nicobar Islands which was likely to widen into a cyclone.
December 18, 2018An earlier report had indicated that he might have ventured into the prohibited island to preach Christianity.
December 5, 2018The 160-page book by anthropology scientist Dr M Sasikumar contains several “logical interpretations” about the tribe after having studied their behaviour and their reflections in the scattered historical records or various survey reports
December 1, 2018Seven fishermen who took the tourist to the island where the indigenous people live have been arrested in connection with the murder.
November 21, 2018Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will launch various development projects during his two-day trip to Andaman and Nicobar Islands beginning Thursday. After his arrival in Port Blair on Thursday afternoon, the Minister will lay the foundation stone of a shipping project at the Marine Dockyard, an official statement said. He will also lay the foundation...
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