The administration of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands is planning to promote birdwatching as a means to enhance tourism and increase awareness of the region's rich avian life. With a diverse range of ...

When a strange white sphere appeared in the skies above the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in January 2022, it swiftly became a talking point in this sleepy Indian Ocean archipelago of 430,000 people.

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the full name of this territory, are several hundred bushy islands in the Indian Ocean almost a thousand miles east of India’s mainland.

The Andaman and Nicobar administration has initiated a programme to promote bird watching to attract tourists and raise awareness among locals about the avian species in the archipelago, an official ...

The islands are home to India’s only tri-service command – the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) – which provides India with a strategic counterbalance to Chinese activities in the region.

The council had written to the Union environment ministry and the Andaman and Nicobar administration in November 2022, withdrawing the no-objection certificate it issued in August that year for ...