It was going to be a busy day for Dr Asad Rahmani. As a member of the standing committee of the National Board of Wildlife, he was examining 16 development projects proposed inside or around wildlife ...

The remote, stunningly beautiful and little understood Great Nicobar Island has been the focus of news reports in recent months, two decades after it made headlines when the 2004 tsunami devastated ...

This study on the impact of the 2004 tsunami on the Nicobar megapode Megapodius nicobariensis, endemic coastal living bird species in the Nicobar group of islands showed a significant decline (nearly ...

The Rs 80,000-crore Great Nicobar project is criticised for endangering one of the world’s most pristine ecosystems and violating tribal and environmental safeguards. Massive deforestation, ...

The Great Nicobar Island Development Project, now estimated at approximately ₹81,000 crore, has emerged as one of the most consequential and contested infrastructure initiatives in contemporary India.

As India moves forward with plans to transform the Great Nicobar Island (GNI) in the Indian Sea into a sprawling development project, concerns remain over what that might mean for the island's ...

The island of Great Nicobar has numerous gentle bays that open into the Andaman Sea. One of them is the Galathea Bay – its sandy shores are widely known as the nesting site of giant leatherback ...

Annual tourist arrivals are projected to grow from 98,000 in 2029 to 7.35 lakh by 2047, and exceed 10 lakh by 2055.

In a now widely reported development, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) recently granted its approval to the ₹90,000-plus crore mega-infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island. Pivoted by the Niti ...