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In a first, people of Andaman's vulnerable Shompen tribe voteSpeaking to PTI, Chief Electoral Officer, B S Jaglan said, "This is for the first time a total of seven members of Shompen tribe exercised ...- A President of tribal origin is great news for the tribes of IndiaComprising 700 disparate groups spread over a population of 10.45 crores, the recent national family health survey (NFHS V) data is reveali...
- Isolated populations of India at higher risk of COVID-19: StudyGreat Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, and Sentinels are the aboriginal tribal populations of these islands. India also has several indigenous and...
- Around 3% of population in 177 tribal-dominated districts Covid positiveAccording to government sources, the prevalence of Covid-19 in tribal-dominated districts has not been termed as “alarming” but the tribal ...
- 10 members of Andaman tribe test positive for coronavirus, officials on high alertThere are six notified scheduled tribes in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Except Nicobarese, the rest --Great Andamane...
- Tablighi link to 9 of 10 Andaman Coronavirus casesThe government machinery is keeping a strict vigil on the movement of people. To restrict movement, the administration had taken some measu...
- Miami, Tokyo, Milan: A round- up of world's best cities for the perfect date on Valentine's DayFor a weekend getaway, head to the quaint mountain village of Kusatsu in Gunma.
- VHP seeks ‘judicial action’ against evangelists on tourist visa in AndamansVishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has urged the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) to press for "severe judicial action against evan...
- Why the British chose to leave the Andamans’ tribes aloneIn the late 19th century, the British administration contemplated exterminating the entire aboriginal population, considering them savages ...
- Learning with the Times: Why the Sentinelese choose solitude even 60,000 years onThe first modern settlement of outsiders was established in 1789 by Lt. Blair at Chatham Island, now part of Port Blair.
- Why all attempts at ‘assimilating’ Andamanese tribes have ended badlyThe North Sentinelese are among the only surviving direct descendants of the first humans in Asia.
- Surprised the Sentinelese killed someone: First anthropologist to enter North Sentinel island"They are not hostile people. They warn; they don’t kill people, including outsiders. They only say, leave us alone," TN Pandit said.
- Lack of physical activity increases obesity among Onges in AndamanA recent report of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes reveals this indigenous Andamanese tribal group is turning obese as there is ve...
- Andamans and its tribals: Meet the first Indians while they are still aroundGenetic studies suggest the Andaman tribals go back over 65,000 years, but why don’t our history and culture books acknowledge these deplet...
- Forest Rights Act: How rules fail in the jungleChief Sitting Bull was talking of the natives of America but he may as well have been speaking of India’s tribes whose primitive but harmon...
- Cycling on the Andaman Trunk RoadThe Andaman Trunk Road runs the length of the Andamans. Cycling along it, the author sees signs of trouble in this fragile archipelago.
- New surveillance system to protect Jarawa tribe in AndamanThe 200 km-long coastline would be guarded by a strong three-layered joint operation team.
- India's endangered tribal groups see rise in populationState governments have been asked to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan to help them grow further.
- Andaman tribesmen die of toxic drinkFive Onge aboriginal tribesmen died and 15 others took ill after consuming a toxic chemical at Dugong Creek of Little Andaman island of And...
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