A parliamentary panel has urged strict adherence to the land acquisition law. Concerns are raised over violations, particularly in tribal a...

Bhupender Yadav, the Union Environment Minister, has criticized the Congress party. He accused them of opposing the Great Nicobar infrastru...

Sonia Gandhi criticizes the Great Nicobar project. She calls it a planned misadventure. The project threatens indigenous tribes and the isl...

Jairam Ramesh has criticized the Great Nicobar mega infrastructure project, labeling it an ecological disaster being "bulldozed" through. H...

Despite environmental and social concerns, the Great Nicobar trans-shipment port project has secured Indian government approvals. However, ...

The Congress has called for a halt to a proposed Rs 72,000-crore infrastructure project in Great Nicobar Island, citing grave threats to tr...

Ananta Nayak, acting vice-chairperson of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, defends the mega construction project on Great Nicob...

Even as concerns related to ecology, biodiversity and lives of indigenous communities remain, there is no denying the importance of the pro...

The project, which will see around 8.5 lakh trees in pristine rainforests being felled, loss of 12 to 20 hectares of mangrove cover and con...

Comprising 700 disparate groups spread over a population of 10.45 crores, the recent national family health survey (NFHS V) data is reveali...

According to government sources, the prevalence of Covid-19 in tribal-dominated districts has not been termed as “alarming” but the tribal ...

The question is whether the local administrations in these far-flung districts are equipped in terms of medical infrastructure and testing ...