Strategic islands played a key role in establishing the British empire’s dominance over the Indian Ocean region. Through a ring of bases and naval presence on islands, the British essentially ...

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 ...

India’s “Look East” policy was launched in 1991 by then-Prime Minister Narasimha Rao to increase cooperation with the Southeast Asian nations. The term “Act East” got significant attention when then-U ...

According to the Indian Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal are sitting of a vast unexplored natural gas reserves, estimated at around 610 million ...

Missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 has acquainted the world with a long-forgotten corner of the Indian Ocean: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI). Known to few outside India, the island chain ...

The Andaman Islands are at the center of one of the newest theories in the increasingly tangled search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Analysis of radar data revealed Friday by Reuters suggests the ...

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are among the most beautiful archipelagos in the Bay of Bengal. The island is home to some of the most breathtaking beaches in India which have been attracting sun, ...

In the last 24 hours, the weather department recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall in a few places over the Nicobar Islands. Southwest monsoon made its onset over some parts of the Andaman ...