New Delhi, India — The southernmost point of India, the Great Nicobar Island, is closer to the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia than it is to the Indian mainland. No Indian prime minister ...

India’s decision to transform Great Nicobar Island into a major transhipment hub, military-logistics centre, and economic gateway is not merely another infrastructure project. It is a declaration of ...

A Japanese tanker collided with a small Indian vessel off the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, spilling over 4,500 tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean. Concerned about the effect of the spill on the ...

Editor’s Note: This is the nineteenth installment of “Southern (Dis)Comfort,” a series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center. The series seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo collage of Nicobar Island rainforest being destroyed by a comically huge bulldozer. There are serious concerns about the ...

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India’s $9-billion megaproject on Great Nicobar, which includes a port, airport, power plant, and township, aims to transform this remote island into a “global destination for business, trade, and ...

India is expanding an air and naval base in the Car Nicobar island that is considered essential for its security both in the Bay of Bengal and in the Indian Ocean further South. The central aim of ...

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 ...

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.