A moderate earthquake hit the Andaman Islands on Friday, the Met department said in New Delhi. The tremor measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale shook the islands at 0110 hrs. There was no immediate report of any damage due to the quake, met officials said. This is the third earthquake in this week to hit the Andaman Islands.
Oil India has discovered natural gas reserves off the Andaman Islands, the state-owned firm said without putting an estimate of the size of the find. In a statement, OIL said "occurrence of natural gas" was reported in the second exploratory well Vijayapuram-2 drilled in the Offshore Andaman Block AN-OSHP-2018/1, which the company had won under the Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP).
A moderate earthquake shook the Andaman islands on Thursday afternoon. The quake measuring 5.7 on the Richter Scale hit the islands at 1452 hrs, the Met department said.
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In a ceremony on Monday on the occasion of Parakram Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi named the 21 largest unnamed islands of Andaman and Nicobar after Param Vir Chakra awardees.
In a significant move, state-run oil producer Oil India Limited (OIL) has finished drilling its first well in the Andaman sea while Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has just started drilling operations in the area, said officials.
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The Union Territory administration has conveyed to the government that foreigners from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Thailand and Sri Lanka often intrude into the archipelago.
Shah said the decision was taken to free the nation from colonial imprints as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands had an "unparalleled place" in the country's freedom struggle and history.
As the weather cleared in the morning, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and Union Territory administration started a joint evacuation drive and brought back all stranded tourists to Port Blair from Havelock and Neil islands of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago.
The North Sentinel island is one of 29 islands in the Andamans where till June foreigners had to take special permission -- the RAP -- before being allowed to visit them.
Kalapathar beach, Havelock island. Anjarle beach, Maharashtra.
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The region has seen nine quakes since Sunday. Of these, one was recorded in North Sumatra region in Indonesia while others have been recorded in and around the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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One of the refugees managed to contact the Rohingya Human Rights Initiative and give the coordinates which showed the ship drifting southeast of the Andaman Islands towards Aceh in Indonesia.
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A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale hit Andaman Islands on Tuesday, the Meteorological Department said. The epicentre of the quake that struck at approximately 7.09 am at the depth of 10 kilometres was centred at 11.7 degree North latitude and 95.0 degree East longitude in the Andaman Islands region. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami alert had been issued.
The weather system moved west-northwestward and concentrated into a depression on Saturday at 8.30am, close to west of Andaman Islands, the bulletin said.
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Ms Jonas has zoomed off to the Andamans to shoot The Sky Is Pink.
The Southwest Monsoon is set to arrive early with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands expected to receive first seasonal showers on May 15, the weather office said on Thursday.
The government has decided to name 21 uninhabited islands in the Union territory of Andaman & Nicobar after recipients of Param Vir Chakra, the country's highest wartime gallantry award.
Kerala has been receiving rainfall since Saturday and 10 out of the 14 weather monitoring stations in the state have received more than 2.5 mm rains.
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A moderate earthquake measuring 5.4 in the richter scale hit the Andaman Island region at about 2.29 pm on Friday.
The long queue outside Cellular Jail is a testimony to its place in India's national consciousness. The Andamans is also where the only British viceroy was assassinated and where Bose unfurled the Tricolour for the first time in 1943.
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Concerned over reports of 'human safaris' in the Andaman Islands, British lawmakers have tabled a motion in the parliament calling upon the Indian government to close the Andaman Trunk Road that cuts through the Jarawa tribe's reserve.
Two new videos have emerged that allegedly provide more proof of official involvement in "human safaris" for the benefit of tourists to see the protected Jarawa tribe of the Andaman Islands.
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The resort, Barefoot, in which Gopinath owns close to 35 per cent, is spread over seven acres 'in exotic locale' and has 18 villas.
Boa Sr, aged 85, was the last speaker of the Boa Sr, who died last week aged around 85, was the last speaker of 'Bo', one of the 10 Great Andamanese languages, says a report in Survival.
