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Shompen Tribe - A Vulnerable Tribal Group In Andaman Votes For 1st Time
For the first time in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of Great Nicobar Islands exercised their voting rights for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the union territory.
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"Don't Have Words To Express My Happiness": Andamans' Padma Shri Awardee
A call by health officials of the Union Territory administration to Dr Ratan Chandra Kar in 1998 for treating people of the reclusive Jarawa tribe from an outbreak of diseases, like measles, in a remote island of Andaman and Nicobar had given
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Indian People Living In Isolation At Higher Risk Of COVID-19, Says Study
Some isolated populations of India like the Onge and Jarawa tribes of the Andaman islands have a higher genetic risk for COVID-19, according to a study led by researchers at CSIRCCMB and BHU.
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Andaman Tribes At Risk Of COVID-19, Scientists Urge "High Priority Protection"
A recent research has indicated that isolated populations of indigenous communities in India, like the Onge and Jarawa tribes on the Andaman Islands, are under serious threat from COVID-19.
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6 From Vulnerable Andaman Tribe Test COVID-19 Positive: Centre
Six members of a particularly vulnerable tribal group of Andaman and Nicobar Islands tested positive for COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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US Not Seeking Action Against Andaman Tribe That Killed Missionary
The US is not pursuing action against the Sentinelese tribe members in India who killed an American missionary trying to enter their island last year, according to the top State Department official for religious freedom.
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US Man Killed In Andamans Was On Planned Adventure: Tribes Body Chief
The American national killed by Sentinelese tribesmen in the Andamans last month was pursuing a "planned adventure", the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has said.
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No Lapse In Coastal Security: Navy Chief On US Man Killed In Andamans
There was no lapse in coastal security in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that an American man, who was killed by an endangered tribe in the archipelago, could have exploited to reach the North Sentinel Island, the Navy said today. Allen Chau, 26, was killed by arrows fired by the Sentinelese hunter-gatherers last month.
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2 Americans Met Missionary Before He Was Killed By Andaman Tribe: Police
Two weeks after American national John Allen Chau was killed by primitive tribes in the Andamans, startling facts are emerging about his visit there. Two American citizens had flown into Port Blair and met Mr Chau between November 6 and 10, egging him on, it is suspected, to go to the North Sentinel island.
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2 Americans Helped Missionary Killed By Reclusive Andaman Tribe: Police
Police believe two American missionaries encouraged John Allen Chau to go to a forbidden island in Andaman and Nicobar, where he was killed by an isolated tribe he was trying to convert, a top investigator said Saturday.
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"He Lost His Mind," Friend Says Of US Missionary Killed By Andaman Tribe
On Instagram, John Chau came off like a carefree young adventurer - climbing mountain peaks and exploring jungles. But in reality, the missionary harbored a deadly obsession with an isolated tribe in India he'd first read about as a teen.
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Andaman Tribe Killed Missionary, Gave Anti-Immigration Politician An Idea
Many lessons could and have been drawn from the story of an American Christian missionary killed this month when he tried to contact a hostile hunter-gatherer tribe on an isolated island in the Indian Ocean.
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Search On For US Man's Body Without Disturbing Sentinelese Tribe: Police
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration had no plans to have any confrontation with the Sentinelese tribe, who killed an American national recently, and was moving cautiously on its investigation, respecting the existing laws that protected the reclusive islanders from outsiders, a top police officer said on Tuesday.
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US Man's Body Should Be Left Alone, As Should The Andaman Tribe: Experts
Conservationists have requested the authorities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to call off the search for the body of an American man, who was killed by the endangered Sentinelese tribe after he trespassed on their island last week. Allen Chau, 26, was killed by arrows fired by the Sentinelese hunter-gatherers last week after he illegally went ...
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Cops Retreat After Andaman Tribe Seen Armed With Bows And Arrows
Officials had a nervous long-distance face-off with the tribe who killed an American missionary, in their latest bid to locate his body on a remote island, the police said on Sunday.
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Shompen Tribe - A Vulnerable Tribal Group In Andaman Votes For 1st Time
For the first time in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of Great Nicobar Islands exercised their voting rights for the lone Lok Sabha seat in the union territory.
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"Don't Have Words To Express My Happiness": Andamans' Padma Shri Awardee
A call by health officials of the Union Territory administration to Dr Ratan Chandra Kar in 1998 for treating people of the reclusive Jarawa tribe from an outbreak of diseases, like measles, in a remote island of Andaman and Nicobar had given
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Indian People Living In Isolation At Higher Risk Of COVID-19, Says Study
Some isolated populations of India like the Onge and Jarawa tribes of the Andaman islands have a higher genetic risk for COVID-19, according to a study led by researchers at CSIRCCMB and BHU.
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Andaman Tribes At Risk Of COVID-19, Scientists Urge "High Priority Protection"
A recent research has indicated that isolated populations of indigenous communities in India, like the Onge and Jarawa tribes on the Andaman Islands, are under serious threat from COVID-19.
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6 From Vulnerable Andaman Tribe Test COVID-19 Positive: Centre
Six members of a particularly vulnerable tribal group of Andaman and Nicobar Islands tested positive for COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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US Not Seeking Action Against Andaman Tribe That Killed Missionary
The US is not pursuing action against the Sentinelese tribe members in India who killed an American missionary trying to enter their island last year, according to the top State Department official for religious freedom.
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US Man Killed In Andamans Was On Planned Adventure: Tribes Body Chief
The American national killed by Sentinelese tribesmen in the Andamans last month was pursuing a "planned adventure", the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has said.
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No Lapse In Coastal Security: Navy Chief On US Man Killed In Andamans
There was no lapse in coastal security in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that an American man, who was killed by an endangered tribe in the archipelago, could have exploited to reach the North Sentinel Island, the Navy said today. Allen Chau, 26, was killed by arrows fired by the Sentinelese hunter-gatherers last month.
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2 Americans Met Missionary Before He Was Killed By Andaman Tribe: Police
Two weeks after American national John Allen Chau was killed by primitive tribes in the Andamans, startling facts are emerging about his visit there. Two American citizens had flown into Port Blair and met Mr Chau between November 6 and 10, egging him on, it is suspected, to go to the North Sentinel island.
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2 Americans Helped Missionary Killed By Reclusive Andaman Tribe: Police
Police believe two American missionaries encouraged John Allen Chau to go to a forbidden island in Andaman and Nicobar, where he was killed by an isolated tribe he was trying to convert, a top investigator said Saturday.
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"He Lost His Mind," Friend Says Of US Missionary Killed By Andaman Tribe
On Instagram, John Chau came off like a carefree young adventurer - climbing mountain peaks and exploring jungles. But in reality, the missionary harbored a deadly obsession with an isolated tribe in India he'd first read about as a teen.
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Andaman Tribe Killed Missionary, Gave Anti-Immigration Politician An Idea
Many lessons could and have been drawn from the story of an American Christian missionary killed this month when he tried to contact a hostile hunter-gatherer tribe on an isolated island in the Indian Ocean.
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Search On For US Man's Body Without Disturbing Sentinelese Tribe: Police
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration had no plans to have any confrontation with the Sentinelese tribe, who killed an American national recently, and was moving cautiously on its investigation, respecting the existing laws that protected the reclusive islanders from outsiders, a top police officer said on Tuesday.
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US Man's Body Should Be Left Alone, As Should The Andaman Tribe: Experts
Conservationists have requested the authorities in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to call off the search for the body of an American man, who was killed by the endangered Sentinelese tribe after he trespassed on their island last week. Allen Chau, 26, was killed by arrows fired by the Sentinelese hunter-gatherers last week after he illegally went ...
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Cops Retreat After Andaman Tribe Seen Armed With Bows And Arrows
Officials had a nervous long-distance face-off with the tribe who killed an American missionary, in their latest bid to locate his body on a remote island, the police said on Sunday.
