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Andaman's 'Primitive' Jarawa Tribe Members Feature In Voter List For First Time
In a historic step, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has enrolled and distributed voter ID cards to 19 members of the Jarawa community, earlier known as ferocious and reclusive.
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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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"Hit By Arrows, Kept Walking": American Killed By Protected Andaman Tribe
An American man was killed by a protected tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the police said today. Seven fishermen who took 27-year-old John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island, where the indigenous Sentinelese people live, have been arrested, the police said. The Sentinelese, whose population in 2011 was estimated at 40, are known to resis...
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French Filmmakers Offer Rice to Illegally Film Andaman's Jarawa Tribals
The Andaman and Nicobar administration is looking to take legal action against two French filmmakers who entered the protected Jarawa reserve to film a documentary on the ancient and highly vulnerable tribe.
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Supreme Court clears decks for opening the road in tribal area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Supreme Court today reversed its January interim order banning the Andaman-Nicobar Trunk Road for tourists. The road cuts through a tribal reserve area in the Andaman and Nicobar islands where the endangered Jarawa tribals live.
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Blog: protecting the Andamans' Jarawa tribe from 'human safaris'
Survival International welcomes the Supreme Court's decision to ban tourists from the Andaman Trunk Road as a positive step in the right direction to tackle 'human safaris' to the Jarawa tribe. The road cuts through the Jarawa's reserve in the Andaman Islands and currently brings hundreds of tourists through the reserve each day.
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Supreme Court bans use of road in tribal area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Supreme Court today banned tourists from using the Andaman-Nicobar Trunk road, which cuts through a tribal reserve area in the Andaman and Nicobar islands where endangered Jarawa tribals live.
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Police arrests constable who video-graphed Jarawa women
Cracking the case of videography of semi-naked Jarawa tribal women, police today arrested a constable who had allegedly asked the victims to dance and had shot their video.
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UK MPs call for 'Human safaris' in Andaman to be stopped
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Andaman administration in the dock over Jarawa tribe video
Taking "serious" note of new video footage showing alleged involvement of police officials in "human safaris" involving Jarawas, the Scheduled Tribes Commission today said it will issue a notice to the Andaman and Nicobar administration.
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Two new videos of 'human safaris' in Andaman Islands
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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Man in video not a cop: Police on Jarawa video
Police today claimed that the person who was shown in a video ordering semi-naked Jarawa tribal women to dance naked in front of tourists after accepting money was not a policeman.
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It will be unfair to leave Jarawas in beastly condition: Deo
The government today said steps will be initiated to discuss inclusion of Jarawa tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the mainstream rather than leave them in "beastly condition" in the wake of a video footage showing semi-naked tribal women dancing before tourists.
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Andaman's 'Primitive' Jarawa Tribe Members Feature In Voter List For First Time
In a historic step, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has enrolled and distributed voter ID cards to 19 members of the Jarawa community, earlier known as ferocious and reclusive.
-
"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
-
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.
-
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.
-
"Hit By Arrows, Kept Walking": American Killed By Protected Andaman Tribe
An American man was killed by a protected tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the police said today. Seven fishermen who took 27-year-old John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island, where the indigenous Sentinelese people live, have been arrested, the police said. The Sentinelese, whose population in 2011 was estimated at 40, are known to resis...
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French Filmmakers Offer Rice to Illegally Film Andaman's Jarawa Tribals
The Andaman and Nicobar administration is looking to take legal action against two French filmmakers who entered the protected Jarawa reserve to film a documentary on the ancient and highly vulnerable tribe.
-
Supreme Court clears decks for opening the road in tribal area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Supreme Court today reversed its January interim order banning the Andaman-Nicobar Trunk Road for tourists. The road cuts through a tribal reserve area in the Andaman and Nicobar islands where the endangered Jarawa tribals live.
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Blog: protecting the Andamans' Jarawa tribe from 'human safaris'
Survival International welcomes the Supreme Court's decision to ban tourists from the Andaman Trunk Road as a positive step in the right direction to tackle 'human safaris' to the Jarawa tribe. The road cuts through the Jarawa's reserve in the Andaman Islands and currently brings hundreds of tourists through the reserve each day.
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Supreme Court bans use of road in tribal area of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Supreme Court today banned tourists from using the Andaman-Nicobar Trunk road, which cuts through a tribal reserve area in the Andaman and Nicobar islands where endangered Jarawa tribals live.
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Police arrests constable who video-graphed Jarawa women
Cracking the case of videography of semi-naked Jarawa tribal women, police today arrested a constable who had allegedly asked the victims to dance and had shot their video.
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UK MPs call for 'Human safaris' in Andaman to be stopped
Andaman Islands, Human Safari, Human Safari Andaman, Jarawa tribe
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Andaman administration in the dock over Jarawa tribe video
Taking "serious" note of new video footage showing alleged involvement of police officials in "human safaris" involving Jarawas, the Scheduled Tribes Commission today said it will issue a notice to the Andaman and Nicobar administration.
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Two new videos of 'human safaris' in Andaman Islands
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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Man in video not a cop: Police on Jarawa video
Police today claimed that the person who was shown in a video ordering semi-naked Jarawa tribal women to dance naked in front of tourists after accepting money was not a policeman.
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It will be unfair to leave Jarawas in beastly condition: Deo
The government today said steps will be initiated to discuss inclusion of Jarawa tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the mainstream rather than leave them in "beastly condition" in the wake of a video footage showing semi-naked tribal women dancing before tourists.
