It appears to be a clear violation of aboriginal rights, as far as the Shompen, who are considered a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, and the Nicobarese, who have the constitutional status of ...

Tribal ways of life and a treasure trove of biodiversity are too high a price to pay for Great Nicobar Island’s ...

Around 300 Shompen people live in the lush rainforests of the island’s interior, the majority of whom are uncontacted. Great ...

The Shompen, residents of a small island in the Indian Ocean, are among the world's last isolated tribes. But that may soon change as the Indian government moves forward with plans for a massive port ...

The report warns that uncontacted Shompen people, who live only on Great Nicobar Island in the Indian Ocean, will not survive if the Great Nicobar Development Project goes ahead. The SI said that ...

We are in Barnabas Manju’s office, a one-bedroom house in a government quarters in Campbell Bay. He is the chairman of the Tribal Council of Great Nicobar and L ...