Nicobar Islands Current Affairs, GK & News
DANX -19 conducted under aegis of Andaman & Nicobar Command of Indian Armed Forces
The 2nd edition of Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX-19) has been conducted under the aegis of Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) from 14th to 18th Oct 2019. The 5-day exercise is a large scale joint services exercise of the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. The purpose of the exercise ..
Topics: Andaman • Andaman and Nicobar Command • Geography of Asia • INS Kohassa • Maritime Southeast Asia • Nicobar Islands • Southeast Asia
Andaman and Nicobar Command is first Tri-service theater command of Indian Armed Forces (IAF)
The Andaman and Nicobar Command is the first and only Tri-service theater command of the Indian Armed Forces, based at Port Blair in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The archipelago is straddled strategically near the mouth of the Malacca Straits which is an important Sea Lane of Communication used by the navies of several countries. ..
Topics: Andaman and Nicobar Command • Andaman and Nicobar Islands • Geography of Asia • INS Baaz • Landforms • Maritime Southeast Asia • Nicobar district • Nicobar Islands • Port Blair • Southeast Asia
Indian Coast Guard conducts ‘Ex Clean Sea-2018’ at sea off Port Blair
The Indian Coast Guard has conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise titled ‘Clean Sea – 2018’ at sea off Port Blair on December 6. Coast Guard ships Viswasth, Vijith, Rajveer, Rajshri, 4 interceptor boats and its air assets Dornier and Chetak helicopters participated in the exercise.The preparedness of all agencies during the ..
Topics: Andaman • Asia • Geography of Asia • Indian Coast Guard • Maritime Southeast Asia • Nicobar Islands • Southeast Asia
SC: ‘No commercial, tourism activity in Jarawa Reserve’
With a view to protecting the indigenous people, the Supreme Court has banned all commercial and tourism activities within a 5-km radius of the Jarawa Tribal Reserve on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Supreme Court upheld an October 30, 2007 notification declaring an area up to a 5-km radius of the Reserve a ‘Buffer Zone’ ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2012
Topics: Andaman and Nicobar Islands • Asia • Geography of Asia • Indigenous peoples of South Asia • Jarawa language • Jarawas • Maritime Southeast Asia • Nicobar Islands • Society for Andaman and Nicobar Ecology • Southeast Asia