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Breathtaking bio reserves in the country that should be on your bucket list

Edit The Times of India 17 Sep 2016
Recently, a special committee formed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest announced that work is underway to recognise a biosphere reserve in Rajasthan at Desert National Park and related areas in Jaisalmer ... Here's a look at the others in India... Sundarbans. Where ... The reserve hosts two national parks — Campbell Bay National Park and Galathea National Park and also includes the lands of the indigenous Nicobarese and Shompen people....

Tribals in A & N Islands (Ministry of Tribal Affairs of the Republic of India) ...

Edit Public Technologies 24 Feb 2016
(Source. Ministry of Tribal Affairs of the Republic of India). The tribe-wise population of Scheduled Tribes in Andaman and Nicobar Islands as per Census 2011 is given below. -. Tribes. Population ... 44. Jarawas. 380. Nicobarese. 27168 ... 101 ... Currently Shompen/ Nicobari/ Onges patients are airlifted to Port Blair for treatment in case of emergency from Campbell Bay & Dugong Creek by the A&N; Administration through the existing fleet of Helicopters....

Corrections & Clarifications - November 3, 2015

Edit The Hindu 02 Nov 2015
>>The report on the Anthropological Survey of India’s first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe was wrongly headlined. “AnSI study says Shompen women outnumber men” (Nov....

AnSI study says Shompen men outnumber women

Edit The Hindu 01 Nov 2015
The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has come up with the first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe — one of the least known particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... Anthropologists say the Shompen population could be between 200 and 300 ... “Marriage by capturing women from different groups and sub-groups is one of the customs of the Shompen society....

The less known Shompens of Great Nicobar Island

Edit The Hindu 01 Nov 2015
The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has come up with the first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe — one of the least known particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... Anthropologists say the Shompen population could be between 200 and 300 ... “Marriage by capturing women from different groups and sub-groups is one of the customs of the Shompen society....

The less known Shompens of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Edit The Hindu 01 Nov 2015
The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has come up with the first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe — one of the least known particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... Anthropologists say the Shompen population could be between 200 and 300 ... “Marriage by capturing women from different groups and sub-groups is one of the customs of the Shompen society....

AnSI study says Shompen women outnumber men

Edit The Hindu 31 Oct 2015
The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has come up with the first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe — one of the least known particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... Anthropologists say the Shompen population could be between 200 and 300 ... “Marriage by capturing women from different groups and sub-groups is one of the customs of the Shompen society....

Insular heritage

Edit Deccan Herald 21 Feb 2015
Union territory. The water appears in shades of turquoise in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Its white sand beaches and colourful marine life could fulfill every scuba diver’s dream. I learnt about this beautiful Union Territory when it made national headlines during the Tsunami of December 2004 ... Colonial prison ... Many tribes inhabit the islands still — the Great Andamanese, Onge, Jarawa, Sentinelese, Nicobarese and Shompens ... ....

Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages of India (Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Republic of India)

Edit noodls 11 Aug 2014
(Source. Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Republic of India) ... According to the criteria adopted by the UNESCO, a language becomes extinct when nobody s peaks or remembers the language.  The UNESCO has categorized languages on basis of endangerment as follows.-. (i) Vulnerable. (ii) Definitely Endangered. (iii) Severely Endangered. (iv) Critically Endangered ... 1. Aimol Manipur. 2. Aka Manipur. 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 ... Shompen Andaman & Nicobar....
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