India may not be the first country that comes to mind when thinking about scuba diving, despite its coastline stretching over ...

The Andaman Islands aren't just India's tropical islands. They're proof that you don't need to leave the country for world-class beaches, diving, and island paradise experiences.

India’s “Look East” policy was launched in 1991 by then-Prime Minister Narasimha Rao to increase cooperation with the Southeast Asian nations. The term “Act East” got significant attention when then-U ...

When a strange white sphere appeared in the skies above the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in January 2022, it swiftly became a talking point in this sleepy Indian Ocean archipelago of 430,000 people.

Few regions in India illustrate the complex interplay between development, national security and environmental protection as clearly as the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Stretching over 800 kilometres in ...

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, located in the Bay of Bengal, northwest of the pivotal maritime choke point at the Strait of Malacca, are an immensely valuable geopolitical asset for India, ...

At present, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information and Services (INCOIS) receives earthquake signals and processes its ...

Editor’s Note: This is the nineteenth installment of “Southern (Dis)Comfort,” a series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center. The series seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition ...

Is it worth it? In travel, that question usually arises when the journey to a place seems too daunting to do. It was worth it, we think, sighing with relief at the top of a summited mountain, or ...

Strategic islands played a key role in establishing the British empire’s dominance over the Indian Ocean region. Through a ring of bases and naval presence on islands, the British essentially ...

A Japanese tanker collided with a small Indian vessel off the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, spilling over 4,500 tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean. Concerned about the effect of the spill on the ...