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Saturday, September 6, 2025
TopicAndaman

Topic: Andaman

Third 4.7 magnitude earthquake hits Andaman sea today

The region, which falls under Seismic Zone V, the highest earthquake risk zone in India, witnessed a 4.6 & 4.7 scale quake earlier today with the latest occurring at a depth of 10 kms.

Indian Coast Guard seizes 5 tonnes of drugs in Andaman. ‘Likely to be biggest ever haul’

Defence officials apprehended the consignment from a fishing boat in the Andaman waters.

‘Inspiration for generations’: PM names 21 islands in Andamans after Param Vir Chakra awardees

Modi also unveiled Monday a model of memorial dedicated to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose to be erected in Andamans’ Ross Island.

South Andaman bans pan masala & gutka sale, DM says spitting causes ‘spread of Covid’

South Andaman District Magistrate Suneel Anchipaka banned the manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of all forms of pan masala and gutka for one month.

John Allen Chau ‘lost his mind’, was aware of dangers of North Sentinel Island, say friends

Friends and acquaintances recall American citizen Chau’s obsession with the Sentinelese, as Andaman authorities make last-ditch effort to retrieve his body. 

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.