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John Allen Chau's death revives debate over extreme missionary work

December 03, 2018 9:00 pm

For evangelical Christians — Protestants who emphasize a personal relationship with Jesus, a “born again” conversion experience and reading the Bible as God’s word — spreading the Gospel is a way of life.

Big push to develop Andaman, Lakshadweep — 18 projects, private funds

December 02, 2018 2:35 am

Under the Foreigners (Restricted Areas) Order, 1963, the Andaman & Nicobar Islands are a “Restricted Area” and outsiders need an RAP to stay on 13 islands, and to make day visits to another 11 of them.

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Down the road in Andamans

December 02, 2018 3:58 pm

As the recent killing of an American tourist has shown, assimilation or forced integration has been a tricky process, with successive governments struggling to arrive at a coherent policy that balances development, tribal identity.

PM Modi will rename three islands in Andaman and Nicobar on Sunday. (Express photo/File)

US man killed in Andaman: Police team retreat after spotting armed tribals in second expedition

November 25, 2018 7:33 pm

Andaman police is questioning the accused, trying to re-create the sequence of events and the route taken by Chau to North Sentinel Island.

Bigger catch, foreign tourists: Why Andaman fishermen still go near protected islands

November 25, 2018 7:15 am

With seven persons, including five fishermen who allegedly took Chau near the North Sentinel Island, being arrested, they are afraid of police action.

US man killed in Andamans: Tribal rights group asks India to abandon efforts to recover body

American tourist killed in Andaman: John Chau's last letter before being killed on forbidden island

November 24, 2018 9:31 pm

“You guys might think I’m crazy in all this,” he wrote in the last letter to his parents. “But I think it’s worth it to declare Jesus to these people.”

American tourist killed in Andaman: In Port Blair hotel, an empty room, his favourite

November 24, 2018 9:32 pm

Police are yet to recover Chau’s body — the fishermen who allegedly took him to the island, in violation of law, claim that they spotted a body being buried on the shore by a group of Sentinelese on the morning of November 17.

Sentinelese tribe has closer resemblance to Jarawas, slightly taller than other Andaman tribes, says expert

November 24, 2018 9:14 am

According to Shailendra Mohan, professor in Austro-Asiatic languages with the department of linguistics at Deccan College, Pune, this tribe also appears to be slightly taller than most other tribes living on the Andaman group of islands. “

American killed in Andaman: A veteran expert has a way out — Coconuts, iron, and some caution

November 24, 2018 9:14 am

Between 1966 and 1991, Pandit, 83, made several trips as part of the Anthropological Survey of India’s expeditions to remote islands in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and was the first anthropologist to land on the island and interact with members of the tribe.

John Allen Chau killed by Sentinelese tribe, Andaman Nicobar Island administration, Indian express

American tourist killed in Andaman: ‘I don’t want to die. Why does this place have so much death’

November 24, 2018 7:58 am

“You guys might think I’m crazy in all this but I think it’s worthwhile to declare Jesus to these people,” he wrote.

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Express Eye for Detail 14: J&K crisis, Sushma Swaraj out of 2019 race, American tourist in Andaman and more

November 25, 2018 1:37 pm

This week we look at the strange situation in Jammu & Kashmir where a fax machine is all it took to stop three parties from coming together and forming the government. What it means for Sushma Swaraj to opt out of the 2019 general election and the c