It did not hamper the poll process," the CEO told PTI. Seven members of the Shompen tribe, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTGs) of the Great Nicobar Islands on Friday exercised their ...

The Shompen are particularly isolated, having "little contact with the outside world", making them especially vulnerable to contact with outsiders. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good ...

The others are the North Sentinelese, Great Andamanese, Onge, and Shompen. Jarawas have traditionally been reclusive, maintaining limited contact with the outside world. They live deep inside the ...

The Rs 72,000-crore infrastructure project could spell devastation for the ecologically fragile region inhabited by the Shompen, a vulnerable indigenous group whose numbers are less than 230.