India is advancing a $9B plan to develop Great Nicobar with a port, airport and new city near the Malacca Strait, amid rivalry with China; Critics warn of rainforest loss and threats to Indigenous tribes, while courts and officials back the project

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has alerted Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about the Great Nicobar Island Project. He states the project in its current form is a recipe for…

Rights group warns that the island’s Indigenous groups face “genocide in the name of ‘mega-development’”.