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Lakshadweep (Malayalam: [lɐkʂɐd̪βʷiːbɨ̆]) is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands [ a ] divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north ), and the atoll of Minicoy to the south of the Nine Degree Channel .
PM Modi was welcomed by a massive congregation of the Indian diaspora at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, met with billionaire Elon Musk and other elite luminaries, and oversaw a cultural programme at the UN Headquarters in Midtown Manhattan to commemorate International Yoga Day.
The other three union territories—Chandigarh; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu; and Lakshadweep—are governed by an administrator. Unlike the lieutenant governors of other territories, they are usually drawn from the retired officer from Indian Armed Forces, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) or Indian Police Service (IPS).
This project which includes two new planned cities in the region will increase population to over 350,000, which may cause a threat to the indigenous communities. [13] After the environmental clearance by MoEFCC, some experts and researchers expressed concerns to Ministry of Tribal Affairs about vulnerability of indigenous communities on the island.
January 1 – Ten people are wounded in a shooting at a memorial outside a nightclub in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York. [1]January 5 – New York City enacts a congestion charge for vehicles entering Lower and Midtown Manhattan below 60th Street, becoming the first city in the United States to do so.
Inhabitants of the Lakshadweep who, and both of whose parents, were born in the Union Territory. ... This page was last edited on 23 February 2025, at 20:20 (UTC).
Positioned on the southernmost island of Lakshadweep, Minicoy is located between 8° 15’ to 8° 20’ N and 73° 01’ to 73° 05 E and spans 4.4 square km, including Viringili atoll. It is an autonomous oceanic island separated from the rest of Lakshadweep by the Nine Degree Channel and from the Maldives by the Eight Degree Channel , which ...
As of 2001 India census, [1] Chennasamudram had a population of 7353. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Chennasamudram has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 75% and female literacy of 53%. 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.