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Nicobar Hodi Craft The Andaman and Nicobar Islands recently filed an application for the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the Nicobari Hodi craft. This is the Union Territory's first application for a tag for one of its products. Previously, Mithila Makhana received the GI designation from the government. What is Nicobari Hodi? The hodi is the traditional craft of the Nicobari tribe. It is an outrigger canoe, which is very common in the Nicobar group of islands. Th

Great Knot

Great Knot A Great knot from Russia has found its way to Kerala’s coast, flying over 9,000 km for a winter sojourn. Great knots to be re-sighted in India among the nearly thousand ones tagged with MOSKVA rings in the Kamchatka peninsula in eastern Russia. About Great knot Scientific Name: Calidris tenuirostris It is a small wader. It is the largest of the calidris species Habitat: Grassland, Marine Neritic, Marine Intertidal, Marine Coastal/Supratidal. This