India's only live volcano in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has started spewing ash and lava again.
The Barren Island volcano that erupted last in 1991, has been erupting again now.
Scientists at Goa-based National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) confirmed that the volcano has become active after lying dormant for 150 years.
The NIO in a statement said, “On the afternoon of January 23, 2017, the scientific team on board CSIR-NIO's research ship R V Sindhu Sankalp were busy collecting sea floor samples in the Andaman Basin near the Barren volcano when it suddenly started spewing ash. The team moved about one mile from the volcano and began closely observing it. It was erupting in small episodes lasting about five to ten minutes,"
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