Indian volcano in Barren Island active again

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The India's only volcano which was dormant until the 1990s is said to be active again. It was seen erupting and spewing lava and gases by the scientists from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO).

The Barren Island, in the eastern coasts of the Andaman Islands, is the place where the volcano named the Barren Island volcano is located. It is said to be the only volcano of South Asia. Last known eruption of the volcano was in 2005. Indian scientists from between January 23 and 25 observed the volcano from a distance to see lava and smoke coming out of the volcano's mouth for 5-10 minutes. The NIO and CSIR scientists also collected samples from the Andaman basin to check its composition, although they didn't land on the volcano. "We are checking the composition of the lava and powdering the black sand to figure out the components," Abhay Mudholkar of NIO. They are hoping to find the reason why the volcano is getting active again after a decade.