Port Blair, Dec. 8: Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra was held at Gram Panchayat, Rabindra Nagar, Little Andaman on Dec.6. Shri Cherian Mathews, Block Development Officer, CD Block, Little Andaman was the special invitee. PRI members Pradhan, Gram Panchayat, Rabindra Nagar were also present on the occasion. Stalls/ counters were setup in coordination with line Departments. Medical NCD and TB screening, updating of ABHA Card were held.

Port Blair, Dec. 8: The Regional Institute of Education, NCERT Bhubaneswar in collaboration with State Institute of Education (SIE), Port Blair conducted a 5 days Capacity Building Programme on Learning Outcomes in Social Sciences for the Secondary School Teachers from Dec.4 to 8, 2023 at SIE, Shiksha Sadan Port Blair. As per NEP 2020, the main objective of the programme is to develop understanding on concept and importance of learning outcomes of Social Sciences and to design and use learning resources, pedagogy and assessment strategy relating to Learning Outcomes in Social Sciences at Secondary Level.

The electricity consumers and general public have been informed that power supply will be suspended to create safe corridors for electricity feeders and tie lines. In view of this, the Electricity Department will exercise line clearance and pruning of dangerous trees standing at Austinabad Dog squad, Austinabad village, Austinabad junction, Brookshabad and Corbyn’s Cove area complete on Dec. 9 between 8 am and 2 pm, to avoid power disruption and prevention of electricity faults.

Port Blair, Dec. 8: The final schedule for conduct of Pondicherry University Semester Exam has been received from the University and the same has been hosted in the University’s website with the link https://exam.pondiuni.edu.in/oasis/ugpg_tt.htm. The examination shall be held from 13th December, 2023. For further information, the student may contact Examination Section.

New Delhi, Dec. 7: Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, the Member of Parliament, A&N Islands today raised a crucial issue concerning the welfare of 1195 casual mazdoors of PBMC in Parliament (Lok Sabha).

The Member of Parliament highlighted the longstanding predicament faced by nearly 1195 casual mazdoors, who were employed by the Port Blair Municipal Council since 1999 as Daily Rated Mazdoor with Rs. 50 as their daily wage.