Port Blair, March 28: The Doordarshan Kendra, Port Blair will telecast a live phone-in programme on the topic –‘Glaucoma’ on April 1 from 5 pm to 6 pm. Surg Cdr (Dr.) L. Sriharsha, MS (Ophthal), Medical Officer in Indian Navy, currently serving as classified Specialist Ophthalmology at INHS Dhanvantri will be the expert in the studio, answering to the queries of the viewers. Viewers can participate in this live phone-in programme by dialling phone nos. 244745 or 217213.

Port Blair, March 28: The Doordarshan Kendra, Port Blair will telecast a live phone-in programme on the topic ‘Preparations for Parliamentary Election’ on March 29 from 5 pm to 6 pm.  The Chief Electoral Officer, Shri B.S. Jaglan, IAS, will be the expert in the studio, answering queries of the viewers. Viewers can participate in this live phone-in programme by dialling Phone No. 244745 or 217213.

Port Blair, March 27: Amidst tremendous support and huge turnout of supporters, the sitting Member of Parliament of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma filed his nominations for 2024 Lok Sabha Elections in Office of the Returning Officer, A&N Islands Parliamentary Constituency (District Office, South Andaman).

Thousands of supporters, including party workers and Senior Congress leaders, today rallied behind Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma as he made his way to file his nomination papers this afternoon.

Electricity consumers and general public have been informed that power supply will remain suspended in Prothrapur, Pathergudda, Bhatubasthi and New Pahargaon on March 30 from 0730 hrs to 1400 hrs in connection with the urgent breakdown maintenance of the high tension line at Prothrapur.

Research Institute of AYUSH Ministry sought help from Dr. Ajai

Dr. Kangarajan, Director-in-Charge of Siddha Regional Research Institute, a research institute of the Ministry of AYUSH, located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, wrote a letter stating that his institute is studying the standardization of pearl medicine for the treatment of various diseases, for which they need special pearls made by renown scientist Dr. Ajai Kumar Sonkar.

He told that while trying to supply pearls for research, it was found that the pearl market of India is flooded with freshwater pearls from China. Dr. Kangarajan told that discussions with all the pioneers of this field indicated that these special pearls for treatment can only be obtained from Dr. Ajai. However, for the manufacture of these special pearls, a special and controlled environment of the laboratory is required, the production cost of which is many times more than normal.