Port Blair, March 18: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has decided to nominate D. Ayyappan as its candidate for the lone Parliamentary seat in Andaman & Nicobar Islands for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. The Polit Bureau of the Party in New Delhi has conveyed the approval of the candidature of D. Ayyappan. He is the Secretary of the CPI (M) Andaman & Nicobar State Organising Committee and Vice President, CITU A & N State Committee.  

Port Blair, March 18: Indian Oil Corporation, a respected Indian Maharatna company and a distinguished member of the top 100 global Fortune 500 companies, proudly operates a network of over 36,000 retail outlets nationwide. Acknowledging the vital role of structured engagement with its channel partners in policy formulation and strategic decision-making, Indian Oil Corporation has established the Chairman's Panel. This panel comprises 63 top-performing retail outlet dealers selected nationwide based on excellence in various business metrics.

Mayabunder, March 18: Shri Dilkhush Meena, IAS, DEO/DC, N&MA today held meetings with the Printing Press Owners, Political Parties on Election Expenditure, Media persons and officials associated with General Election, 2024 of N&MA District to brief them on various aspects of Model Code of Conduct and to review progress of election works.

Port Blair, March 18: There has been a recent surge in fraudulent emails, purportedly from Indian Cyber Crime & Indian Cyber Squad or in the name of government fictitious agencies, such as BPR&D, IB & CBI. These malicious emails are accompanied by fake and fabricated letters, falsely bearing the letterheads of investigative bodies such as the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), or Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D). They threaten severe legal consequences if recipients do not cooperate and falsely accuse individuals of involvement in pornographic images and materials or narcotics smuggling.

Port Blair, March 18: A five days training on adolescent friendly health services under RKSK was organized for ANMs from Mach 12 to 16, 2024 in the Conference Hall, AYUSH Hospital. The training was aimed at expanding the scope of adolescent health programme from being limited to sexual and reproductive health, to ambit nutrition, injuries and violence (including gender based violence), non-communicable diseases, mental health and substance misuse.