Port Blair, Sept. 25: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman and Nicobar Islands in his letter addressed to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Chief Secretary and the General Manager, National Highways & Infrastructural Developmental Cooperation Limited, Port Blair has highlighted the plight of the National Highway NH-4 connecting South Andaman to North and Middle Andaman District.

Port Blair, Sept. 25: Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has requested the Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Health), A&N Administration to resume functioning of Operation Theatre (OT) at GB Pant Hospital for conducting operations for patients suffering from various ailments since the functioning of operation theatre (OT) has been temporarily stopped (except for emergency and delivery cases).

Port Blair, Sept. 25: The Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman & Nicobar Islands under the leadership of Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President is organising a week long awareness programmes on various Govt. Schemes to celebrate Gandhi Jayanti - the birth anniversary of the Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi.

Port Blair, Sept. 25: A delegation of Andaman Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) led by Shri Surendra Prahladka, President Admiral DK Joshi (Retd), Lt. Governor, A&N Islands today at Raj Niwas. The delegation appraised the LG about the various initiatives taken by ACCI in association with the Administration in arresting the pandemic Covid -19 and appreciated the entire Administration and the Chief Secretary under the able leadership and guidance of the Lt. Governor, which could bring down Covid – 19 cases close to negative in these Islands and very cautiously opening up of business and social activities to bring the islanders’ in to normal life. 

With the aim of providing a platform to writers who have the zeal to go beyond the usual and highlight the underreported development issues of the women living in the rural areas, Charkha – The Development Communication Network, a Delhi-based nonprofit organization, has announced the ‘Sanjoy Ghose Media Awards 2020’.  A total of five awards of Rs 50,000 each will support the five-month term during which the winners will be expected to conduct in-depth research and produce impactful articles focusing on little-known strengths and travails of the women in remote but significant parts of India.