Port Blair, May 11: The Andaman Sangeet Academy (ASA) Junglighat, Port Blair celebrated the 161st Birth Day of “BISWAKABI RABINDRANATH THAKUR” on 9th May 2021 (Sunday) as per very small arrangement in view of the Covid-19 Pandemic situation in the house of Shri Soumen Home Chowdhury, General Secretary of the Academy Junglighat, Port Blair at 10.00am.

Port Blair, May 11: Smti Prabhabati, Hindu Rashtra Shakti, Rangat distributed Homeopathic immunity boosting medicine Arsenic 30 in Ward No. 8, Rangat on 10/05/2021. The medicine is expected to help in boosting the immunity against the Covid-19. She urged residents to adhere to restrictions and directions of the District Administration for containment of COVID-19 infection.

Port Blair, May 11: The State President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, and Shri. M Vinod, State Vice President, Bharatiya Janata Party have conveyed their heartfelt gratitude to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Islands for considering the request of appointing the Head of Office/Head of Institution as competent authority for sanction of casual leave, station leaving permission & other leave for Group-B Non-Gazetted Employees working under Andaman and Nicobar Administration.

Port Blair, May 11: The vaccination drive is continuing in A&N Islands in an effective manner and health teams designated in various vaccination centres spread across the Islands are vaccinating all the beneficiaries above 45, who visit the centres spread over the A&N Islands on a daily basis. The vaccination sessions are continuing in more than 88 designated vaccination centres set up in different parts of the Islands towards the fight against Corona virus. 577 doses of COVISHIELD vaccines were administered to the eligible beneficiaries by the health teams today (May 11), taking the total number of doses of vaccines administered so far to 1,15, 569.

Port Blair, May 10: The Indian Coast Guard rescued five fishermen from fishing boat MFV ‘KALAMMA’ which was in distress off Bomilla Creek near Hutbay on 9th May 21. The Indian Coast Guard Regional Headquarters at Port Blair received an unregistered DAT (Distress Alert Transmitter) alert from DAT ID-85068 at around 1100 hrs on 09 May 21. On receipt of information, Indian Coast Guard promptly launched Search and Rescue operation and sailed out Coast Guard Ship C-412 from Hutbay at 1200 hrs for investigation and assistance. Since the alert was activated from an unregistered DAT, the details of the boat and its owner were not available with Indian Coast Guard. The information was immediately shared with Fisheries authorities with a request to provide the details of person/boat issued with said DAT.