Port Blair, Nov. 9: No COVID positive case has been detected today in A&N Islands. Today, 15 flights with 2444 passengers arrived, out of which, 2182 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 71 passengers and the reports are awaited.  

Port Blair, Nov. 8: The Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has highlighted some of the crucial issues of Little Andaman with the Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Administration.

Issues raised by the Member of Parliament are to accord availability of sea sand, opening of stone quarry and mooram quarry, re-opening and functioning of red oil palm plantation and one clerk in Hutbay Tehsil, re-installation of hand-sawing machine and up-gradation of PHC to CHC.

Port Blair, Nov. 8: The Seminar on “Substance Use” was organized by ISMAT (Islanders Social Movement for Awareness and Training) – a women’s initiative, on 5th November 2022 at JNRM Auditorium, Port Blair to release the Survey Report on “A Study of Substance Use among School and College Students in Port Blair”. Around 180 Students from JNRM, Andaman Law College and TGCE participated in the Seminar.

Port Blair, Nov. 8 Shri Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member BJP has demanded for restarting issuance of ship tickets of Inter-Island as well as Mainland Sectors through Common Services Centers throughout A&N Islands in a letter addressed to Chief Secretary, A&N Administration.

In his letter Jolly wrote that a public welfare service was initiated previously by the A&N Administration for issuance of ship tickets through Common Services Centers (CSC) of our Islands and these services, people from every Islands and every corner were conveniently purchasing the ship tickets for both sectors, without stepping into the limited ticket counters set up by Directorate of Shipping Services.

Port Blair, Nov. 8: The MPL 35th National Under-13 Boys & Girls Chess Championships–2022 will be held from 10th to 18th December 2022 in Puducherry. Each Affiliated State Association is entitled to send two entries each from Boys & Girls for the Championship. The players who are born on or after 1.1.2009 are eligible to participate in the Championship.