Port Blair, Feb 4: The District Child Protection Unit under the District Administration (SA) organized an awareness programme at Community Hall, Shaheed Dweep to sensitize the ICDS workers and Community Leaders on the Adoption regulation of Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) emphasising that all the parents/ person desiring to adopt child must register themselves in CARINGS (CARA) Portal. 

Port Blair, Feb 4: In the next episode of ‘Morning Tea –Aapke Saath’, All India Radio Port Blair will broadcast a LIVE phone-in programme on the topic ’Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana’. It can be heard from 0715 hrs to 0800 hrs on 06.02.2021 (Saturday). Director of Fisheries Dr. Utpal kumar Sar will be the expert in the Studio answering to the queries of the listeners on the above said topic.

Port Blair, Feb. 3: Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has requested the Secretary (Sports), A&N Administration for early posting of Sports Officer for North & Middle Andaman District.  In absence of sports officer, no sports activities have been conducted since last two years. Moreover the youths/talented sports persons are not getting opportunities for their regular practices to participate in the sports meets at various level (District/State/National). 

Port Blair, Feb 3: In order to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in these islands, the Directorate of Shipping Services under the directives of A & N Administration had suspended operation of its vessels to Mainland Island since March, 2020 between Port Blair, Kolkata, Chennai & Vizag. However, during the pandemic period special arrangements were made by this directorate for transhipment of stranded personnel from Mainland Island to Port Blair.

Port Blair, Feb. 3: The COVID-19 vaccination was administered to the Health Care Workers of Swaraj Dweep today by the Nodal Officer COVID-19, A&N Islands, Dr. Avijit Roy and his team.