Port Blair, Jan 10: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kudleep Rai Sharma has highlighted the problems being faced by the people of Andaman & Nicobar Islands due to scarcity of water during the dry season, infront of the Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources, New Delhi.

The said Parliamentary Standing Committee is scheduled to visit Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 18th & 19th January 2023.

Port Blair, Jan 10: Director General Indian Coast Guard, Shri VS Pathania, PTM, TM ahead of relinquishing charge on superannuation called on Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency today at Raj Niwas. HLG thanked him for all support rendered to Andaman & Nicobar Administration during his tenure.

Port Blair, Jan 10: The Chief Secretary, A&N Islands, Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS, met the Senior Officials and other staff of Secretariat at A&N Secretariat premises today. While extending New Year greetings to the entire Secretariat family and also wishing them progress and prosperity, the Chief Secretary urged everyone to work with dedication for the development and the betterment of the Islanders.

Port Blair, Jan. 10: As Tuberculosis continues to be a major public health problem and therefore implementation of National TB Elimination Programme (NTEP) has witnessed immense political and administrative commitment to eliminate Tuberculosis by 2025, five years ahead of the global target.

Port Blair, Jan. 10: The Department of Botany, JNRM has adopted Sippighat Village in April 2022 on a long-term basis. The adoption program, which is part of the non-audit course for M.Sc. students, is prescribed by Pondicherry University. On 9th January, as part of the adoption program, the M.Sc. 1st & 2nd Year Students of the Botany Department visited Sippighat village and organized a range of activities like plantation of medicinal trees and demonstrations of the importance of herbal medicine in daily life.