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: 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.

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: The APWD Karmachari Sangh (AKS) Affiliated with Andaman Nicobar Rajya Karmachari Mahasangh BMS has written a letter to the Chief Engineer, APWD, Port Blair. In continuation to various letter correspondences made by the Sangh for release of Non-Productivity Linked Bonus (Ad-hoc Bonus) to DRMs working under the establishments of APWD, A&N Administration.