Port Blair, Oct. 16: Mr. Samir Acharya, Secretary of the Society for Andaman & Nicobar Ecology breathed his last today morning at 3.30 am at Chakraborty Hospital, Port Blair after brief period of illness. He was 76. He is survived by his wife Geetanjali Acharya, daughter Samhita Acharya and grandson Marvellous Giles.

Port Blair, Oct. 16: The state team of BJP, A&N Islands who are touring New Delhi yesterday met the Union Minister of Shipping, Mansukh Laxmanbhai Mandaviya at his office in Transport Bhavan, New Delhi.

Port Blair, Oct. 16: The Indian Coast Guard conducted exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ to validate the effectiveness of Coastal Security mechanism at Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The exercise commenced at 0600 hrs on 14th Oct and was terminated at 1800 hrs on 15th Oct. The exercise was conducted under the aegis of Chief Secretary, A & N Administration, Chairman of UT Coastal Security Committee. The main aim of the exercise was to evaluate the threats emanating from seaward in present geo-political conditions and validate existing Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) of all 17 Stakeholders to neutralize the threat.

Port Blair, Oct. 16: The DIGP A&N Police, Shri Vijay Singh, IPS on his visit to Campbell Bay planned to organize a Health cum Awareness program for educating the police officials regarding the COVID, endemic diseases of A & N Islands and other lifestyle health issues.

Can This be Called Death Due to Negligence of Authorities?

Port Blair, Oct. 15: Mohan Singh, a 49 year old policeman was posted at Baratang. Being in the Police Department, Mohan Singh did follow all protocols of COVID-19 and performed his duties as a corona warrior.