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Port Blair, July 19: The vessel MV Swaraj Dweep which sailed from Vizag is expected to arrive at Port Blair on 20.07.2023 at 6 pm. She has on board 524 passengers. On arrival at Port Blair, the vessel will be berthed at Haddo Wharf and passengers will be disembarked immediately.
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Port Blair, July 18: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the new integrated terminal building or NITB of the Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Tuesday.
Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Union minister of state for road, transport and highways and civil aviation, general (retd) VK Singh and senior officials attended the ceremony.
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Port Blair, July 18: The Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma today met the Hon’ble Union Minister for Civil Aviation, GoI, Shri. Jyothiraditya M. Scindia and demanded introduction of international flights from VSI Airport, Port Blair.
During the interaction, Kuldeep Rai Sharma emphasized the immense benefits that would arise from operating international flights from VSI Airport Port Blair, including job creation, economic growth and a significant boost to the tourism industry in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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Port Blair, July 18: Admiral DK Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.) Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands and Vice Chairman, Islands Development Agency received & welcomed Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Hon’ble Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Steel, GoI & General Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and Ministry of Civil Aviation today at Raj Niwas, on their visit to A&N Islands for inauguration of New Integrated Terminal Building of Veer Savarkar International Airport by Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.
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Port Blair, July 18: In an initiative that will bring huge relief to Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) patients of A&N Islands, an Arteriovenous (AV) Fistula Creation Camp will be organized in GB Pant Hospital, ANIIMS, Port Blair from July 19 to 21, 2023. Patients needing dialysis and earlier had to go to mainland to create an AV Fistula, can now avail the service here itself. To facilitate needy patients, GB Pant Hospital, A&N Islands Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS) has invited Surgeons from Hospital empanelled under Ayushman Bharat to create AV Fistula for about 30-35 patients lined up for the surgery. This endeavor will provide ease to the patients suffering from Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD) and will also cut down their out-of-pocket expenditure on the procedure which was available only in mainland.