Car Nicobar, April 3: A SHGs mela was conducted by District Administration, Nicobar District, at Car Nicobar today at Edward Kutchet Park, Perka Village, Car Nicobar in coordination with local SHGs. As a part of this, a cultural evening was also organized. Shri. Hari Kallikkat, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Nicobar District inaugurated the Mela in the presence of Shri. Piyush Singh Vijaykaran DANICS, Assistant Commissioner (HQ) Car Nicobar.

Rangat, April 3: A meeting of the ASHA Workers was held at Rangat, Middle Andaman recently in which various problems and issues relating to the honorarium and other service benefits of ASHA Workers were discussed. The meeting decided to form a Union in the name and style “Andaman & Nicobar ASHA Workers Union”.  

Port Blair, April, 3: The Andaman & Nicobar Territorial Congress Committee (ANTCC) organized a meeting of all Senior leaders and frontal organizations of Congress Party at Gandhi Bhawan on Sunday morning to chalk out protest programmes against the Modi Govt. for targeting their leader Mr. Rahul Gandhi.

ANTCC Campaign Committee Chairman Mr. TSG Bhasker gave the keynote address and welcomed the gathering. He strongly condemned the way BJP tried to strangulate the voice of truth, and the voice of Rahul Gandhi who always speaks the truth.

Port Blair, April 3: The field of medicine has made a lot of progress over the years but menstrual health is one aspect that continues to be side-lined. The importance of menstrual health is grossly undermined because of the social norms and associated stigma. Because it is less talked about, there is less awareness on the importance of having a good menstrual health and maintaining menstrual hygiene practices which in turn results in several health issues. To address this, a team of 7 MBBS Students from Batch 2019 at ANIIMS conducted a health education session on “Menstrual Health and Hygiene – Let’s Talk!” in Government Senior Secondary School at Manglutan, led by Dr. Priyanka Yadav, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, with the support of Dr. Vivin Vincent, HOD and Dr. Pragya Sharma, Director ANIIMS.

Port Blair, April 3: Amidst a colouful display of fireworks and mesmerising musical notes at the playground of Vivekananda Kendra Nagar Palika Vidhyalaya, Dairy Farm, the first season of the "Night Short Boundary cricket tournament" organized by Youths of Dairy Farm came to an end on Sunday night.