Port Blair, March 15: World Consumer Rights Day was celebrated in Isles too, together with the rest of the world. To mark the day, the Department of CS&CA organized a function at TGCE Auditorium on the theme ‘Empowering consumers through clean energy transition’. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary (CS&CA), Smt. Nandini Paliwal, IAS was the chief guest on the occasion. 

Port Blair, March 15: The Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs will be organizing an Open Sea Swimming Competition from Netaji  Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep  to Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex, Aberdeen jetty, Port Blair on March 18, 2023 (Saturday) under various categories viz. Men’s Open (18 years to 50 years), Men’s Open (50 years to 60 years), Men’s Open (60 years to 70 years), Women’s Open (18 years and above), Above 12 to 18 years Boys, Above 12 to 18 years Girls and Men’s Open ( 70 years and above)

Rangat, March 15: Team Port Blair Guru Ki Rasoi has been working tirelessly for the upliftment of under privileged children of our islands. When Shri Mandeep Grewal, President, PBGKR was approached by Smt Tahira Bibi, HOI, GMS Panchawati, Rangat stating the need of school bags, shoes and socks for the students of the school.

Port Blair, March 15: ICAR_CIARI, Port Blair along with its KVK is organizing Kisan Mela on the theme: Promoting Natural Farming from 16th to 17th March 2023 in its Mela ground at Garacharma Research Complex. Around 300 farmers representing 28 Gram panchayats of South and Middle & North Andaman districts is expected to participate in the two-day event. The basic objective is to provide an opportunity to the visiting farmers and other stakeholders to interact with the team of scientists and share the information to the larger audience on different facets of Natural farming.

Port Blair, March 15: The 36th Convocation of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has been scheduled on 3rd April, 2023 at Regional Centre Port Blair. The online portal for registration for 36th convocation is open to students who have completed their programme in the Term End Examination December- 2021 and June- 2022.