Port Blair, Nov. 17: N. Damodaran, an entrepreneur from our Andaman Islands has qualified for the Iron Man 70.3 World Championship. Damodaran registered his qualifications for the Iron Man by successfully completing the Iron 70.3 organised in Goa last week.

Diglipur, Nov. 17: A young student artist Indrajit Das from the rural area of Madhupur village has made his family and school feel proud of his achievement at the State Level Painting competition on ‘Energy Conservation’, conducted by the ‘bureau of energy efficiency’ under the Ministry of power, held recently at Port Blair.

Taking part in the competition, Indrajit, student of class X of Government Secondary School Madhupur stood third at the state level and was awarded a cash prize of Rs. 20,000. After qualifying the zonal and district level, he became the first of the six, winners at state level, who hails from the rural area. All the rest of the five artists are from the schools of Port Blair. Indrajit along with the other five winners will now take part at the National Level Competition to be held on 14th December in New Delhi.

Port Blair, Nov. 17: Shri Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member, BJP along with Shri M.Vinod, State Vice President, BJP A&N Islands Met Lieutenant General Ajai Singh, AVSM, Commander-in-Chief, Andaman and Nicobar Command at his office today and discussed various issues pertaining to Airports.

Port Blair, Nov. 17: As part of celebration of Janjati Gaurav Diwas, 2022 which marks the birth anniversary of Tribal Freedom Fighter ‘Birsa Munda’, the Andaman & Nicobar Tribal Research & Training Institute (ANTRI) in collaboration with Directorate of Tribal Welfare, A&N Administration organized a one-day seminar on the theme ‘Contribution of Tribal Freedom Fighters’.

Port Blair, Nov. 17: The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association & CITU, A&N Islands jointly organized a remembrance meeting on 16.11.2022 at Crusade House to commemorate the 16th Death Anniversary of Comrade Pious D’silva, former President of NGOs’ Association and CITU.