Port Blair, April 24: Andaman Nicobar Chess Association (ANCA) in collaboration with Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (VKV) Lamba Line, Port Blair will be conducting a Chess Summer Camp 2022 for Kids for the age group between 5 and 13 years from 4th May 2022 to 17th June 2022 at Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya Lamba line, Port Blair.

Port Blair, April 24: The 35th Convocation function of IGNOU will be held on Tuesday, 26th April, 2022 between 11 am - 1pm, at Port Blair. The function will be held at Tagore Government College of Education Auditorium, Middle Point, Port Blair. Shri Pankaj Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Disaster Management, Information Technology, Information Publicity, Tourism, Art, Culture and Agriculture will grace the occasion as the Guest of Honor at Port Blair. Nearly 751 students are eligible to receive their Degree /Diplomas. Students who have confirmed their participation in person would be given Degrees and Diplomas during the function.

It is brought to the notice of electricity consumer and general public that due to shortfall in power generation and increase in power demand during evening load peak hours, the department is compelled to exercise the rotational load shedding of approximately 45 minutes in and around Port Blair and South Andaman area during evening hours i.e. from 05.00 PM to 11.00 PM hours till improvement of power situation.

Port Blair, April 24: The Directorate of Shipping Services has prepared the sailing programme of MV Bharat Seema for Little Andaman. The Sailing Schedule is as under.

  1. MV Bharat Seema 26.04.2022  at 0900 Hrs    25.04.2022           Return voyage from Little Andaman to Port Blair on 26.04.2022 at 2000 Hrs
  2. MV Bharat Seema 29.04.2022 at 0900 Hrs     27.04.2022           Return voyage from Little Andaman to Port Blair on 29.04.2022 at 2000 Hrs

Port Blair, April 22: As part of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'- Ayushman Bharat, the Block Health Mela was organized at Community Hall, R.K. Pur, Little Andaman Block by the District Administration through its District Health Society (SA) today. During the mela, various awareness stalls of Departments were displayed on the theme 'Health, Nutrition & Sanitation' besides facilitating health screening of general public at the Mela.