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Port Blair, Jan 31: The Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Hon’ble Lt. Governor to consider grant of subsidy to pending cases of MSME capital subsidy scheme on priority and the entitled subsidy as per rules may be granted to them at the earliest possible so that the loan taken by the applicants can be refunded to the maximum extent.
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Social Worker from Hope Town Raises Concern Before Lt. Governor, Demands a Planned Solution
Port Blair, Jan 31: Social worker, VD Leju (LG Commendation Awardee for Social Work) in a letter to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor has raised the issue of rising stray dog menace in various parts of the islands. In the letter, the Social Worker mentioned that of late, there has been a sudden increase in cases of attack by dogs on livestock besides attack on humans too.
There have been numerous cases of free-ranging canines attacking pedestrians and motorists besides causing financial loss to people by killing goats, ducks and hens. Most of the cases go unreported as they are treated as isolated incidents!
Read more: Sudden Increase in Stray Dog Population Caused threat to Humans and Livestock
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Port Blair, Jan. 31: The District Administration with the assistance of State Authority, NDRF & other line Departments organized a Mock Exercise yesterday at Junglighat, Fish Landing Centre on the Scenario ‘Earthquake, followed by Tsunami’. During the mock exercise, the alert message of Earthquake & Subsequent Tsunami was passed to all the Nodal Officers of line Departments and a Control Room was set up in the District Control Room, South Andaman.
Read more: Mock Exercise on ‘Earthquake Followed by Tsunami’ Conducted at Port Blair
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Port Blair, Jan 31: It is a Proud moment for Islanders as R Kashthuri Bhai, a class VIII student of GDMS Middle Point, Port Blair has brought laurels to the A & N Islands by securing third position in the 11th National Schools Under 17 Girls Chess Championship 2023 held in Hosur, Tamilnadu from 27.01.2023 to 31.01.2023.
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Port Blair, Jan. 31: The Andaman & Nicobar Islands are prone to Geological and Hydro-meteorological disasters and located in one of the most seismically active parts of the world and several great earthquakes have occurred in the past. Andaman & Nicobar Islands runs accurately parallel to the boundary separating the Australian and Eurasian plates in the Indian Ocean that are continuously jostling with each other. These Islands are mostly susceptible to very high intensity of seismicity and as per the seismic zoning map of India contained in IS 1893 -1984, Islands are classified in seismic Zone - V.