Port Blair, Oct. 3: Three COVID positive cases have been detected today in A&N Islands from incoming flight passengers who arrived here yesterday. Today, 14 flights with 2245 passengers arrived, out of which, 1945 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 272 passengers and the reports are awaited.  

Port Blair, Oct. 2: On the issues concerning DBRAIT a joint memorandum by political parties has been submitted to the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah for his personal intervention and immediate solution of the issues.

The memorandum mentioned that the students of Dr BR Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Port Blair are on agitation path for the last few months, demanding settlement of their issues but no concrete and sincere action has yet been taken either by the Govt. of India or the A&N Administration. 

Port Blair, Oct. 2: The team Port Blair Guru Ki Rasoi have been working tirelessly for the upliftment of under privileged children in the Islands. The team today distributed School Uniforms to all the students of Govt. Primary School, Muslim Basti.

Port Blair, Oct. 2: The Interventional Radiologist from Apollo Clinic, Garacharma, Port Blair, Dr. Sumeet Sharma successfully removed 100 ml of fluid from the pancreas of a patient named Sanjay Krishna using local anaesthesia and a needle.  

Port Blair, Oct. 2: ‘Ullas’ – an Old Age Home for Women established by the Directorate of Social Welfare, A&N Administration was inaugurated today by the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Social Welfare, Ms Nandini Paliwal, IAS as chief guest. The function was attended by elderly womenfolk, Zilla Parishad, Adhyaksha, South Andaman, Smti. Pramila Kumari, Secretary (GA), Shri Binay Bhushan, IAS, Secretary-cum-Director (Social Welfare), Ms. Ranjana Deswal, field functionaries of Social Welfare Department – Anganwadi Workers and Officers / Staff of the Department.