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- Denis Giles
Port Blair, Sept. 16: The District Magistrate, South Andaman has notified that the road starting from Garacharma Junction to NTS Junction (except for essential service) will be closed for all the vehicle movements for one month w.e.f 19.09.2022 to 18.10.2022.
Read more: Road from Garacharma to NTS Junction to Remain Closed
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- Denis Giles
Port Blair, Sept. 16: The vessel M.V. Swaraj Dweep is expected to arrive at Port Blair on Sept. 17 at 1700 hrs from Vizag. She has on board a total passenger of 289 adults and 3 infants. On arrival, the vessel will be berthed at Haddo Wharf and passengers will be disembarked immediately.
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Port Blair, Sept. 16: One positive case has been detected today in A&N Islands from incoming flight passengers who arrived here yesterday. Today, 10 flights with 1755 passengers arrived, out of which, 1641 passengers were vaccinated with both doses while RT-PCR test was conducted on 72 passengers and the reports are awaited.
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Port Blair, Sept. 16: The vaccination drive is continuing smoothly in A&N Islands. As per data available, a total of 6,97,535 doses of vaccine have been administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 18 and above so far. Similarly, 23,977 beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the age group of 15 to 18 years. 28, 533 beneficiaries in the age group of 12 to 14 years have been administered both doses of vaccine. The number of beneficiaries administered precautionary dose of vaccine so far stood at 2,85,777.
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Is it not Time for the Andaman Authorities to Start Thinking Out of the Box?
(Report by Denis Giles)
Port Blair, Sept. 15: The eighteen-year-old Techa has cleared her NEET-UG. May not sound astonishing as many students clear it and a few score high to get into their desired stream of studies.
Soon after the news was flashed in the social media, a handful of social workers and scribes had rushed to a small shabby government quarter in Port Blair city where Techa lives with her brother Olake. Techa was felicitated and praised for her hard work and determination. Finally, it was worth an appreciation when the Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS himself felicitated Techa in his chamber by offering a cheque worth Rs. 10,000/-. All this because, the seventeen-year-old girl belongs to a small community of an aboriginal tribe called the ‘Great Andamanese’ who are considered to be a lost case, because of their dwindling numbers.
Read more: Techa: The Great Andamanese Girl who is all Set to Create History