SDGs aims at eradicating poverty, protecting planet & ensuring peace and prosperity: Chief Secretary

Port Blair, Sept. 7: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme (MoSPI) in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a one-day workshop on ‘Development of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)-UT Indicator Framework at Hotel Sea Shell Coral Cove, Minnie Bay here today. SDGs which have been adopted by UN w.e.f September, 2015 are a collection of 17 global goals and 169 time bound targets set by UN, encompassing all the key development sectors including education, health, sanitation, employment, infrastructure, energy and environment. The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS inaugurated the workshop as the chief guest.

Port Blair, Sept. 7: A team of scientists led by ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (CIARI), Port Blair under the technical guidance of Dr. Eaknath B. Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI has redescribed a new species Sicyopterus garra from the Andaman Islands.

Port Blair, Sept. 7: The Hon’ble Lieutenant Governor of A&N Islands has declared Holiday, tomorrow (Sept.8) for all Government Offices, Autonomous Bodies and Public Sector Undertakings functioning under the A & N Administration on account of Onam festival.

Port Blair, Sept. 7: CPI (M) has demanded 5-year upper age relaxation for the Group B Non-Gazetted Posts of Junior Engineers in APWD to enable all the qualified candidates to compete for the posts of Junior Engineer.

Kishorinagar, Sept 7: The Andaman & Nicobar State Cooperative Bank Ltd. has launched Micro ATM services on 07th September 2022 at Kishori Nagar, rural branch at 11:30 AM. The launch was done by Dr. Satyendra Singh Dursawat, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, North & Middle Andaman in presence of Shri. Vaibhav Rikhari, DANICS, Assistant Commissioner (HQ), PRI members, General Public and Bank officials.