Shri M. Vinod, President, Andaman Association of Tour Operators has deeply mourned the demise of Shri Sajid Sulaiman, Resident of Round Basti, Aberdeen Bazaar today (03/01/23) morning at GB Pant Hospital.

I pray to the Almighty to grant eternal peace to the departed soul and courage to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss.

Port Blair, Jan 2: The MPL 35th National Under 09 Chess Championships–2022 which began on 25th December 2022 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, concluded today successfully.

More than 300 players across India participated in the prestigious event in which 3 young budding chess players, (two Boys and one Girl) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands took part in the championship and done quite well. J S Virat, a student of class IV of VKV Lamblaine is the top scorer from A&N Islands who scored five and a half points with  five wins and a draw while Rohan Singh, a student of class III and Parnita, a student of class IV of Carmel Sr. Sec. School Port Blair scored 4 points each with four wins.

Port Blair, Jan. 2: As a part of Industry Institute Interaction (III) of DBRAIT, a special lecture-cum-demonstration session was held on 31st Dec., 2022. Dr. Amitabh Saraf, Director Aeronautical Development Agency, Ministry of Defence was the recourse person. Dr. Amitabh Saraf is leading the Integrated Flight Control System Directorate as Technology Director. He is a lead designer for flight control laws for all variants of Indian Light Combat Aircraft. He designed the special control law modes for ski jump, landing and bolter of LCA Navy to operate from carrier ships. He also led the air data systems algorithm design and parameter identification activities for LCA.

Port Blair, Jan 2: The General Body Meeting of the Nagarpalika Shramik Sangh (CITU) was held at Shaheed Bhavan, Anarkali, Port Blair on 31.12.2022 in which various issues and demands of the workers of PBMC were discussed. 

Addressing the huge gathering of workers, B. Chandrachoodan, General Secretary, CITU State Committee and President, Nagarpalika Shramik Sangh criticized the A&N Administration and Port Blair Municipal Council for not considering the demands of the PBMC workers. He said that the workers of PBMC especially those engaged in the sanitary wing have been working in most difficult conditions and their hard work during the Covid 19 pandemic needs appreciation. Referring to the recent judgement of the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court in the APWD workers’ case, CITU General Secretary said that all the daily rated workers working in PBMC should be extended with the benefit of 1/30th of pay plus DA benefit immediately.  

Port Blair, Jan. 2: The State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA) under Directorate of Social Welfare is functioning in these Islands as a unit to coordinate, monitor and develop the work of Adoption Program, disseminating information and awareness on Adoption Process.