Port Blair, Dec. 12: The CPI (M) has demanded to stop the process of admission in the Engineering courses in DBRAIT, Port Blair till the pending court cases on the affiliation issues are concluded. In a letter sent to the Lt. Governor, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri D. Ayyappan, State Secretary, CPI (M) brought to the notice of the Lt. Governor that the authorities in the Administration have invited applications from eligible candidates for admission to B.Tech courses in the DBRAIT, Port Blair.

Port Blair, Dec. 12: Team Port Blair Guru Ki Rasoi is reaching out to schools of rural area and trying to fulfil basic requirements of the students of every school.

Upon the invitation of Smt Fathima Bibi, School Incharge, GSS Jirkatang Team PBGKR reached the school and was briefed about the situation and what the students needed.

Port Blair, Dec. 12: The team of Police Station Ograbraj has busted a Narcotics trafficking module in the area and in raids spanning 2 days and booked four persons under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 with a recovery of 225 grams of illicit Ganja.

Port Blair, Dec. 12: The ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair organized “Kisan Mela” under Jal Shakti Abhiyan at its campus on 09.12.2022.  The mela was conducted with the theme “Catch the rain: where it falls, when it falls” to raise awareness of the importance of water conservation for Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Port Blair, Dec. 12: The Accessible India Campaign (AIC) or Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan was launched for creating universal accessibility for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). The App has been developed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPwD) under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.   It is a crowd sourcing Mobile Application to enable people with disabilities and even the elderly to register accessibility-related problems. The aim of the app is to sensitize and enhance accessibility in the 3 pillars of the Accessible India Campaign which includes the built environment, transportation sector and ICT ecosystem in India.