Diglipur, Sept. 30: A mass awareness programme on the Women Rights and Women Empowerment was organized by N&MA District police on 30/09/2022 at Panchayat Community Hall of Kishori Nagar village with the school students of Govt. Senior Secondary School Kishori Nagar & Secondary School Parangara, PRI members, Anganwadi workers and Helpers, Auxiliary Nurse and Mid-wives from PHC, Kishori Nagar, general public and mothers of adolescence girls.

Port Blair, Sept. 30: Dakshata, an initiative of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India was launched on 26th September, 2022 in A&N IslandS to improve the quality of Maternal and Newborn Care during the Intra and immediate Postpartum period.

Port Blair, Sept. 30: Together with the rest of the country, the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation will be celebrated on 2nd October, 2022 in A&N Islands too. The main function will be held at Gandhi Park at 8.15 am during which the Commissioner-cum-Secretary (RD) will pay floral tributes at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. This will be followed by prayers ‘Vaishnav Jan to Tene Kahiye Je’ and Ramdhuns by teachers/students of Education Department. A two minutes; silence will also be observed on the occasion.

Port Blair, Sept. 30: A one-day Training-cum-Seminar for Construction Cooperative Societies of Port Blair and Ferrargunj Tehsils was organized by the Cooperative Department in collaboration with the Andaman & Nicobar State Coop Union, Teylerabad today in the auditorium of Tagore Govt. College of Education. Nearly 50 members/board of directors from various construction cooperative societies/ officers/officials of the Cooperative Department attended the training.

Port Blair, Sept. 30: Regional Station, Minicoy of ICAR-CIARI Port Blair, conducted “Field Day on Fodder cultivation (CO 5) under coconut plantation” for the tribal farmers of Minicoy on 29th September 2022. Speaking on the inaugural occasion, the Chief Guest Dr. Shrikant R. Tapdiya, the Deputy Collector of Minicoy expressed his happiness on the technology namely CO 5 fodder cultivation to enhance income of livestock farmer. A total of 12 participants from 5 villages i.e Rammedu, Funhilol, Boduathiri, Aloodi, and South Bandaram attended the field day in which they were exposed to fodder (CO 5 variety) cultivation under coconut plantation at the institute farm.