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Port Blair, May 15: The Secretary, IP&T, Shri Sunil Kumar Singh while addressing a COVID-19 media briefing held in the conference hall of IP&T today, informed that the increase in the COVID cases among the persons who are moving to Inter- Island is a matter of great concern. He informed that 74 persons bound for Middle & North Andaman were tested at Ferrargunj, of which 11 persons were found positive. The positive cases among the people who are moving to inter- Islands is still continuing. Its more than a week now, the number is not coming down and is increasing day by day which, he said, is not a good sign. He further disclosed that 3 flights with 292 passengers arrived today and during RAT test conducted on these passengers, 6 persons were found positive.
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Port Blair, May 15: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party has expressed gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi for releasing the eight instalment of PM Kisan Samaan Nidhi for the farmers of Andaman & Nicobar Islands along with the rest of the country.
Read more: Bairagi Grateful to PM Modi for Releasing Instalment of PM Kisan Samaan Nidi
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Port Blair, May 15: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman and Nicobar Islands has expressed happiness on the news of M.V Sindhu reaching Port Blair. M.V Sindhu a 500 Passenger as well as 150 MT Cargo Vessel was built at Cochin Shipyard Ltd. and was handed over to Andaman and Nicobar Administration recently.
The vessel will soon be pressed into service in the Islands and the Islanders will be benefitted by the services provided by the vessel.
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Port Blair, May 15: Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has requested the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration to treat journalists as frontline COVID warriors since they are also in the field interacting with corona worriers, police, general public and have the risk of getting the virus. He requested that all the journalist who are below the age of 45 years should be vaccinated on priority basis.
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Port Blair, May 15: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration to provide a ship to Car Nicobar to transport 341 tribal people of different villages of Car Nicobar, which includes college students, medical patients, teachers from North & Middle Andaman, South Andaman whose summer vacation started from 1st May, 2021 are now stationed at Port Blair.
Read more: Kuldeep Requests Chief Secretary to Arrange Sailing for Car Nicobar