Port Blair, April 5: Port Blair Municipal Council has bagged a coveted position in a prestigious project for prevention of plastic entering marine ecosystem, to be implemented in association with Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH under a Technical Cooperation project.

Importance of the sustainable plastic waste management in urban centres cannot be under stated. Marine litter in particular, threatens ecosystems and adversely affects fisheries and tourism industries. It also affects public health with increased risk of plastic entering food webs.

Port Blair, April 5: Understanding the enhanced safety and security requirements of these pristine Isles, Coast Guard Headquarters has strengthened the fleet strength of A&N Region by rebasing two more Interceptor Boats at Andaman & Nicobar. These two Interceptor Boats joined Coast Guard Fleet on 01 April 21.

Port Blair, April 5: Improving the service delivery system to the citizen as per their need has always been the priority for Transport Department. In this regard, department implemented Vahan 4.0 application for various online services as per the guidelines of Ministry of Road Transport & Highway and towards the goal of Digital India which enabled users to Book Fancy/Choice Number and payment of Road Tax online from the comfort of their homes. In another step the following more online services have been made available in the application:-

Port Blair, April 5: A lady named Anisa Bibi residing at Rangachang survived by two very young kids had approached Port Blair Guru Ki Rasoi requesting for help to make a living for her family.

She did not have any support of her in-laws, family members but expressed that she is ready to work in any circumstances. She has plans to open up a small poultry farm in front of her kacha house at Rangachang for which she needed financial assistance.

Port Blair, April 1: With the arrest of 02 accused from Delhi, A&N Police has achieved major success in unearthing the entire chain of the online recruitment scam for the post of Navik, Indian Coast Guard (ICG). They are mastermind behind hacking the system and compromising the online recruitment examination.

Accused Rohit, age 24 yrs is technical expert and has done B. Tech. He is operating the Genius Infotech Solution Center in Delhi and responsible for remotely accessing the computer system of Port Blair at his end. His associate Satyawan S/o Budh Singh Malik, age 44 yrs, owner of Rosewood Computers is also arrested. They were among the prime accused who remotely accessed the computer system, solved the question paper and uploaded through remote server. From their possession, several incriminating evidences including laptop have been recovered.