Amid ongoing power crisis, ACCI appeals to businesses to adjust operations; hotels to use generators, shops to shut by 7:30 p.m. for next three months.
The International Container Transhipment Port at Great Nicobar’s Galathea Bay has been notified as a major port, part of a ₹81,800 crore development plan amid ecological concerns.
Andaman to observe National Deworming Day on August 8; Albendazole tablets will be distributed in schools and Anganwadi centres for children aged 1-19.
The Anti-Narcotics Police Station has secured a conviction in an NDPS case involving the seizure of 865 grams of ganja from an accused intercepted near VSI Airport.
The approaching southwest monsoon is expected to ease water stress in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but concerns over flooding, drainage failures and ferry disruptions have resurfaced in Sri Vijaya Puram ahead of the rainy season.