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Regn. No. 34190/75 No. 241 Port Blair, Monday, October 11, 2021 Web: dt.andaman.gov.in Rs. 3.00 Pages 4 C M Y K Maximum Temperature (°C) of Date: 30.0 Minimum Temperature (°C) of Date: 24.0 Relative Humidity (%) at 0830 IST : 080 Relative Humidity (%) at 1730 IST : 086 Sunrise time on 11.10.2021 (in IST): 0508 Sunset time on 11.10.2021 (in IST): 1703 Rainfall upto 0830 hrs of date (last 24 hrs)- in mm: 015.0 Rainfall upto 1730 hrs of date in mm: 000.2 Rainfall (Progressive total from 1st January 21 upto 0830 hrs (of date) in mm: 3025.4 mm ...the Largest Circulating Daily of the Islands Since 1920s the Oldest Daily... Rain or thundershowers very likely to occur at most places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Maximum and Minimum temperature will be around30°C and 24°C respectively on Monday 11/10/2021. "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver". - Mahatma Gandhi New Delhi, Oct. 10 Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah has said Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi works with the aim of ‘India First’ and the goal of PM Modi is not to stay in power but to change the country. Describing Shri Modi as the biggest reformer, Shri Amit Shah said that he made a new model of development that echoes from Gujarat to Delhi. Shri Shah added that 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishvas' is his Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi works with the aim of ‘India First’ : Home Minister Government's goal is 'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishvas' Government's goal. In an interview with Sansad TV, he described the Prime Minister as the most democratic leader. He said that he had the opportunity to work with Shri Modi both in the Opposition as well as in the Government and said, he had never met a listener like him. In meetings, Shri Modi speaks as little as required and listens to everyone patiently. He considers the value of the person's opinion, and not the person's importance or lack thereof, and then takes a decision, said Shri Amit Shah. (Source:india.gov.in) Port Blair, Oct. 10 The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India proposes to provide Pre and Post Matric Scholarship under Centrally Sponsored Scheme to the students belonging to Scheduled Tribe community notified by the A&N Islands studying at Secondary, Higher Secondary, Graduation and Post Graduation level for the academic year 2021-22. The scholarship criteria required are as mentioned below: Pre & Post Matric Scholarship under Centrally Sponsored Scheme to students belonging to ST community Pre Matric Scholarship Post Matric Scholarship i) Applicable to students who are studying in Classes IX – X. ii) Parental income from all sources shall be less than Rs.2.00 lakhs per annum. iii) Scholarship of Rs.225/- per month for day scholars and Rs.525/- per month for hostellers is given for a period of 10 months in a year. i) Applicable to students who are studying in any recognized course from a recognized institution for which qualification is Matriculation/Class XI and above. ii) Parental income from all sources shall be less than Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum. iii) Compulsory fees charged by educational institutions are reimbursed subject to the limit fixed by the concerned State Fee Fixation Committee and scholarship amount of Rs.230/- to Rs.1200 per month, depending upon the course of study is paid. The portal is open and the last date for filling NSP scholarship application form by the ST students is Nov. 30, 2021.The willing and eligible ST students can apply for the Pre & Post Matric Scholarship by logging in the official web portal i.e. https://scholarships.gov.in/. The value of scholarship 'course-wise' is given in the guidelines which are available on https://scholarships.gov.in/ Detailed instructions and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are available on the National Scholarship Portal homepage which will help the ST students Banking sector widening its reach in A&N Islands 108 banks & its branches providing financial services to Islanders 155 ATMs & 11 Business Correspondent outlets in operation Staff Reporter Port Blair, Oct. 10 The banking sector plays a major role in the development of the economy, as it mobilizes deposits and provides credit to various sectors across the country. It plays a vital role in the economic development of the country and is the most dominant segment of the financial sector. The banking & financial services for the Islanders as well as visiting tourists to A&N Islands is being provided by the Public Sector Undertaking (PSU), private and Co-operative banks functioning in these Islands. Apart from providing day to day banking business transactions and loan schemes for people of different strata, these banks are also instrumental in implementing/propagating the financial security schemes launched by the Govt. of India viz. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Atal Pension Yojana (APY), Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, Stand Up India Scheme. These financial security schemes have been devised for creating a universal social security system for all Indians, especially the poor and the under-privileged. As per the data provided by the Lead Bank at Port Blair, a total of 108 banks and its branches are functioning all over the Islands. In addition to this, 155 ATMs are functioning all over the Islands and the number of Business Correspondent (BC) outlets is 11 as on June, 2021. Port Blair, Oct. 10 The Govt. of India, Ministry of Science & Technology is implementing two flagship schemes namely Women Scientists Scheme and DST- Young Scientist Fellowship Scheme. The Women Scientists Scheme is introduced to give women a strong foot hold into the scientific profession and to encourage women in S&T domain, preferably those having a break in career and not having regular employment, to explore possibility of re-entry into the profession and research field. Any Woman Scientist between the age of 27- 57 years who had a break in their career but desired to return to mainstream can avail benefit out of this scheme. The scheme is open throughout the year, therefore there is no last date of application. The Young Scientist Fellowship Scheme provides opportunities to young scientists for pursuing existing and innovative research. The scheme is focused on young scientists and technologists who have adequate background and training in the field of Science & Technology and encourage academic institutions, national labs and other S&T institutions to avail the benefit under this scheme. Interested Women Inculcating scientific temper among women & youth Opportunity for pursuing existing & innovative research under Women Scientists & Young Scientist Fellowship Schemes Port Blair, Oct. 10 The State Transport Service, Car Nicobar in association with District Administration, Nicobars organized a two day Licence Mela cum- Road Safety Awareness Camp in the premises of STS Unit Car Nicobar on Oct. 8 & 9. The mela was inaugurated by Shri Aditya Kumar Jha, A s s i s t a n t Commissioner (HQ) in Licence Mela-cum-Road Safety awareness camp held at Car Nicobar Learners licence issued to 260 persons on the spot the presence of guests of honour Shri Lionald Nicomand, Chairperson Tribal Council, Car Nicobar, Shri Reginald Watchful, Vice Chief Captain, Tribal Council, Car Nicobar and Headmen from all Port Blair, Oct. 10 In pursuance to the directions of National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi, the District Legal Services Authority, A & N Islands, Port Blair organized a Legal Awareness Camp at District Jail, Prothrapur, South Andaman today in collaboration with District Jail Authority, Prothrapur, as part of PAN India Awareness & Outreach campaign of 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'. Shri. Md. Nurjaman Khan, Ld. Judicial Magistrate First Class, 1st Court, Port Blair- cum-Secretary, i/c, DLSA, Shri. Prashant Bhadu, Assistant Awareness prog. on Mental Health of inmates of Jail/ Correctional Home organized by DLSA at District Jail Professor, Andaman Law College and Shri Md. Hanif, Superintendent of District Jail, Prothrapur were present during the Legal Awareness Camp. All the speakers explained the objectives and aims of Legal Services Authority Act, 1987 and different schemes of NALSA and the benefits that can be availed by the litigants. The programme was followed by an interactive session where the inmates of the jail participated. One separate session was also conducted for 17 inmates suffering from mental health Port Blair, Oct. 10 The Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha in consultation with Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha has nominated Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, the Member of Parliament from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as a Member of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Isles MP nominated as Member of Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice. This was informed by Shri Vinay Shankar Singh, Director, DRSC on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice through a mail yesterday, a press release from MP Office said. Port Blair, Oct.10 The Secretary (IP&T), Shri Sunil Kumar Singh briefing media persons on COVID-19 in the conference hall of IP&T here this evening said that during the RT-PCR test conducted on 475 passengers who arrived here yesterday, no positive case has been Media briefed on COVID-19 No positive case detected during test conducted on incoming flight passengers: Secretary (IP&T) detected. Today, 8 flights arrived and RT- PCR test was conducted on 444 passengers and the reports are awaited. The Secretary further mentioned that RAT was conducted on 192 passengers bound for North & Middle Andaman at Ferrargunj and no positive case has been detected. Apart from this, RAT was conducted on 90 passengers travelling to & fro to Shaheed/ Swaraj Dweep at (Contd. on last page) (Contd. on last page) (Contd. on last page) (Contd. on last page) (Contd. on last page) Port Blair, Oct. 10 As part of the 'Save Seeds Campaign Vision-2047', the Department of Agriculture is producing seedlings/saplings of vegetables, fruits, flowers in the Departmental Agriculture Farms and its Sub-Depots all over the Islands in various 'Save Seeds Campaign Vision -2047' Agriculture Deptt. to distribute seedlings/saplings of vegetables, fruits etc. from Zonal Offices Zones. These planting materials are now ready for distribution in various Zones. Further, by next planting season, the Department of Agriculture will be in a position to produce and supply approximately 1.0 lakh planting materials. All the Departments (Contd. on last page) Port Blair, Oct. 10 Applications have been invited from the eligible students for scholarship under Dr. Ambedkar Centrally sponsored scheme of Post Matric Scholarship for Economically Backward Class Students. The students studying at Post Matriculation, Post Secondary stage/ Graduate/Post- Graduate/Doctoral/Post Post-Matric Scholarship for Economically Backward Class students; applications invited Doctoral level are eligible for grant of 'Post-Matric Scholarships for the Economically Backward Class for the year 2021-22' to enable them to complete their education. The scholarship is open to all students (Other than SC/ST & OBC Classes) whose parents/ guardian income does not exceeds Rs.2.50 (Contd. on last page)

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Maximum Temperature (°C) of Date: 30.0Minimum Temperature (°C) of Date: 24.0Relative Humidity (%) at 0830 IST : 080Relative Humidity (%) at 1730 IST : 086Sunrise time on 11.10.2021 (in IST): 0508Sunset time on 11.10.2021 (in IST): 1703Rainfall upto 0830 hrs of date (last 24 hrs)- in mm: 015.0Rainfall upto 1730 hrs of date in mm: 000.2Rainfall (Progressive total from 1st January 21 upto 0830 hrs(of date) in mm: 3025.4 mm...the Largest Circulating Daily of the Islands

Since 1920s the Oldest Daily... Rain or thundershowers very likely to occur at mostplaces over Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Maximumand Minimum temperature will be around 30°C and24°C respectively on Monday 11/10/2021.

"It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver". - Mahatma Gandhi

New Delhi, Oct. 10 Home Minister, Shri AmitShah has said Prime Minister,Shri Narendra Modi works withthe aim of ‘India First’ and thegoal of PM Modi is not to stayin power but to change thecountry. Describing Shri Modias the biggest reformer, ShriAmit Shah said that he made anew model of developmentthat echoes from Gujarat toDelhi. Shri Shah added that'Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas,Sabka Vishvas' is his

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modiworks with the aim of ‘India

First’: Home MinisterGovernment's goal is 'Sabka Sath,

Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishvas'

Government's goal. In an interview with Sansad TV, hedescribed the Prime Minister as the most democratic

leader. He said that he had theopportunity to work with ShriModi both in the Opposition aswell as in the Government andsaid, he had never met a listenerlike him. In meetings, Shri Modi speaksas little as required and listens toeveryone patiently. He considersthe value of the person's opinion,and not the person's importance orlack thereof,and then takes a decision, saidShri Amit Shah.(Source:india.gov.in)

Port Blair, Oct. 10The Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India proposes to provide

Pre and Post Matric Scholarship under Centrally Sponsored Scheme to thestudents belonging to Scheduled Tribe community notified by the A&NIslands studying at Secondary, Higher Secondary, Graduation and PostGraduation level for the academic year 2021-22. The scholarship criteriarequired are as mentioned below:

Pre & Post Matric Scholarship underCentrally Sponsored Scheme to

students belonging to ST community

Pre Matric Scholarship Post Matric Scholarship i) Applicable to students who are

studying in Classes IX – X. ii) Parental income from all

sources shall be less than Rs.2.00 lakhs per annum.

iii) Scholarship of Rs.225/- per month for day scholars and Rs.525/- per month for hostellers is given for a period of 10 months in a year.

i) Applicable to students who are studying in any recognized course from a recognized institution for which qualification is Matriculation/Class XI and above.

ii) Parental income from all sources shall be less than Rs.2.50 lakhs per annum.

iii) Compulsory fees charged by educational institutions are reimbursed subject to the limit fixed by the concerned State Fee Fixation Committee and scholarship amount of Rs.230/- to Rs.1200 per month, depending upon the course of study is paid.

The portal is open and the last date for filling NSP scholarship applicationform by the ST students is Nov. 30, 2021.The willing and eligible ST studentscan apply for the Pre & Post Matric Scholarship by logging in the official webportal i.e. https://scholarships.gov.in/. The value of scholarship 'course-wise'is given in the guidelines which are available on https://scholarships.gov.in/ Detailed instructions and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are availableon the National Scholarship Portal homepage which will help the ST students

Banking sector widening its reach in A&N Islands108 banks & its branches providing

financial services to Islanders155 ATMs & 11 Business Correspondent outlets in operation

Staff Reporter Port Blair, Oct. 10 The banking sector plays amajor role in the development ofthe economy, as it mobilizesdeposits and provides credit tovarious sectors across the country.It plays a vital role in the economicdevelopment of the country and isthe most dominant segment of thefinancial sector. The banking &financial services for the Islandersas well as visiting tourists to A&NIslands is being provided by thePublic Sector Undertaking (PSU),private and Co-operative banksfunctioning in these Islands.

Apart from providing day to daybanking business transactions and loanschemes for people of different strata,these banks are also instrumental inimplementing/propagating the financialsecurity schemes launched by the Govt.of India viz. Pradhan Mantri Jan DhanYojana (PMJDY), Pradhan Mantri JeevanJyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY), PradhanMantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY),Atal Pension Yojana (APY), PradhanMantri Mudra Yojana, Stand Up IndiaScheme. These financial security schemeshave been devised for creating a universalsocial security system for all Indians,especially the poor and theunder-privileged.

As per the data provided by the Lead Bank atPort Blair, a total of 108 banks and its branchesare functioning all over the Islands. In addition tothis, 155 ATMs are functioning all over the Islandsand the number of Business Correspondent (BC)outlets is 11 as on June, 2021.

Port Blair, Oct. 10 The Govt. of India,Ministry of Science &Technology isimplementing twoflagship schemesnamely WomenScientists Scheme andDST- Young ScientistFellowship Scheme. TheWomen ScientistsScheme is introduced togive women a strong foothold into the scientificprofession and toencourage women inS&T domain,preferably those havinga break in career and nothaving regularemployment, to explorepossibility of re-entryinto the profession andresearch field. AnyWoman Scientistbetween the age of 27-57 years who had abreak in their career butdesired to return tomainstream can availbenefit out of this

scheme. The scheme isopen throughout theyear, therefore there isno last date ofapplication. The Young ScientistFellowship Schemeprovides opportunitiesto young scientists forpursuing existing andinnovative research. Thescheme is focused onyoung scientists and

technologists who haveadequate backgroundand training in the fieldof Science &Technology andencourage academicinstitutions, nationallabs and other S&Tinstitutions to avail thebenefit under thisscheme. Interested Women

Inculcating scientific temper among women & youthOpportunity for pursuing existing & innovative

research under Women Scientists & YoungScientist Fellowship Schemes

Port Blair, Oct. 10 The State TransportService, Car Nicobar inassociation with DistrictA d m i n i s t r a t i o n ,Nicobars organized atwo day Licence Melacum- Road SafetyAwareness Camp in thepremises of STS UnitCar Nicobar on Oct. 8 &9. The mela wasinaugurated by ShriAditya Kumar Jha,A s s i s t a n tCommissioner (HQ) in

Licence Mela-cum-Road Safetyawareness camp held at Car Nicobar

Learners licence issued to 260 persons on the spot

the presence of guestsof honour Shri LionaldNicomand, ChairpersonTribal Council, CarNicobar, Shri Reginald

Watchful, Vice ChiefCaptain, Tribal Council,Car Nicobar andHeadmen from all

Port Blair, Oct. 10 In pursuance to thedirections of NationalLegal ServicesAuthority, New Delhi,the District LegalServices Authority, A &N Islands, Port Blairorganized a LegalAwareness Camp atDistrict Jail, Prothrapur,South Andaman todayin collaboration withDistrict Jail Authority,Prothrapur, as part ofPAN India Awareness& Outreach campaign of'Azadi Ka AmritMahotsav'. Shri. Md. NurjamanKhan, Ld. JudicialMagistrate First Class,1st Court, Port Blair-cum-Secretary, i/c,DLSA, Shri. PrashantBhadu, Assistant

Awareness prog. on Mental Health ofinmates of Jail/ Correctional Homeorganized by DLSA at District Jail

Professor, AndamanLaw College and ShriMd. Hanif,Superintendent ofDistrict Jail, Prothrapurwere present during theLegal AwarenessCamp. All the speakersexplained theobjectives and aims ofLegal ServicesAuthority Act, 1987 anddifferent schemes of

NALSA and thebenefits that can beavailed by the litigants. The programme wasfollowed by aninteractive sessionwhere the inmates ofthe jail participated.One separate sessionwas also conducted for17 inmates sufferingfrom mental health

Port Blair, Oct. 10 The Hon'bleChairman, Rajya Sabhain consultation withHon'ble Speaker, LokSabha has nominatedShri Kuldeep RaiSharma, the Member ofParliament fromAndaman and NicobarIslands, as a Member ofthe Department-relatedParliamentary Standing

Isles MP nominated as Member ofDepartment-related Parliamentary

Standing CommitteeCommittee onPersonnel, PublicGrievances, Law &Justice. This wasinformed by Shri VinayShankar Singh,Director, DRSC onPersonnel, PublicGrievances, Law andJustice through a mailyesterday, a pressrelease from MP Officesaid.

Port Blair, Oct.10 The Secretary(IP&T), Shri SunilKumar Singh briefingmedia persons onCOVID-19 in theconference hall of IP&There this evening saidthat during the RT-PCRtest conducted on 475passengers who arrivedhere yesterday, nopositive case has been

Media briefed on COVID-19No positive case detected during test conductedon incoming flight passengers: Secretary (IP&T)

detected. Today, 8flights arrived and RT-PCR test was conductedon 444 passengers andthe reports are awaited. The Secretary further

mentioned that RATwas conducted on 192passengers bound forNorth & MiddleAndaman at Ferrargunjand no positive casehas been detected.Apart from this, RATwas conducted on 90passengers travelling to& fro to Shaheed/Swaraj Dweep at

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Port Blair, Oct. 10 As part of the 'SaveSeeds CampaignVision-2047', theDepartment ofAgriculture is producingseedlings/saplings ofvegetables, fruits,flowers in theD e p a r t m e n t a lAgriculture Farms andits Sub-Depots all overthe Islands in various

'Save Seeds Campaign Vision -2047'Agriculture Deptt. to distribute

seedlings/saplings of vegetables,fruits etc. from Zonal Offices

Zones. These plantingmaterials are now readyfor distribution invarious Zones. Further,by next planting season,the Department ofAgriculture will be in aposition to produce andsupply approximately1.0 lakh plantingmaterials. All the Departments

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Port Blair, Oct. 10 Applications havebeen invited from theeligible students forscholarship under Dr.Ambedkar Centrallysponsored scheme ofPost Matric Scholarshipfor EconomicallyBackward ClassStudents. The studentsstudying at PostMatriculation, PostSecondary stage/G r a d u a t e / P o s t -Graduate/Doctoral/Post

Post-Matric Scholarship forEconomically Backward Classstudents; applications invited

Doctoral level areeligible for grant of' P o s t - M a t r i cScholarships for theE c o n o m i c a l l yBackward Class for theyear 2021-22' to enablethem to complete theireducation. Thescholarship is open toall students (Other thanSC/ST & OBC Classes)whose parents/guardian income doesnot exceeds Rs.2.50

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vaMeku rFkk fudksckj iz’kklu ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION

Lkfpoky;/SECRETARIAT Health Bulletin For Containment Of

(No. 559/10th October 2021) COVID-19 STATUS OF ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS AS ON 10.10.2021

> Status of Cases : Details of Second Wave since: 01.03.2021

Active new case in last 24 Hours 01 Discharges in last 24 hours 02

Total confirmed cases 2639 Total Discharges 2562

Total Active case as on date 10 Total Deaths 67

Cumulative since March 2020 Details On 09th Oct. 2021 On 10th Oct. 2021 Total

Confirmed Cases 7632 01 7633 Cured/Discharged from Hospital

7492 02 7494

Death 129 00 129 > Clinical Management of Cases :

Name of District Isolation Beds Available Occupied Vacant North & Middle Andaman 286 00 286 South Andaman 5583 10 5573 Nicobar 507 00 507 Total 6376 10 6366 > Status of Sample and Testing: Total Samples sent till date 569082 Total Reports received till date 569082 Total Pending Reports 0 Rate of Testing Per Million 1422705 Cumulative Test Positivity Rate 1.34% COWIN 1.0 > Vaccination Status Total population 4,00,000 Target Beneficiaries 2,86,600 (Approx) Cumulative Beneficiaries vaccinated so far 4,56,241 -- Cumulative Beneficiaries vaccinated with 1st Dose so far 2,91,269 101.84 Cumulative Beneficiaries vaccinated with 2nd Dose so far 1,64,972 56.64 % of population vaccinated -- 72.82 >Passengers screened at VSI Airport & Haddo Wharf

Details From 25th May 2020 to 09th Oct. 2021

On10th Oct. 2021 Total

Incoming Passengers a) VSI Airport b) Haddo Wharf

322022

1032

1374

0

323396

1032 Outward Passengers

a) VSI Airport b) Haddo Wharf

325859

928

1392

0

327251

928 (On 10.10.2021, 444 passengers were retested by RTPCR at Airport)

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Farmers' Corner- A Knowledge Hub

Mitta Champa is a local cultivar in the Islandand cultivated since ages and moreprevalent in Andaman group of Islands. Thisvariety is slowly vanishing from the Islandas per the information received from farmersof South Andaman. This cultivar is grownin homestead gardens and most preferredfor table purpose. The variety is mediumsized growing to a height of 2-2.5 m. Fruits are medium sized with shiny silky skin,very sweet in taste and turns to golden yellow on ripening. Bunch weight variesfrom 15- 20 Kg and number of hands per bunch varies from 12-14 with 10-12 fingersper hand. The keeping quality of the fruits is less and the skin tends to turn blackafter 3 days of ripening. The average weight of fruit ranges from 80-100 g. Thiscultivar is maintained with traditional farmers' of the Island and the reduction inyield is observed when grown as a ratoon crop continuously. It is of utmost importanceto conserve this local variety and its cultivation is to be encouraged.Benefit: This cultivar is highly suitable to grow as intercrop in plantation basedcropping system and is also highly suitable for high density planting.Contact person with Name, Designation e-mail and phone no: Dr. K. Abirami, SeniorScientist, Email: [email protected], Phone: 9933278631

Mitta Champa - a local banana cultivar

ONLINE STUDY SCHEDULE ON 11.10.2021

The following study contents is available at Cable TV, Doordarshan, All India Radio as well as in the Education Department’s Official You Tube channel “AN Education Dept Andaman” The students, parents and all stakeholders are hereby requested to make use of this facility to the maximum extent for the benefit of enhancing teaching-learning activity. Clas

s Subject Topic YouTube Link Media

II Hindi Ekki Dokki-2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZMbozfPSE

All India Radio (9 a.m. – 10 a.m.)

III EVS Sharing Our Feelings-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-vx9VUj0b8

All India Radio (9 a.m. – 10 a.m.)

V EVS A Snake Charmer's Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99VHew3cTGM

All India Radio (9 a.m. – 10 a.m.)

VII Social Science

Rulers and Buildings-2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCKWLsFHX2U

All India Radio (9 a.m. – 10 a.m.)

VIII Maths Algebraic Expressions and Identities-4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugEgRG6X55w

Cable TV (City Cable TV) 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

IX Science Motions-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZAGnKKFIgw

Cable TV (City Cable TV) 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.

X Science Acids Bases Salts-2 (Revision)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eIQxove4UM

Cable TV (City Cable TV) 11 a.m. and 7 p.m./DD Port Blair 4.00 pm

XI English Landscape Of The Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be6InsPu3aw

Cable TV (City Cable TV) 11.30 a.m. & 7.30 p.m.

XII Maths Continuity & Differentiability -6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U2sux8waxo

Cable TV (City Cable TV) 12 Noon and 8 p.m./DD Port Blair 4.30 pm

XII Computer Science

Python revision tour -9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkU05nV-VDs

Cable TV (City Cable TV) 12.30p.m. and 8.30 p.m.

---- Yogasana Surya Namaskar & Pranayam

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Students who have missed the classes on Doordarshan/Cable TV can access the same contents on the department’s online repository at https://educationssis.andaman. gov.in/OnlineClass.aspx

Port Blair, Oct. 10 Heavy rain (7-11 cm)is likely to occur at oneor two places overAndaman & NicobarIslands. Thunderstorm,lightning and gustywind (speed 40-50kmph) is also likely tooccur at one or twoplaces over A&NIslands on Oct. 11&12.Similarly, heavy to veryheavy rain (7-20 cm) islikely to occur at one ortwo places overAndaman & NicobarIslands. Thundersquall(wind speed reaching50-60 Kmph) likely tooccur at one or twoplaces over A& NIslands on Oct. 13 &14. In anticipation of

formation of Lowpressure area, windspeed is likely to exceed45 kmph along and offAndaman & Nicobarcoast. Fishermen havebeen advised not toventure into the seauntil further notice. For further enquiries /information contacthelpline of StateEmergency OperationCentre at Helpline No.1070 & District EmergencyOperation Centre atHelpline No. 1077. For anyemergency/assistance atsea, call Coast Guard SARAgency at Toll Freenumber 1554, a pressrelease from Directorate ofDisaster Managementsaid.

Heavy rain with thunderstormlikely to occur in Isles

Port Blair, Oct. 10 Botanical Survey ofIndia Andaman andNicobar RegionalCentre, Port Blairorganized a programmeto create awareness on illeffects of single use plastic.The campaign wasinaugurated by the Head of

BSI creates awareness on illeffects of single use plastic

Office, Dr. Lal Ji Singh. Allthe Scientists, officers andstaff of Regional Centreparticipated. During thecampaign, plastic wasteswere collected fromPhoenix Bay-Chatham seashore road and nearbyareas, a press release fromBSI said.

Port Blair, Oct. 10ICAR- CIARI

has conducted one daytraining programme onscientific nursery andplantation managementin Andaman Padauk forthe executive staff ofDepartment ofEnvironment and Foreston Oct.8 at itsGaracharma ResearchCampus underDepartment ofB i o t e c h n o l o g y

CIARI conducts managementtechniques on Andaman Padauk

project.The objective ofthe programme was todisseminate thetechnology on scientificnursery and plantationmanagement ofAndaman Padauk anendemic ornamentaltree of A&N Islands. Shri M. Rajkumar,CCF (T) & Dr. E. B.Chakurkar, Director,ICAR- CIARI addressedthe participants, a pressrelease from CIARI said.

for filling online application. Applicants are advisedto give details of only active bank account whichremains in active mode and is compliant as perbank's instructions so that payment of scholarshipdoes not fail. A candidate may contact for clearing doubtsregarding the scholarship schemes to their classteacher/ Head of Department. Principal of Schools/Colleges have been requested to extend all supportto the ST beneficiaries for filling of onlineapplication on NSP portal, a press release receivedfrom Director (TW) said.

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Scientists and Young Scientists who wish to availthe benefit of the above mentioned schemes canaccess the details of these schemes on the websitewww.dst.gov.in and also any help in this regard,they can contact the Department of Science &Technology, Dollygunj in person or over phoneno. 03192-250370 all working days during workinghours or email at dstandamans@ gmail.com, a pressrelease from Deptt. of Science & Technology said.

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villages of Car Nicobar. The License Mela-Cum-Awareness Camp wasattended by eligible candidates from variousvillages of Car Nicobar. On both days medicalcheckup of aspiring candidates was conducted bythe Medical team from BJR Hospital, Car Nicobar. During the two day camp, about 434 candidatesenrolled for learners licence, out of which, 415appeared for the test and Learners licence wereissued to 260 persons on the spot. A similar Licence Mela-cum- Road Safetyawareness camp will be held at Kamorta on Oct.11 &12 and Campbell Bay on Oct. 13 &14 , a pressrelease from Directorate of Transport said.

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Phoenix Bay Jetty and no positive case has been detected. At Haddo Wharf,85 passengers travelling by MV Coral Queen were tested and no positivecase has been found. At Mohanpura Bus Terminus, test was conducted on89 passengers and all were found negative. RT-PCR test was conducted on14 crew members of MV Rangat. One positive case was detected during testconducted on a patient who visited GB Pant Hospital. The Deputy Director, GB Pant Hospital, Dr. Amitabha De stated that onenew case has been admitted today and with this, the number of COVIDpatients undergoing treatment at GB Pant Hospital is now 4 while there are noCOVID patients in COVID Care Centres.

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illness under the supervision of a Physiologist. The programme ended with the vote of thanks by Shri. Md. Hanif, JailSuperintendent of Prothrapur Jail, a press release received from Secretary,DLSA, i/c said.

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New Delhi, Oct. 10(PIB) Dr MansukhMandaviya, UnionMinister for Health andFamily Welfare chairedan event to observe theWorld Mental HealthDay today at theNational Institute ofMental Health andNeuro Sciences( N I M H A N S )Bengaluru. In hisaddress, Dr. MansukhMandaviya cautionedthat Mental Health is asilent killer in thecountry like Diabetes:"While Diabetesbecomes fatal because itoften goes undetected,people with MentalHealth do not comeforward because ofstigma." He noted thatchange in our lifestyleand family structure asa prime culprit for therecent rise in mentalhealth cases. He said,"Hospital is the finalstep. Family can spotearly signs of distress infellow members andseek help before the

World Mental Health Day observedMental Health is a silent killer like

Diabetes: Health Minister

problem worsens.Similarly, teachers mayspot behavioral changesin their pupils and offersolutions. Such stepswill nip the problem inthe bud." Dr.Mandaviya observedthat Government andSociety can functiononly in sync. Moreresearch needs to bedone in Mental Healthon which the futurepolicy of Governmentwill rest where old andrenowned institutes likeNIMHANS, establishedas early as 1936 comeinto the picture. Citing the lack ofMental Health-carepractitioners, the UnionHealth Ministeremphasized that

education oriented onlytowards marks do nothelp the nation. Heexhorted the students totake up cases and opt forhands on learning in thehealing of thoserequiring care. Dr MansukhM a n d a v i y acongratulating the pass-outs said, "Around 1.36lakh people commitsuicide according to thePolice Bureau. They doso because they aresuffering from somemental health issues.We have to buildHealthy Nation.Only Healthy Citizencan make HealthySociety which inturn build a HealthyNation.

of A & N Administration and its Sub-Offices have been requested to contactthe nearest Zonal Officers for receiving the planting materials and also toplace their future requisition as per the availability of space for raisingplanting materials. The Officers to be contacted are Assistant Director (Agri), South Andaman(234851/232627), Assistant Director (Agri), Rangat (274231), Assistant Director(Agri), Mayabunder (273301), Assistant Director (Agri), Diglipur (272374),Assistant Director (Agri), Little Andaman (284297), Assistant Director (Agri),Car Nicobar (265262), Assistant Director (Agri), Kamorta (263264) andAssistant Director (Soil), Campbell Bay (264207), a press release fromAgriculture Department said.

Post-Matric Scholarships for Economically Backward Class...(Contd. from page 1)lakh per annum. This scholarship scheme has been shifted from offline mode to onlinemode by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and is available onNational Scholarship Portal. All eligible students have been advised to applyonline on National Scholarship Portal through url: http://scholarships.gov.inon or before 30th November, 2021. For any clarification, students may contact the OBC Section of theDirectorate of Social Welfare, Goalghar, Port Blair, a press release fromDirector (Social Welfare) said.

New Delhi, Oct. 10 (PIB) With the administrationof 66,85,415 vaccinedoses in the last 24 hours,India's COVID-19vaccination coveragecrossed the landmark of94 Cr (94,70,10,175) as perprovisional reports till 7am today. This has beenachieved through92,12,314 sessions. Therecovery of 23,624patients in the last 24hours has increased thecumulative tally ofrecovered patients (sincethe beginning of thepandemic) to 3,32,71,915. Consequently, India'srecovery rate stands at97.99%. Recovery Rate is

India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccinationcoverage crosses the landmark of 94 Cr.

currently at its highestpeak since March 2020.Sustained andcollaborative efforts bythe Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend ofless than 50,000 DailyNew Cases that is beingreported for 105consecutive days now.18,166 new cases werereported in the last 24hours. This is the lowestrecorded daily new casesin 214 days.The ActiveCaseload is presently2,30,971, which is thelowest in 208 days. Activecases presently constitute0.68% of the country'stotal Positive Cases. The testing capacity

across the countrycontinues to beexpanded. The last 24hours saw a total of12,83,212 tests beingconducted. India has sofar conducted over 58.25Cr (58,25,95,693)cumulative tests. Whiletesting capacity has beenenhanced across thecountry, WeeklyPositivity Rate at 1.57%remains less than 3% forthe last 107 days now.The Daily Positivity Ratereported to be 1.42%. Thedaily Positivity Rate hasremained below 3% forlast 41 days and below5% for 124 consecutivedays now.