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Regn. No. 34190/75 No. 186 Port Blair, Thursday, July 13, 2017 Web: dt.andaman.gov.in Rs. 3.00 6 Pages

Te l e g ra m she Daily

The Largest Circulating Daily of A&N Islands

‘GST CORNER’

Outreach Program of GST on 15th

July 2017 The department of Goods & Service Tax is hereby organizing a training

programme on 15th July 2017, in order to orient the business community, Dealers

and general public about the GST Act and its smooth implementation in the

islands. The training will be conducted by Trainers from GST department and

Chartered Accountants specialy enrolled for this purpose, and coordinated by the

local trader associations. The scheduled of the training programme is as follows:

Area Venue Date / Time

Mohanpura Ambedkar Auditorium

15/07/2017 at 1500hrs.

onwards

Bathubasti

Pahargaon

Prothrapur,

Community Hall

Bambooflat

Ferrargunj

Panchayat Ghar, Wimberlygunj

The General public is hereby informed of the same and requested to make

full utilization of this outreach programme.

Assistant Commissioner

Good & Services Tax (GST)

South Andaman

Staff Reporter,

Port Blair, July 12

The Chief Secretary, Shri

Anindo Majumdar has

urged NABARD to tie up

with other Departments of

the A&N Administration to

implement meaningful rural

development projects

benefitting the rural masses

in these Islands. NABARD

has the experience and if

they work in close co-

ordination with Rural

Development and

Agriculture Departments in

different projects, the rural

populace will greatly

benefit, observed the Chief

Secretary while speaking as

the chief guest on the

occasion of 36th

Foundation Day celebration

of National Bank for

Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD),

in the conference hall of

NABARD Regional Office

here this morning. The

occasion also marked the

25th anniversary of SHG

movement in the country

pioneered by NABARD.

The Chief Secretary lighted

the lamp and cut the

ceremonial cake to mark the

36th foundation day of

NABARD. The programme

was also attended by the

Secretary Agriculture, Shri

Ramesh Verma, Secretary

Rural Development, Shri

Udit Prakash Rai, Director

CIARI, Dr. S. Dam Roy, prize

winner NGOs, SHGs,

bankers and all officials &

staff of NABARD.

The Chief Secretary

complimented the GM,

NABARD, Shri BVS Prasad

and his team for their

c o m m e n d a b l e

36th Foundation Day of NABARD celebrated

CS urges NABARD to partner with A&N

Administration in executing meaningful

rural development projects

achievements in

implementing various

funding schemes of

NABARD and their

proactive roles in

supporting the Self Help

Group in A&N Islands.

Pointing that NABARD is

functioning in Isles for quite

Staff Reporter

Port Blair, July 12

A 20- day short term

course on 'Digital

Cinematography' organized

by the Directorate of

Tourism, A&N

Administration and Film

and Television Institute of

India (FTII), Pune got

underway with its

inauguration by the

Secretary (IP) Dr. A.K.

Singla at ‘The Waves’

Restaurant, Corbyn's Cove

here this morning.

The Director, FTII, Shri

Bupendra Kenthola, Prof.

(FTII) Sandeep Sahare,

Course Director (FTII), Shri

Wasim Berry, Asst. Faculty

(FTII), Shri Imran Bagwan,

Course Coordinator (FTII),

Shri Shiv Kumar,

Representatives from

Cannon India, Technology

partner for FTII, Shri Dhiraj

Bhagtani & Shri Gaurav

Markhan, Director (IP), Shri

Amit Anand, Publicity

Officer (IP) Shri T.N. Meena,

officers and staff of IP&T

were present on the

occasion.

Addressing the

gathering, the Secretary (IP)

lauded Film and Television

Institute of India (FTII) for

organizing the first ever in

India, 'Foundation course in

Digital Cinematography'

here in the Islands. He also

cited examples of film

making process of

yesteryears and stated that

today cinematography has

further evolved, with many

better technologies. He

remarked that

Cinematography is a vast

field which involves hard

work for hours, and urged

the participants to make

best use of the opportunity

and learn the technical

nuances of Digital

Cinematography.

Speaking on the

occasion, the Director

(FTII), Shri Kenthola

remarked that it is a historic

occasion for the A&N

Administration as well as

FTII as the short term course

on Digital Cinematography

is being conducted for the

first time in India here in

A&N Islands. He also threw

light on the programme of

FTII called 'Skilling India in

First time in country

Foundation course in 'DigitalCinematography' getsunderway at Port Blair

Film & Television' (SKIFT)

which is being conducted

in various parts of the

country. He said, FTII aims

at providing affordable and

quality film education to

ensure that candidates get

the best kind of knowledge

on digital cinematography.

FTII, together with A&N

Port Blair, July 12

The Secretary Education,

Smti. Tanvi Garg

inaugurated the Atal

Tinkering Lab of Govt.

Model Sr. Sec. School,

Aberdeen today. The

Deputy Director Education

(Admn.), Shri. Shubhankar

Ghosh, Councilor Ward

No. 5 Smti. Selvi, Senior

officers of Education

Department, Chairman,

SMC, Shri Varadharajan

and Principals of various

schools were also present

on this occasion. The Atal

Tinkering Lab is an

Atal Tinkering Lab of Model School inaugurated

Principals of other schools

urged to establish similar Labs

initiative of the NITI Aayog

under the Atal Innovation

Mission towards creating

an innovation ecosystem

in the country. The Lab is

fully equipped to provide

first hand experience to the

students in the field of

STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering

and Mathematics). The Lab

New Delhi, July 12

The Prime Minister, Shri

Narendra Modi, today

chaired his twentieth

interaction through

PRAGATI - the ICT-based,

multi-modal platform for

Pro-Active Governance

and Timely

Implementation.

The Prime Minister began

the meeting with a review

of the situation arising out

of flood and other natural

calamities in the North-

Eastern States. He assured

the States of all possible

help from the Centre.

The Prime Minister urged

all Chief Secretaries to work

expeditiously towards

ensuring that all traders

PM’s interaction through PRAGATI

PM assures States of allpossible help from Centre

register under the GST

regime, and this task is

completed before August

15th.

The Prime Minister

reviewed the progress

towards handling and

resolution of grievances

related to CPWD, and

Directorate of Estates. He

asked the Ministry of

Urban Development to

proactively monitor the

same, with sensitivity. He

urged CPWD to encourage

all vendors to come aboard

the Government e-

Marketplace (GeM)

platform.

The Prime Minister

reviewed the progress of

Kochi, July 12

Union Minister for Science

& Technology, Earth

Sciences and Environment,

Forest & Climate Change,

Dr. Harsh Vardhan on

Wednesday inaugurated

Doppler Weather Radar

built by Indian

M e t e o r o l o g i c a l

Department at Kochi. The

facility is built as part of the

modernization of

observational network by

replacing conventional net

work using indigenous

technology.

Dr Harsh Vardhan said that

with the commissioning of

new station, sixty per cent

of the country is covered

with Doppler Weather

Union Minister inaugurates

IMD's Doppler Weather Radar

Radar in the network of

Indian Meteorological

Department. Fifty more

such radars will be installed

in the country in near

future.

Later talking to newsmen

he said that Indian

scientists are inferior to

none and are capable of

developing things

indigenously, citing the

examples of successful

launch of INSAT III.

He further informed that to

solve the severe drinking

water shortage in

the country, Desalination

Mission will be launched

in the country with

the support of NITI

Ayog.

vital and long-pending

infrastructure projects in

the railway, road and

petroleum sectors, spread

over several states

including Maharashtra,

Karnataka, Andhra

Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West

Bengal, Odisha, Uttar

Pradesh, Uttarakhand,

Himachal Pradesh, and

Arunachal Pradesh. The

projects reviewed today,

include the Chennai Beach-

Korukkupet third line and

Port Blair, July 12

The Yoga Unit of

AYUSH Hospital is

conducting free regular

yoga classes daily (except

Sundays & Public

Holidays) for students and

general public between 5

am to 6.30 am at the

Auditorium of Govt. Girls

Senior Secondary School,

Port Blair. Similarly, a yoga

classes on yoga therapy

Free yoga classes by

AYUSH hospital

Port Blair, July 12

W o r l d

Populat ion Day was

observed in the

conference hal l of

Community Health Centre

Bambooflat yesterday with

the theme 'Nayi Lehar

Naya Vishwas Sampoorn

Zimmedari Se Parivar

Vikas'. The Adhyaksh,

Zi lla Par ishad, South

Andaman, Shri. Jaydeep

Kumar Dey graced the

function as chief guest.

The programme was

attended by PRI members,

Doctors and Medical staff

of CHC Bamboofla t,

Anganwadi worker s,

ASHA worker s and

general public.

Speaking on the

occasion , the ZPSA

Adhyaksh, expressed his

grati tude to the Lt.

World Population Day observed

at CHC Bambooflat

Governor, A&N Islands

and Chief Secretary, A&N

Administr at ion for

insta lla tion and

functioning of Ultra Sound

equipments in the

Community Health Centre,

Bambooflat. With this, the

genuine long pending

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Port Blair, July 12

In order to check

the status of

implementation of various

Rural Development

Schemes and the works of

the Panchayats, the Jt.

Secretary-cum-Director

(RD/Panchayat), Shri Som

Naidu along with officials

from Directorate of RD,

PRIs & ULBs visited the

Gram Panchayat

Tushnabad, Mithakari and

Mannarghat under CD

Block Ferrargunj Block.

The BDO, Ferrargunj Shri

Rajenderpal was also

present.

At GP Tushnabad,

the team interacted with the

NRLM community

resource persons and the

members of SHGs. The

Pradhan, GP Tushnabad,

Smt. Mary Jasinta had

requested to provide a

tractor to the Panchayat for

agricultural activities.

Thereafter, the team

visited GP Mithakhari

where the Pardhan, Shri.

Mohammad Safiq

requested for raw materials

to be provided to ladies of

the SHGs besides tie up

with the Tourism

Rural Development Deptt

Officials conduct inspections

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CS to inaugurate National Youth U -25

Chess Championship at JNRM todayPort Blair, July 12

For the first time in these Islands, the Andaman

Nicobar Chess Association is going to conduct the

National Under- 25 Chess Championship at JNRM

Port Blair from July 13, 2017. The Andaman Nicobar

Chess Association, under the aegis of All India Chess

Federation (AICF) is hosting the event which will be

completed in 9 rounds from July 13 to 19, 2017.

The Championship will be inaugurated by the Chief

Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Anindo

Majumdar at 11am on July 13, 2017.

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consultant, Zaheer Khan as bowling

coach under Ravi Shastri

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WEATHER

REVISED SEVA SUCHNAYEINALLTHE SAILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS

INTER ISLAND SECTOR:

MV Campbell Bay w ill sa il for Campbell Bay v ia Nancowry on

17.07.2017 (Mon) at 1600 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port

Blair on 19.07.2017 (Wed) at 0900 Hrs from Campbell Bay via Nancowry

& Hut Bay. Passenger tickets for the above sailing will be issued to the

general public from 14.07.2017 (Fri) from 0900 Hrs at STARS Ticketing

Counters. Similarly booking of cargo tickets (perishable items only) will

commence from 14.07.2017 (Fri) between 0900 Hrs to 1200 Hrs at

Commercial Wing. All the consigners are advised to book actual quantity

of cargo to be transshipped, as no excess cargo will be allowed.

MV Coral Queen will sail for Car Nicobar via Hut Bay on 20.07.2017

(Thu) at 1000 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on

21.07.2017 (Fri) at 1200 Hrs from Car Nicobar via Hut Bay. Passenger

tickets for the above sailing will be issued to the general public on

18.07.2017 (Tue) from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARS Ticketing Counters.

Similarly booking of cargo tickets will commence from 11.07.2017

between 0900 Hrs to 1300 Hrs at Commercial Wing. All the consigners

are advised to book actual quantity of cargo to be transshipped, as no

excess cargo will be allowed.

HUT BAY SECTOR:-

MV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 15.07.2017 (Sat) at 2100 Hrs

from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 16.07.2017 (Sun) at 0900

Hrs from Hut Bay.

MV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 17.07.2017 (Mon) at 0630 Hrs

from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 1330

Hrs from Hut Bay.

Note: Passenger tickets for the above sailings to Hut Bay on 15th &

17th July will be issued to the general publicfrom 13.07.2017 (Thu) from

0900 Hrs onwards at STARS Counters.

MV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 18.07.2017 (Tue) at 2100 Hrs

from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 19.07.2017 (Wed) at

0900 Hrs from Hut Bay.

Note: Passenger tickets for the above sailings to Hut Bay on 18th July

will be issued to the general publicfrom 17.07.2017 (Mon) from 0900

Hrs onwards at STARS Counters.

FORESHORE SECTOR:

Note: Passenger t ickets for the Foreshore Sector vessels

scheduled on 14th & 15th July, 2017 will be issued to the general

public on 13.07.2017 (Thu) from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARS

Counters.

13.07.2017 (THURSDAY)

HAVELOCK & NEIL ISLAND

MV North Passage will sail for Havelock on 13.07.2017 (Thu) at 0620

Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day

at 0900 Hrs from Havelock.

Rain or Thundershower very likely to occur at most places.

Maximum and Minimum temperature will be around 29 °C and

24°C respectively on Thursday 13/07/2017

Maximum Temperature (°C) of Date : 29.4

Minimum Temperature (°C) of Date : 23.8

Relative Humidity(%) at 0830 IST 097

Relative Humidity(%) at 1730 IST 090

Sunrise Time for tomorrow(in IST): 0502

Sunset Time for tomorrow(in IST): 1748

Rainfall upto 0830 hrs of date (last 24 hrs) in mm: 040.0

Rainfall upto 1730 hrs of date in mm: 000.3

Rainfall (Progressive total from 1st January 17 1276.4

upto 0830 hrs (of date) in mm

New Delhi, July 12

Ending long due speculation

over the appointment of new

head coach, the Board of

Control for Cricket in India

(BCCI) named Ravi Shastri as

Anil Kumble's replacement,

while also roping in Zaheer

Khan and Rahul Dravid as

bowling coach and overseas

batting consultant respectively.

"On Cricket Advisory

Committee's recommendation,

we have decided to appoint

Ravi Shastri as the chief coach

while Zaheer Khan will be

appointed bowling coach for a

period of two years," BCCI

acting president CK Khanna

confirmed the development.

It will be third stint with the

national team for 55- year-old

Shastri, who was earlier a

Cricket Manager during 2007

tour of Bangladesh and then

Team Director from 2014

August to 2016 June during

which India won Test overseas

series versus Sri Lanka,

reached the semi-finals of 2015

World Cup and World T20

semi-finals in 2016.

It was learnt that it was a fight

between Shastri and Virender

Sehwag but it was skipper Virat

Kohli's strong recommendation

about Shastri's earlier tenure

that swung the deal in favour of

BCCI's 'Man of All Seasons'.

Zaheer Khan, who last played

international cricket in 2014, is

considered to be one of finest

exponents of swing bowling

India has ever produced.

Dravid, who recently signed a

new 2-year contract as the

head coach of the U-19 Indian

cricket team, will be seen giving

his expert opinion for all of the

foreign series to Virat Kohli and

Co.

New Delhi, July 12

It may have not come as a bolt

from the blue but Angelo

Mathews has decided to step

down as Sri Lankan cricket

captain from all three formats of

the game. This has come just a

day after Mathews hinting that

he is considering his future as

a captain, adding that the ODI

series loss against Zimbabwe

is one of the lowest points in his

career.

What was a shock in mere

cricketing terms was that Lanka

not only went down 3-2 in the

five-match ODI series against

a weak Zimbabwe, but lost

Mathews steps down as

Sri Lankan cricket captain

from all three formatsdespite hosting the series.

After the series loss, Mathews

was quoted in the media to be

saying, "It`s one of the lowest

points in my career, and a hard

one to swallow. Everything

went against us, from the toss

to misreading the wicket. But

there are no excuses. At the

end of the day we were not

good enough to beat them.

They played better cricket."

He further added, "We have

not been consistent. The

pressure is on all of us. The

more we lose, the

more pressure we are

under.

London, July 12

Czech Karolina Pliskova rose

to the top of the WTA rankings

without striking a ball on

Tuesday as results at

Wimbledon saw her overhaul

Germany`s Angelique Kerber.

By a quirk of the points-based

ranking system the 25-year-old

rose to the summit -- the 23rd

player to do so -- thanks to

Simona Halep`s quarter-final

loss to Johanna Konta.

Romanian Halep would have

become world number one

had she beaten the Briton but

Ultimate Table

Tennis league to

begin from July 13New Delhi, July 12

Top Indian paddlers will rub

shoulders with the best in

business as Ultimate Table

Tennis(UTT), country’s first

ever professional league, kicks

off here tomorrow.

Table tennis has become the

latest sport in India to jump on

the Pro league bandwagon

after badminton, football,

hockey, wrestling and kabaddi,

aiming to raise profile of the

racket sport in the country.

Unl ike other ci ty-based

leagues, UTT will have six

franchise-based clubs fighting

it out for top honours. What is

expected to give the venture a

big fillip is that all matches will

be broadcast live with film star

Amir Khan being the league’s

biggest ambassador.

While the top Chinese players

have given the project a miss,

one can still expect some high-

quality table tennis from the likes

of men’s world number 8 Wong

Chun Ting of Hong Kong and

women’s number nine Han

Ying of Germany, who are

headlining the field.

Karolina Pliskova is new world

number one in women’s tennis

went down 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-4.

Pliskova, seeded three at

Wimbledon, lost in the second

round to Magdalena

Rybarikova but her consistent

results this year, including

reaching the French Open

semi-finals, means she will be

number one when the rankings

are updated on Monday.

Despite never having won a

grand slam tournament, the

Monte-Carlo based player

becomes the first Czech to be

number one since the rankings

were introduced in 1975.

Inter School Zonal Football

Knockout tourneyPort Blair, July 12

Inter School Zonal Football Knockout tournament

Under 14 Years (Boys), 17 years (Boys & Girls)

of Wimberlygunj Educational Zone is being

conducted by Sports Section of DEO, Wimberlygunj

from July 12 to 25, 2017 at Mini Stadium,

Wimberlygunj. Altogether 27 teams from different

school of this educational zone are participating in

the tournament.

In the matches played today Under 14 Years

(Boys) GSSS Bambooflat defeated GSS Manpur

by 3-0, GMSSS Ferrargunj defeated GMS

Bambooflat 5-0 and MES Azad Nagar got walk over

against Vitala Public School, a communication said.

Inter School Football

knockout tourney gets

underwayPort Blair, July 12

The Inter School Football Knockout

tournament for U-14 (Boys) and U-17 (Boys

& Girls) organized by the Directorate

of Educat ion started today. In the

matches played today at JNRM Foot

Ball Ground GSSS.Haddo defeated

GSS Delanipur by 1-0. In the matches

played today at GSSS Bathu Basti School

Ground

SSS.UPS defeated GSSS.Bathubasthi by 4-

0 goals while GSSS.Manglutan defeated

SSS St.Marys by 4-0 goals.

the Chennai Beach-

Attippattu fourth line; the

H o w r a h - A m t a -

Champadanga new Broad

Gauge line; and four-

laning of Varanasi

bypass; four-laning of

Muzaffarnagar-Haridwar

section of NH-58. Noting

that several of the

projects reviewed today

have been pending for

decades, and in one case,

over four decades, the

Prime Minister urged all

Chief Secretaries to take

all possible steps to avoid

delays, and resulting cost

escala t ions. He

emphasized on speedy

implementat ion of

such in frast ructure

projects.

The Pr ime Min ister

reviewed the progress of

the Pradhan Mantri Awas

Yojana (Urban). He urged

the concerned

departments to accelerate

the adoption of new

c o n s t r u c t i o n

technologies a t the

earliest.

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Administration will go a long way in paving the way for cinematography aspirants from

A&N Islands, he added.

In his address, Prof. Sandeep, through a power point presentation explained the

objectives and course details of FTII. He said, FTII is having 24 centres all over the

country and soon Port Blair will also have a centre. He also explained about the admission

process and various scholarships available at FTII and urged the participants to give

their heart and soul in learning the art of digital cinematography. A small video clip from

the film 'Baji Rao Mastani' was also screened for technical aspect film appreciation.

Shri Dhiraj from Cannon India, while speaking expressed happiness in being part of

the workshop. He said, Cannon India along with FTII will continue to organize more

such workshops on cinematography here in A&N Islands.

Earlier, welcoming the gathering, the Director (IP) Shri Amit Anand expressed

gratitude to FTII for organizing a short term course in Digital Cinematography for the

Islanders. He said, the Tourism Department will promote film tourism here in the Islands

and such courses will immensely benefit the Islanders. He also urged the participants

to take full advantage of the course.

Altogether, 17 private candidates and 8 Departmental candidates are participating in

the 20-day short term course on 'Digital Cinematography'. The inaugural programme

concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by Shri Satyanarayan, Hindi Translator.

Foundation course...(Contd. from page 1)

CS urges NABARD ...(Contd. from page 1)

some time, the Chief Secretary urged NABARD GM to

initiate quantum interaction with other Departments of

the Admin istr a t ion and chalk out plans for

implementing rural area projects. The Chief Secretary

outlined certain areas like vegetable cultivation, high

value agriculture, fisheries, horticulture, skill

development, etc. as key areas of development to be

focused in the Island. He also assured the support of

the Administration in this regard.

Mentioning that tuna and ocean fishery is yet to take off

in Isles, the Chief Secretary desired that NABARD and

NABCON, with close co-ordination with Fisheries and

CIARI Departments can help prepare plan for deep sea

fishing. “Administration wants the local people to take

up projects of deep sea fishing especially tuna”, he added.

Witnessing a small video, the Chief Secretary appreciated

the efforts of NABARD for sponsoring seven skill

development programmes to KVIB & one to Social Welfare

Advisory Board for 'Divyang Saksham'- a special

programme for skilling specially abled people. The Chief

Secretary also handed over awards to best-performing

Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Non-Governmental

Organisations (NGOs)/branches of ANSCB who

promoted SHGs. On this occasion, NABARD distributed

Six Solar Copra dryers to NGOs for usage of SHG members.

The Chief Secretary handed over the first such machine

to Yuvashakti NGO to be placed at South Andaman. The

other five were handed over by Shri Ramesh Verma,

Secretary (Agriculture), Shri Udit Prakash Rai, Secretary

(RD) and Dr. Dam Roy, Director, CIARI to Voice of

Compassion, ACANI & Surabi NGOs to be placed at

different locations in A&N Islands.

The General Manager, NABARD, A&N RO, Shri BVS

Prasad, through a power point presentation briefed the

gathering about the achievements, targets and way

forward of NABARD. He further said that he along with

his team have been supporting credit as well as

developmental activities in the Islands such as promotion

of SHGs and JLGs, capacity building & strengthening of

the cooperatives, providing marketing and technology

induction in agriculture through transfer of technology/

training to farmers, promotion of FPOs etc. He

said that with the active support from the A&N

Administration, NABARD's dream to secure rural

prosperity in the Islands would be fulfilled. At the end,

the DGM NABARD, Shri H. Manoj proposed the vote of

thanks.

and diet advice for pregnant

woman is also provided

every Thursday between 9

am to 10 am (except public

holidays) at ANC Clinic, G.B.

Pant Hospital, Port Blair.

Interested persons may

enroll their names at the

respective places, a

communication said.

Free yoga classes...(Contd. from page 1)

is spacious and has all the basic facilities required by

the students to explore new things, innovation and

creativity. All the tools & materials is being synched

with the ATL curriculum that will be used by the students

for their projects.

Shri Ashish Srivastav, Coach, Intel gave a presentation

on the objectives and functioning of the Atal Tinkering

Lab.

In her address, the Secretary Education appreciated the

efforts of the school administration in establishing this

innovative Lab. She also inspected the infrastructure

and facilities available in the Lab and interacted with the

students who are already experimenting in the Lab. She

said that the Lab would not only benefit the students

and teachers of the school but the students and the

entire community of these Islands. The Secretary also

directed the school administration to make a schedule

for the students and teachers of the schools of this

region to visit the Lab and benefit from it. She urged the

PRI members and the community to take benefit from the

Lab and be instrumental in popularizing the idea among

the people and also use it for finding solutions to the

various problems faced by the community.

She also called upon the Principals of other schools

present on the occasion to establish similar Labs in their

schools.

Earlier, the Principal of the school in his welcome address

said that the Atal Tinkering Lab is the first of its kind

and on among the ten schools selected for the

establishment of the Lab with the support of Intel India

Technology Limited. He also said that Govt. Model Sr.

Sec. School has been selected for the establishment of

this lab after qualifying four rounds of selection process

held at various places. Out of 3000 applications

processed by the NITI Aayog, 500 were shortlisted and

10 were selected for the first phase. The Principal said it

is a proud privilege for the school to have such an

innovation lab which would connect the school and the

community.

Principals of ...(Contd. from page 1)

demand of the people of

the area have been

fulfilled, the Adhyaksh

said. He also highlighted

on the importance of

observing the day and

urged for creating

awareness among the

general public.

The Chief Medical

Officer Incharge Dr.

M.P.Susamma explained

the ill effects of rapid

population growth and

importance of population

stabilization and need of

public awareness for

adopting a small family.

The winner of speech

competition Miss. Jeba

Karim, a student of Class

XI of GSSS Bambooflat

also spoke on the theme.

Smti. Nagasri, PHN of CHC

Bambooflat gave detailed

information on various

schemes and family

planning methods. Earlier

Shri K.K.Gharami, Health

Educator welcomed the

gathering, a

communication said.

World Population...(Contd. from page 1)

Port Blair, July 12

Under the influence of

moderate to strong

Southwest Monsoon

current, strong

southwesterly wind speed

between 25 and 35 kmph

gusting to 45 kmph and

generally rough seas is likely

along and off Andaman &

Nicobar coast. Fishermen

have been advised to be

cautious while venturing into

the sea. General public have

been advised to take

precautionary measures and

in case of any emergency

they may contact State

Control Room: 03192- 238880

(Tele-Fax), 1077(Helpline),

District Control Room: 03192-

238881, EOC (Campbell Bay):

03193-264020, EOC

(Kamorta): 03193-263222,

EOC (N&M): 03192-262960,

EOC (Hut Bay): 03192-

284014, EOC (Car Nicobar):

03193-265241, EOC

(Havelock): 03192-282030 ,

EOC (Ferrargunj): 03192-

266527, a communication

said.

Rough seas predicted;

fishermen cautioned

Department and Industries Department to provide

marketing facilities for the SHGs.

Inspection of the works done by the Panchayats such

as construction of CC bumps along side the roads and

renovation of Community Hall in Mithakhari Village was

also carried out. The team also inspected the status of

Community Sanitary Complex (CSC) made under SBM-

G. The Jt. Secy-cum-Director suggested the Pradhan to

hand over the keys of the CSC to the near beneficiaries

for proper maintenance of the toilets.

This was followed by a visit to GP Mannarghat

wherein the work in progress 'C/o Rural Haat' and

extension of Community Hall at Mannarghat was

inspection.

Rural Development ...(Contd. from page 1)

Mithali Raj becomes first to score

6000 runs in women’s ODI cricketNew Delhi, July 12

Indian skipper Mithali Raj has

become the first player in the

history of women’s ODI cricket

to have crossed 6000 career

runs. Mithali reached the

milestone in India’s ICC

Women’s World Cup 2017

match against Australia. She is

now the all-time highest run-

scorer in women’s cricket,

surpassing the record

previously held by England’s

Charlotte Edwards.

Edwards scored 5992 runs in

191 matches at an average of

38.16 including nine centuries

and 46 half-centuries. On the

other hand, Mithali has crossed

6000 runsin 182 ODIs. The

Indian captain has a total of five

centuries and 49 half-centuries

to her name. She made her

debut in 1999 against

Ireland team scored an

unbeaten hundred in the

process.