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Chennai, March 17: On March 12, the Hawaii-based United States Air Force Band of the Pacific released a music video featuring its virtual musical collaboration with Giridhar Udupa, an acclaimed Indian percussion artist who plays the ghatam, one of India’s most ancient percussion instruments. The collaboration was inspired by the band’s commitment to support Aero India 2021, and reinforces the U.S.-India Major Defense Partnership and people-to-people ties between our countries.
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Port Blair, March 17: The election to the Managing committee of the Consumers Co-operative Stores Ltd. Port Blair was held on 21/02/2021 and the following members were declared elected by the Returning officer on 28th Feb 2021.
South Andaman (General): Shri Abdul Siddique, Shri P. Vemanna, Shri B. Chiranjeevulu, Shri A. Marudupandian, Shri K.P. Mohammed, Shri Sanjay Singh
Read more: Newly Elected Members Take Charge of the Managing Committee of CCS Ltd.
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Port Blair, March 16: The National Rural Livelihood Mission aims to alleviate rural poverty and create sustainable livelihood opportunities for the rural poor especially for rural women. The basic idea behind this programme is to unite the poor into Self Help Group and make them capable for self-employment.
Smti. Hemlata Bala is one such beneficiaries under the NRLM scheme. A resident of Tugapur of Mayabunder she is associated with a Self Help Group namely Sreemoi. She has joined this SHG for the purpose of initiating self-employment, so that she could support her family financially.
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Port Blair, March 16: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Hon’ble Minister of Education, Govt. of India, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal to grant reservation to the law graduates of Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the National Law Universities of India for pursuing LLM Courses. Sharma mentioned that since the first batch of Andaman Law College students will become graduates in the current academic year 2021, many of them will aspire to pursue LLM. The Andaman Law College imparts only B.A., LL.B. degree course and the passing out Law Graduates of the Islands will have to qualify as candidates belonging to General Category under Central Government All India Quota in the All India centralized examination namely ‘Common-Law Admission Test for Post Graduate.
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Port Blair, March 16: The District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) of Nicobar District organized one day District level Orientation Programme on Gender Budgeting under ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ (BBBP) in the Conference Hall of District Library, Car Nicobar on 16th March 2021. Shri. Kishore Kshirsagar Laxman IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Nicobar District graced the occasion as Chief Guest and inaugurated the programme by lighting the lamp.