Port Blair, Aug 16: The ‘AICF Chess For Everyone’ All-India FIDE Rated Chess Tournament 2023 which began on 11th August 2023 Hotel TSG Grand, Dollygunj, Port Blair concluded on 15th Aug. 2023. The tournament was organised by the Andaman Nicobar Chess Association (ANCA) under the aegis of All India Chess Federation (AICF), powered by TCI.

This is the first time, ANCA hosted an All-India level FIDE rating Chess Tournament and received an overwhelming response from the participants in which more than 150 Chess players from 15 different states of India participated in the five day’s event enthusiastically.

Port Blair, Aug 16: A delegation of CITU Andaman & Nicobar State Committee comprising R. Surendran Pillai, President, B. Chandrachoodan, General Secretary, D. Ayyappan, Vice President and SP Kalairajan, Secretary today (16.08.2023) met the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, A & N Islands at his chamber and discussed about the issues relating to the daily rated mazdoors working in the Forest Department. A letter from CITU was also submitted to the PCCF on the occasion. 

Port Blair, Aug 16: Established in 1994, Laghu Udyog Bharati (LUB) is a registered All India organization of Micro and Small Industries in India. Today, Laghu Udyog Bharati has its membership spread over the length and breadth of the country. It has membership in more than 400 Districts and has 250 Branches all over the country. The organization's core mission revolves around fostering entrepreneurship and self-employment, ultimately driving the sustainable progress of Micro & Small Industries and contributing to the sustainable growth of the country.

Diglipur, Aug 15: Joining the Nation, the rural Model Senior Secondary School at Sitanagar too celebrated the 77th Independence Day with fervor and gaiety. Around 500 students assembled in the morning and took out Prabhat Pheri from the school campus, making rounds of the village, shouting slogans and holding placards, transcending the messages of “Panch-Pran”, coined by the Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The villagers were welcoming the long procession of students, standing alongside the road. On their return, the National flag was hoisted. The Head of Institution administered the oath of ‘Panch-Pran’ to the staff, students and the villagers, which includes ‘Making India a developed country’, ‘Root out the traces of colonial mindset’, ‘Take Pride in our Heritage’, ‘To strive for National Unity’ and ‘To discharge duties honestly, keeping Nation first’.

Diglipur, Aug 16: On 16.08.2023 the anti-poaching team consisting of ASI B.S Halder, HC V. Saji, and PCs Subrata Biswas & Jaspal Singh was on its way to search for foreign poachers in the mangroves and creek area of Loha Tikrey, Khari Nallah where they were suspected to be hidden. Suddenly, the team noticed some movement of the poachers and the team got an alert from ASI B.S Halder. On seeing the Police team the poachers tried to escape into the dense jungle. The team fired warning shots to stop them but they vanished into the jungle. The team courageously followed and rounded them, resulted in apprehension of 03 poachers successfully.