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Swaraj Dweep, Sept. 12: Shri Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, A & N Islands along with Shri Sanjay Balan, Retd. Official, A & N Administration, yesterday visited Swaraj Dweep following numerous complaints regarding removal of old encroachments without following due process of law.
Further the local residents also alleged of excesses being committed on the entrepreneurs / businessmen/ traders of the islands and also upon the farmers by local officials.
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Panaji, Sept. 13: The 20th Maritime State Development Council (MSDC), Goa concluded today with remarkable outcomes for India’s maritime sector. This two-day event saw the resolution of over 80 critical issues between the Central Government, States, and Union Territories, focused on port infrastructure modernization, connectivity, statutory compliances, maritime tourism, navigation projects, sustainability, and port security.
Read more: 20th Maritime State Development Council in Goa Concludes Successfully
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Diglipur, Sept. 13: The Integrated Child Development Services Unit of the Social Welfare Department organized an awareness camp, highlighting the provisions under the acts enacted, safeguarding the women’s rights, at Model Senior Secondary School Sitanagar today. In the camp organized in different sessions, Adolescent girls were made aware about the provisions related to Domestic Violence Prohibition Act, Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act, and the provisions of strict legal actions against sexual harassment of women at the workplace.
Read more: ICDS Diglipur Organizes Awareness Camp for School Girls
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Port Blair, Sept. 13: Internationally renowned Padma Shri awardee scientist Dr Ajai Kumar Sonkar said that the production and consumption of plastic products and the amount of plastic debris are constantly increasing. He informed that Plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm are being found in all environments, and their detectable amount is 690,000 particles/kg and 155,000 particles/ liter in soil and freshwater environments, respectively. Common sources of microplastics in soil include plastic waste, polyethylene-based mulching vinyl used in agriculture, and friction of tire tread and shoe soles. This daily friction is generating a considerable amount of plastic particles, which cannot be ignored. Assuming that every person uses one shoe sole within two years, 2 grams of shoe sole fragments are entering the soil ecosystem annually.
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Port Blair, Sept. 13: The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India has launched a training programme under the flagship scheme ‘Paryatan Mitra, Paryatan Didi, and Swagatham’. As part of this, a three days training programme was organized from Sept.11 to 13, 2024 at Aapda Prabhandan Bhawan, Link Road in collaboration with the Tourism Department, A & N Administration and Office of India Tourism. The Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Kolkata was appointed as the training partner for this program, nominated by the Ministry of Tourism, GoI.