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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan. 24: NABARD, Andaman & Nicobar Regional Office organized a celebratory event today for conferring first 7 GI Certificates to applicants, successful completion of digitization of all PACS and the three Farmer Producers Companies achieving milestone of 100 members each and also for the launch of UT Focus Paper 2025-26. The event was graced by Dr. Chandra Bhushan Kumar, IAS, Chief Secretary, A&N Administration as chief guest and Prof. (Dr) Unnat Pandit, Controller General, PDTM & Registrar of Copyrights and GI as special guest. Other dignitaries present on the occasion were Dr. Satyendra Singh Dursawat, IAS, Secretary to LG and Industries, Smti Pallavi Sarkar, IAS, Secretary, Agriculture, Smti Richa, Secretary-in-Charge (Coop.-cum-RCS), Dr. Vinod Kumar Mudumala, Zonal Director, Fishery Survey of India and Smti Archana Singh, General Manager, NABARD.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan. 24: The initiative for filling application for seven products of A&N Islands felicitated by NABARD for GI Tagging registration commenced on 29.04.2024 with Prof. Unnat P. Pandit, Controller General, Intellectual Property Rights & Registrar of Geographical Indication and his team calling on Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan 24: G Disha Meenakshi a young Rated Chess player from Sri Vijaya Puram, achieves the title of Arena Candidate Master (ACM). She is now the youngest Girl chess player from Andaman & Nicobar Islands to attain the FIDE Online Arena title.
ACM G Disha Meenakshi, a Class V student of PM SHRI KV 1, Sri Vijaya Puram was awarded the Arena Candidate Master (ACM) title by the World Chess Federation yesterday for her outstanding performance in the FIDE Online Arena (FOA). She has a Classical FIDE Rating of 1416.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan 24: In a spirited celebration of the 73rd A&N Police Raising Day, the Andaman and Nicobar Police hosted a vibrant "At-Home" function on 24/01/2025 at the Police Lines Parade Ground. The event was graced by the esteemed presence of Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon'ble Lieutenant Governor of A&N Islands and Vice Chairman, Islands Development Agency, as the Chief Guest.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan 24: Mr. C. Arjun, a resident of Sri Vijaya Puram, initiated a freshwater ornamental fish culture startup in 2021, initially importing 50 varieties of commercially important ornamental fish from Chennai. However, the venture encountered substantial challenges, notably a concerning mortality rate of 70–80% among the newly imported fish, attributed to deficient management practices, and limited knowledge of disease prevention and treatment protocols.