Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 10: Recognizing the paramount importance of safety, economy, speed and the efficiency in extraction of mineral resources and in its convergence into viable economic alloys and metals, National Mineral Policy has accorded higher priority to Research and Development (R&D) programme and the Ministry of Mine, Govt. of India has been funding research through grant-in-aid projects to many research institutions in different areas under the broad ambit of its S &T programme.

Diglipur, Oct. 10: A one-day training programme on PAHAL Plus was organized by the Office of the Deputy Education Office, Diglipur in collaboration with the State Institute of Education (SIE), Shiksha Sadan, Sri Vijayapuram yesterday to create awareness on the importance of PAHAL + Portal, which is considered to be the best practices for designing unique tools to access and monitor the learning outcomes of the students.

Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 10: All citizens have been informed that due to unforeseen technical issues, the online payment platform of Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council (SVPMC), accessible at https://pbmc.gov.in will remain temporarily unavailable for the next two working days w.e.f Oct.11, 2024.

Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 10: Section 93 of Amended M V Act (A) 2019 mandates that no person shall engage himself as aggregator unless he has obtained license from such authorities as may be prescribed by the State Government. It has been further provided that while issuing the license to such aggregators the State Government may follow such guidelines as may be issued by the Central Government.

Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 10: Heavy rain (07-11cm) is likely to occur at one or two places over Nicobar Island on Oct.13. Swell waves in the range of 17.0 - 19.0 sec period with 1.6 - 2.1 m height have been forecasted till 2330 hours of Oct.11, 2024. There is a possibility of surging of waves, hence, boats have been advised to ply with utmost vigilance and recreation may be done with due care. For further enquiries/ information, one may contact the Helpline of State Emergency Operation Centre at Helpline No. 1070 & District Emergency Operation Centre at Helpline No. 1077. For any emergency/assistance at sea, call Coast Guard SAR Agency at Toll Free number 1554.