Andaman

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

8:40 pm May 25, 2021

New Delhi: The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has earmarked its highest-ever number of teams for deployment in Odisha and West Bengal to undertake relief and rescue operations during cyclone Yaas, its chief S N Pradhan said on Tuesday. He added that according to reports received from the state governments, more than 8 lakh people have been evacuated to safety in West Bengal, the same figures for Odisha were […]

Andamans reports 45 new COVID-19 cases, one more death

1:53 pm April 25, 2021

Port Blair: Forty-five more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, pushing the coronavirus tally in the union territory of 5,614, a health department official said on Sunday. The COVID-19 death toll rose to 66 as one more person succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, he said Thirty-eight new […]

CBI takes over ITBP fake appointment letters case

7:45 pm March 1, 2021

New Delhi: The CBI has taken over investigation in ITBP recruitment scam in which 24 unsuccessful candidates from across the country were conned with fake appointment letters to join the force, officials said. These candidates had appeared in the examination for the post of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) constables in 2014-15 and 2016 but could […]

5 new cases push COVID-19 tally of Andamans to 4,682

3:39 pm November 27, 2020

Port Blair: The COVID-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,682 on Friday as five more persons tested positive for the infection, a health official said. All the new cases were detected during contact tracing, he said. Twelve more people have been cured of the disease, the official said. The archipelago now has […]

New genus of treefrog discovered in Andaman

6:05 pm November 12, 2020

Kochi: A new genus of the old world treefrog family has been discovered in Andaman Islands and Northeast India, researchers said on Thursday. A study led by Delhi University Professor S D Biju along with a team of researchers from India, China, Indonesia and Thailand, said this is for the first time a tree frog […]

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