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PBMC sounds cautionagainst littering public places

Port Blair, Feb 24:  The Port BlairMunicipal Council (PBMC) hascautioned the people andbusiness community againstlittering the public places. In apress release received here, thePBMC has stated that thegeneral public, traders,businessmen, hotelier, touristetc have been found to belittering on the publicproperties such as footpath/r o a d s / p a r k s / g a r d e n /seashore and sea beaches byerratically throwing garbageindiscriminately at variousplaces, which results in anuntidy and unhygienicperspective of the city. ThePBMC has decided to takeimmediate action on the matteras such acts are not onlycausing inconvenience to thepublic but also spreading

diseases. Accordingly, inexercise of powers conferredunder Sub-section 49 of theAndaman & NicobarIslands (Municipal)Regulation, 1994, theChairperson, PBMC herebyprohibits everyone fromlittering in the municipalarea.

If anyone litters inthe municipal area, he/shewill be dealt with strictly andshall have to pay fine to theextent of Rs.100/- forindividual litteringlandward side and Rs.500/- for seashore and seasideand Rs.5000/- for littering bycommercial establishment atpublic places, acommunication from theSecretary, MunicipalCouncil said.

South Andaman’s water crisis to end within 10 days

APWD to connect Beach Dera Damwith Jhinga Nallah Dam to solve wa-

ter crisis of SA villages

Port Blair, Jan 24: TheAndaman Public WorksDepartment today claimedthat the water crisis of SouthAndaman Villages will besolved within 10 days.Talking to Andaman Sheekhaexclusively, Mr. Balbir Singh,the Superintendent Engineerof APWD today said thatAPWD is presently layingtemporary pipeline fromBeach Dera Dam to JhingaNallah Dam and the workwill be completed within tendays.In later stage the APWD isplanning to connect SonaPahar Dam with JhingaNallah Dam as a long term

solution.Mr. Singh said that

nearly a year back desiltingwas carried out in the JhingaNallah Dam but as there waswater in the middle of theDam, desilting was carriedout only in the corner areas

of the dam. “This is because ifdesilting is carried out in themiddle the water will turnmuddy and become unfit foruse,” he said.

He said that JhingaNallah has actually two

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Crisis keeps Directorate of Disaster Management Busy

No prizes for winners of ‘Titleand Slogan Writing Competition’

Port Blair, Feb 24: TheDirectorate of DisasterManagement had organizedcompetitions for sloganwriting on disaster andnaming of suitable title for theproposed Mock Exercise inboth Hindi and English in themonth of October 2013.

In this regard, threelevels of competitions in therespective languages wasorganized viz. school students(age group 6 to 11), schoolstudents (age group 12 to 18),college students (age group 18to 25) and adults (age group 25and above). Each category of

competition comprised acash prize of Rs.5,000 forslogan writing and anotherRs.5,000 for best title for theexercise. It was promisedthat the slogans selectedwill be used in InformationEducation andCommunication (IEC)activities during theexercise. The last date ofsubmission of the entrieswas Oct 15, 2013.

After nearly onemonth the selectioncommittee meeting wasconvened by the Directorateof Disaster Management onOct. 28 for the selection ofbest entries on slogans &title (Hindi/English) and

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SC dismisses PIL against ShindeNEW DELHI: The SupremeCourt on Monday dismisseda PIL seeking a CBI probeinto alleged interference byUnion home ministerSushilkumar Shinde in theDelhi Police investigationinto alleged IPL spot-fixing.

An apex courtbench headed by Chief Jus-tice P Sathasivam said thatit could not hear serious al-

legations just on media re-ports.

The court told peti-tioner Shiv Kumar Tripathithat if he had appropriate evi-dence he should move theappropriate forum.

Tripathi's plea isbased on BJP leader andformer home secretary RKSingh's claim of Shinde's in-terference in the probe.

ACCI highlights important issues ofIslands with Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Port Blair, Feb 24: A delega-tion of the Andaman Cham-ber of Commerce & Indus-try (ACCI) led by Mr. G.Bhasker, President met Mr.Montek Singh Ahluwalia,Deputy Chairman, PlanningCommission during his threedays visit to these Islands on19th February, 2014 and sub-mitted a letter of Memoran-dum highlighting various im-portant issues of these is-lands. They also had detaileddiscussion with him about thefuture economic develop-ment of these islands.

The issues discussedwere (i) Establishing direct airconnectivity between PortBlair-Thailand/Malaysia/Singapore to boost the tour-ism activity in these islands(ii) Reduction of high air farebetween mainland-island sec-tor by the Airline Companies(iii) exploring the possibility ofshifting the movement of thelocal people travelling by seato air by operating air char-ters and also the subsidywhich is being given for shipticket to the local people toavail air travel, (iv) A&N Is-lands may be exempted fromlevying Service Tax in order

to boost the tourism industryand also to bring down thesoaring prices of essentialcommodities, (v) Expeditingthe laying of the under-seacable to have faster telecom-munication links to the outsideworld and also enabling the ITindustries to come up, (vi ) lo-cal Commercial Banks may bedirected to extend loans to thelocal industries and localpeople to set start trades andbusiness by imposing only rea-sonable interest rate and with-out any cumbersome proce-dure, (vii) Framing suitablepolicy guidelines for incentive-wise investments by entrepre-neurs who are undertakingboat safari within the islandsprimarily for scuba diving andgame fishing and also liberal-izing the guidelines for regis-tering and operation of suchvessels in line with interna-tional practices, (viii) Upgrad-ing the Port Blair InternationalAirport by immediately con-structing the new model AirTerminal and making it func-tional throughout the day, (ix )Establishing Dry Dock/ShipBuilding and Repairing Facil-ity taking into account the cap-tive market and also consid-

ering the islands proximity tothe South East Asian Coun-tries, (x) Connecting roads toall the villages in these islandsbesides developing ATRRoads in to the grade of Na-tional High Way from PortBlair to Diglipur to improvethe live style of the people inthe North and MiddleAndaman by appropriatelylinking the sea creek atMiddle Strait and Kadamtalaby suitable bridges and alsolinking Bambooflat with PortBlair by a bridge, (xi) Settingup no-conventional energyprojects for which islands arevery suitable apart from theexisting Diesel Projects toovercome the energy crisis inthe islands, and (xii) Provid-ing enhanced powers to theA&N Administration to im-mediately clear pending infrastructure projects especially intourism by relaxing the normslay down in the CRZ/IPZ no-tifications.

The Deputy Chair-man was very pleased to hearthe Members and assuredthem to look into all the issueskeeping the economic devel-opment of these islands inmind.

Model Code of Conducttraining for HoDs at DBRAITPort Blair, Feb 24: In con-nection with the forthcom-ing General Elections, theChief Electoral Office,A&N Islands will organizea training on Model Code ofConduct for all Heads ofDepartments, A&N Admin-istration/Central Govern-ments at the upper confer-ence hall of the DBRAIT,

Old Pahargaon on Feb 25,2014 at 10 am. Registrationof participants will be heldat 10 am. The OSD to theRO, Shri. M Sanjay will bethe resource person for boththe sessions, one from 10.30am to 11.30 am and from11.45 am to 12.45 pmrespectively, an officialcommunication said.

Maha Shivratri puja on Feb 27Port Blair, Feb 24: MahaShivratri will be celebrated atShri Sarweshwar MahadevMandir, Chinmaya Missionon Feb 27 with a day-longreligious activities. The aus-picious day will begin withShri Ganapti Homam at 6 amfollowed by ShriRudrabhishekam and otherprogrammes. From 9 pm on-

wards satsang and pravachanwill be held followed by aratiat midnight.

Meanwhile, MahaShivratri puja will also be cel-ebrated by Radha GovindTemple, RGT Road on Feb27, 2014 from 5 am to mid-night. Puja, kirtan etc will formpart of the celebration, a com-munication said.

Port Blair, Feb 24: JusticePrasenjit Mandal and JusticeAsim Kumar Ray, Judges ofthe Calcutta High Court shall

be sitting/holding Circuit Courtat Port Blair on and from Feb28 to Mar 14, 2014, a commu-nication received here said.

Circuit Court from Feb 28

ACCI’s memorandum forwarded to Ministryof Home Affairs by President’s Secretariat

Port Blair, Feb 24: In a letterto Shri G. Bhasker, President,Andaman Chamber of Com-merce & Industry (ACCI),Port Blair from Shri ChirabrataSarkar, Under Secretary,President Secretariat, NewDelhi, it has been informedthat the Memorandum submit-ted by the delegation of theChamber to the Hon’ble Presi-dent of India during his visitto these Islands on 12th Janu-ary,2014 has been forwardedto the Home Secretary, Min-istry of Home Affairs and Min-istry of Finance, New Delhifor appropriate action.

In the said Memo-randum ACCI invited the at-tention of the Hon’ble Presi-dent of India to favourablyconsider the various importantissues for the economic de-velopment of the Islands andalso for creating adequateemployment opportunities tothe unemployed youth viz Upgradation of the Airport atPort Blair to International stan-dards to enable the city to re-ceive more flights. Introduc-tion of air services from PortBlair to nearby South EastAsian countries likeSingapore, Thailand, Malay-sia, Myanmar from Port BlairInternational airport.

Considering reduc-tion of the high air fare beingcharged by the Airlines Com-

panies between sectorsChennai/Kolkata and Port Blair.

Improvement of interisland by introducing moreflights like helicopters and fixedwing air craft’s which can con-nect Port Blair to the southerngroup of islands.

Port infrastructureneeds to be modernized withchanging times which includeconstruction of ferry terminalsat Port Blair, Neil and Havelock.Setting up of Dry Docks/ Shipbuilding and Repairing Facilitywhich has great potential forproviding employment to thelocal youth.

Development of ATRfrom Port Blair to Diglipur tothe status of National High Waywith connecting bridges be-tween Middle Strait andBaratang and Uttara jetty toKadamtala for the improvementof the life style of the people ofNorth and Middle Andamanapart from constructing abridge linking Bambooflat andPort Blair.

Expediting the layingof Under Sea Optical FiberCable to improve the internet,mobile and telephone servicesand also to facilitate IT indus-tries to come up at Port Blair.Setting up of non-conventionalpower projects to meet thegrowing electricity needs of theislands to avoid heavy expen-diture on Diesel Projects. A n -

nouncement of Special finan-cial packages so as to enablethe entrepreneurs to set up in-dustries which include capitaland transport subsidy for in-dustrial units.

Islands should be ex-empted from Service Tax tobring economy to the islandsby setting up more small andmedium scale industries, hotelindustries, tourism industriesand other trades.RationalizingOctroi/Entry Tax being leviedby the PBMC, Port Blair whichincreases substantially theprices of essential commodi-ties in the islands.

Providing loan by theCommercial Banks to localpeople to set up industries andtrades without much cumber-some procedure and at re-duced rate of interest.

Opening of NicobarIslands for tourism purpose tobring Nicobari brethren to en-joy the fruits of developmentand generate employment forthe youth of Nicobari Islands.

Improvement of Fish-eries sector by introducingDeep Sea Fishing Trawlers/Liners, skilled development ofthe local fishermen, creatingland based infrastructure suchas landing centres, cold stor-age, transportation, marketingfacility apart from providingsubsidy to expand fishingactivities.

dams, Jhinga Nallah Dam 1and Jhinga Nallah Dam 2.

“The Jhinga NallahDam I, was constructednearly two decade back forJarawa Tribes, as at that pointof time they used to come outin populated areas due towater shortage insideReserve Forest. When theJhinga Nallah Dam 1,overflows the water reachesJhinga Nallah Dam 2. Thisyear the Dam has enoughspace but due to naturalreasons the Dam dried up

early,” he said.Meanwhile, on 20th

February the Chairperson ofSouth Andaman ZillaParishad, Mrs. Mariyam Bibimet the Lt. Governor andrequested him to intervene.The Member of Parliament,Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray hadalso raised the issue with theLt. Governor recently. Thematter became headline,when a group of villagersfrom Wimberlygunj areablocked ATR road protestingwater crisis in that region.

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Crisis keeps...results were declared but theprizes were not given thewinners yet.

Talking to AndamanSheekha a senior officer ofDDM today said that whenthe DDM first tried to releaseprize money Cyclone Lehar

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hit these Islands and insecond occasion the boattragedy rocked Andaman.Now the DDM is planning torelease the prize money byMarch First Week, hope nodisaster hits these Islands thistime.

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Port Blair, Feb 24: A team ofleaders of the Non-GazettedGovt. Officers’ Associationundertook a visit to North andMiddle Andaman Districtfrom 20th to 23rd February,2014. The team which com-prised Shri Sadanand Rai,

NGGOA team visits Northand Middle Andaman District

President, Shri D. Ayyappan,General Secretary and ShriTS Sreekumar, Assistant Gen-eral Secretary, visited Diglipur,Mayabunder, Billiground andRangat and addressed a se-ries of meetings of govern-ment employees in those ar-

eas.Addressing these

meetings, Shri Sadanand Rai,President exhorted the em-ployees to strengthen theNon-Gazetted Govt. Officers’Association to fight for

Port Blair, Feb 24: The De-partment of Sports, A& NAdministration will be orga-nizing a Swimming Competi-tion on 28/02/2014 at NetajiStadium Swimming Complexfor selection of participants forthe All India Civil ServicesSwimming Tournament 2013-14 to be held at Bhopal from

SwimmingCompetition by DoS

09/03/2014 to 11/03/2014.All the interested

Govt. Officials under variousdepartments are requested tosend the list of participants forregistering their namesthrough their concerned de-partment on or before 27/01/2014 positively to the Direc-tor (Sports).

Remnants of LTTE trying to makeAndaman and Nicobar Islands safe haven?

Source: PTIPort Blair/ New Delhi, Feb 24: Are the islands of Andamanand Nicobar potential terrorhubs? Yes, feels the adminis-tration of the Union Territory,which has said the possibilityof left out LTTE cadre tryingto make them a safe havencannot be ruled out.The administration has alsoconveyed to the governmentthat foreigners fromMyanmar, Bangladesh, Thai-land and Sri Lanka often in-trude into the archipelago.

The Home Ministryhas told the Parliamentary

Standing Committee on HomeAffairs that according to theUnion Territory Administra-tion, Andaman and Nicobar

Islands have settlers from SriLanka, Bangladesh andMyanmar and possibility of

Port Blair, Feb 24: NationalScience Day under the theme

National Science Day(NSD) by CARI gets underway

“Fostering Scientific Temper”in honour of Nobel laureateand great Indian Physicist SirC.V.Raman for his discoveryof Raman Effect got startedtoday with the firstprogramme “Open Day”wherein the farmers of SouthAndaman participated.

Speaking on the oc-casion of inaugural, the Chiefguest Dr. S. Dam Roy, Direc-tor, CARI and Chairman ofthe National Science Day atthe Chaupal of Social ScienceSection, expressed his happi-ness on the overwhelming re-sponse shown by the group offarmers specially the ladies.He exhorted the farmerscoming from different clusterof villages like Chouldari,Badmas Pahar, Port Mout andMakkha Pahar to feel free invisiting different fields and in-teract with the scientists.Programmes for students,staff families and other stake-holders also arranged with aview to encourage scientifictemperament and to give theman opportunity to meet, shareand interact with the Scien-tists of the Institute. He con-cluded his speech by askingthe farmers to give their feedback on how best the Insti-tute scientists can come for-ward and address to the prob-lems faced by the farmersand youths. At the outset Dr.S.K. Zamir Ahmed, SeniorScientist and Organizing Sec-retary of NSD welcomed andbriefed on the objective be-

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EDITORIAL.....Lock Sabha, Rage Sabha

It's fine - up to a point - for ourrepresentatives to work them-selves up into frenzies of ragewhile in Parliament. But if in theprocess they put a lock on pro-ceedings in the Lok Sabha andRajya Sabha, that militates againstdemocracy. Back when the Indianrepublic was in its infancy in the1950s, Lok Sabha met for 127 daysa year on average. That numberhas come down to 71 for the justconcluded 15th Lok Sabha.

The ignominy is com-pounded by the maximum everdisruptions, which ate up 39% ofeven the limited time that it met.Lawmaking has suffered gravely,with least number of Bills passedby any full-term House. Chal-lenges facing the country are dif-ferent than at Independence butthey are no less formidable —socially, economically or from thesecurity perspective.

So it's no exaggeration tosay that India's well-being hingeson the next Parliament walking ahealthier route. An upside is thatvarious stakeholders, includingmany MPs, agree on the contoursof a fitness plan. For example, anextended calendar of sittingswould enable better scheduling oflegislative business. A provisioncan even be made for summoningthe House when enough membersindicate such need. As in the UK,

a certain number of days can be setaside to deliberate matters ofopposition's choice. If Parliamentworks more hours, more MPs getan opportunity to say their piece, in-centives for disruption also shrink.The basic idea must be to bring de-bating back.

Fisticuffs and pepper spray-ing signal an appalling state of af-fairs. Worse will come if counter-measures are not urgently imple-mented. Stricter punishment for un-ruly behaviour is imperative. Butthat's just a first step. The bigger goalis to remake Parliament into a templeof deliberative lawmaking. This ses-sion saw India's 29th state createdagainst din and a TV blackout, plusa budget passed without discussion.A healthy legislature would debateevery tax.

One that cannot deliver aGrievance Redressal Bill to its citi-zens despite pledging it bipartisansupport has pressing need of medi-cation.

There are rays of hope. Theway in which this Parliament passedthe Whistleblowers' Bill to ensure thesafety of those exposing corruptionin government and the Psychotro-pic Substances (Amendment) Bill togive palliative care to Indians in painat its fag end shows much can beachieved with political will. The nextParliament must walk a more ambi-tious, high-minded path.

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these settlers being used “by ele-ments from their erstwhile countries”cannot be ruled out.

“The UT government is ofthe view that left out LTTE cadre maylook for safe havens in the near vi-cinity and may take advantage of ouruninhabited islands for their tempo-rary hideouts,” the Home Ministrytold the panel.

The Andaman and NicobarIslands are situated in the Bay ofBengal at a distance of 1200 kmfrom the mainland. These islandsare spread over an area of 8249 sqkm. This group comprises 572 is-lands of which only 38 are inhab-ited.

The island authority hasconveyed that the local Tamil popu-lation in the islands, like other partsof the country, is also sympatheticto the cause of Sri Lankan Tamils.

Further, sympathy of SriLankan Tamil refugees who werebrought and settled in these islandsduring 1960s and 1970s may beeasily gained for abetting, aidingand assisting the LTTE outfit in pro-viding temporary shelters under thethick forest covers in the islands.

“In fact the geographicallocations and conditions make theseislands an ideal place for providingsafe havens for terrorist groups forjungle warfare training and evendumping grounds for arms and am-

munition,” the Standing Committeeon Home Affairs has been in-formed.

Owing to its proximity toMyanmar (which is only 45 kmfrom the northern most point ofAndaman and Nicobar Islands andIndonesia is just 160 km fromCampbell Bay), Thailand and In-donesia, a large number of foreign-ers intrude into Indian territory forpoaching of marine resources.

Since a large number of is-lands are uninhabited and scat-tered over a large area in Andamanand Nicobar, the archipelago iseasily accessible by anti-nationalelements.

Bangladeshi nationals of-ten intrude into these islandsthrough sea route. A number ofBangladeshis have been arrestedfrom the islands and deported.

Andaman and Nicobar Is-lands have peculiar geographicallocations and conditions whichmake it vulnerable to ser iousthreats from illegal cross-borderactivities by various foreign ele-ments.

The islands consist of deeptropical jungles and remote islands,separated by miles of deep seafrom each other. The foreign in-truders often go deep into thecreeks and jungles to take shelter,the panel has been told. (PTI)

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Runaway star KappaCassiopeiae's overspeeding

causes spectacular light showNEW DELHI: Nasa's SpitzerSpace Telescope has photo-graphed the sensational effectof a hot supergiant star mov-ing at around 2.5 million mph(1,100 kilometers per second).

This rogue star isknown as Kappa Cassiopeiae,or HD 2905 to astronomers.Such is its speed and so mas-sive is its size that a streaky redglow was observed by Spitzerfour light years ahead of therunaway star created by'winds' from the star collidingwith inter-stellar material.

This is called a bowshock, often seen in front ofthe fastest, most massive starsin the galaxy. Bow shocks formwhere the magnetic fields andwind of particles flowing off astar collide with the diffuse, andusually invisible, gas and dust

that fill the space between stars.How these shocks light up tellsastronomers about the condi-tions around the star and inspace. Slow-moving stars likeour sun have bow shocks thatare nearly invisible at all wave-lengths of light, but fast starslike Kappa Cassiopeiae createshocks that can be seen bySpitzer's infrareddetectors.Incredibly, this shockis created about 4 light-yearsahead of Kappa Cassiopeiae,showing what a sizable impactthis star has on its surround-ings. This is about the samedistance that we are fromProxima Centauri, the neareststar beyond the sun.

The KappaCassiopeiae bow shock showsup as a vividly red color. Faintgreen cloudy structures were

observed on the sides. Scien-tists think they are light fromcarbon molecules of polycyclicaromatic hydrocarbons in dustclouds along the line of sightthat are illuminated bystarlight.Delicate red filamentsrun through this infrared nebula,crossing the bow shock. Someastronomers have suggestedthese filaments may be tracingout features of the magneticfield that runs throughout ourgalaxy. Since magnetic fieldsare completely invisible them-selves, we rely on chance en-counters like this to reveal a littleof their structure as they inter-act with the surrounding dustand gas.Kappa Cassiopeiae isvisible to the naked eye in theCassiopeia constellation but itsbow shock only shows up ininfrared light.

achieving various pending de-mands and also to protect thebenefits already achievedthrough agitations over theyears. Addressing the em-ployees in these meetings,Shri D. Ayyappan, GeneralSecretary came down heavilyon the central government fornot conceding various genu-ine and rightful demands ofthe central government em-ployees like (1) merger of50%of DA with pay which

was due from 1.1.2011, (ii)declaring Interim Relief (3)removal of ban on creation ofposts and recruitment, etc. Hesaid that the Interim Budgetpresented in the Lok Sabha bythe Union Finance Minister didnot indicate any of the issuesrelating to the government em-ployees.

Shri TS Sreekumar,Asst. General Secretary, whileaddressing these meetings, ex-plained the steps taken by the

Association to resolve variousdemands of the teachers of theEducation Department. Gov-ernment employees in all theabove areas brought to thenotice of the leaders the diffi-culties being faced by them intheir respective areas andsought their help to resolve it.Shri D. Ayyappan, GeneralSecretary assured the em-ployees that their grievanceswill be brought to the notice ofthe authorities concerned.

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Bacterial 'tomb' inancient teeth window

for dental careLondon: Despite ma jorchanges in human diet andhygiene over the years,bacteria that cause gum dis-ease - from mild to severe- today did the same to ourancestors 1,000 years ago!Researchers found an an-cient human oral cavity thatcarried numerous opportu-nistic pathogens and dis-covered that periodontaldisease or gum disease iscaused by the same bacte-ria today as in the past.Thedental calculus (plaque)preserved bacteria and mi-croscopic particles of foodon the surfaces of teeth -effectively creating a min-eral tomb for microbiomes.

“The ancient hu-man oral microbiome al-ready contained the basicgenetic machinery for an-tibiotic resistance morethan eight centuries beforethe invention of the firsttherapeutic antibiotics inthe 1940s,” claimed Chris-tina Warinner from Univer-s i ty of Zurich,Switzerland.The scientistsa lso r ecovered dieta ryDNA from ancient dentalcalculus, allowing the iden-

tification of dietary compo-nents, such as vegetables,that leave few traces in thearchaeological record.Theresearchers applied shot-gun DNA sequencing todental calculus for the firsttime.

They reconstructedthe genome of a major pe-riodontal pathogen and pro-duced possibly the first ge-netic evidence of dietarybiomolecules to be recov-ered from ancient dentalcalculus.

The study has far-reaching implications forunderstanding the evolutionof the human ora lmicrobiome and the originsof periodontal disease.Theresearch was led by Uni-versity of Zurich, Univer-sity of Copenhagen andUniversity of York.Today,moderate to severe gumdisease affects more than10 percent of the world'spopulation and is linked toca rdiovascular disease,stroke, pulmonary diseaseand type 2 diabetes, saidthe research published inthe journal Nature Genet-ics.

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hind the celebration of theweek long programme. Dr.M. Sankaran, Dr. Jai Sunder,Senior Scientists and Mr. AmitSrivastava, STO, CARI alsospoke on the occasion.

The visiting farmerswere shown the Mini incubatorhatchery in Animal Science Di-vision, Sub-DIC, Dweep KrishiDarpan, Poly house, Watershedprogrammes and other modelsestablished in the Institute. The

group also interacted with thescientists and expressed theirhappiness for arranging a veryinformative exposure visit on theoccasion of National ScienceDay. A total of fifty three ofwhich thirty nine women andfourteen men participated whichwere facilitated by the Dr.Abhay Kr. Singh, PC, I/c & Er.B.K. Nanda and Mrs.Haripriya, SMS of KVK, SouthAndaman.

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ANSCU opens center for tailoringand fashion designing at Wandoor

Port Blair, Feb 24: In the chain ofprogrammes for making isles’womenfolks self reliant and selfsufficient, the Andaman andNicobar State CooperativeUnion has opened another cen-ter for tailoring and fashion de-signing course in Wandoor on21st February, 2014.

The Chairman,ANSCU, Kuldeep Rai Sharmahas inaugurated the centerwhere 41 rural women have reg-istered themselves for undergo-ing the training. In his inauguraladdress Kuldeep has stated thatfeeling the nerves of the ruralwomenfolk who are the mostsocio-economically exploited,under privileged class with littleincome are lacking nutrition andeducation due to poverty, hasthought of imparting trainingthrough ANSCU in tailoring andfashion designing so that theymay earn their livelihood and bea helping hand to their respec-tive families. Kuldeep has alsostated that after being trained ifthey want to form Self help

groups, they may avail easy loanfrom financial institutions tospread their business, otherwisethey may even save money bystitching clothing for their fam-ily members. He has also addedthat he wants to see every ruralwomenfolk self dependent forwhich his team of ANSCU is im-parting this free training.

If the womenfolk of thearea wants training in Computeroperating and beauticiancourses, that also will be pro-vided free of cost by ANSCU,Kuldeep said. At the outset PGPaul, the Director, ANSCU haswelcomed the gathering andstated that it is Kuldeep, who

through his vision, has not onlydeveloped and introduced vari-ous activities in ANSCU butalso introduced many trainingschemes for the welfare of thewomenfolk so that the conditionof rural women of these islandsis uplifted in many ways. Apartfrom NN Nag, ZP Member andsocial worker, who has assuredto give employment to two mostdeserving trained participants inthe tailoring shop to come upsoon in the area , Md Shafique,Pramukh, Ms Shushila Mondal,Pradhan, and SS Das, Pradhanhave also addressed the gather-ing. Director ANSCU, Rizwan Alihas proposed vote of thanks.

Cultural Programme bydelegates of National Integration CampPort Blair, Feb 24: 400 del-egates from 25 State/UT in-cluding Andaman andNicobar Islands along withDr. S.N. Subba Rao, notedGandhian, Camp Directorof Na tiona l IntegrationCamp will vis it

Wimberlygunj on 25th Feb-ruary, 2014 and they willreach Mini S tadium,Wimberlygunj at 04.00 PM.The Delegates will hold arally and present culturalprogramme in the MiniStadium.

Firing practice by TA BattalionPort Blair, Feb 24: The smallarms firing practice of 154 InfBn (TA) Bihar, Port Blair willbe carried out at the PoliceFiring Range, Bird Line,Prothrapur from 0800 hrs to2030 hrs on Feb 25 to Mar 5,

2014. All concerned havebeen warned to keep them-selves and their vehicle orlivestock away from the fir-ing range during the men-tioned date and time, a com-munication said.

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Port Blair, Feb 24:Automative giant & utilitymarket leader Mahindra &Mahindra in collaborationwith Ssangyon MotorsLaunched its flagship modelRexton here in Andamans.

Founded in 1954,Ssangyong Motors is aleading automobile manu-facturer in South Korea.The companies’ unretentingpursuit of better engineer-ing & design have made itsSUV, Sedans & cross overa success in 90 countries.Now integrated intoMahindra Group, the firstSsangyong range of pre-miumvehicles to be launched inIndia the Rexton is nowavailable in Andamans at aStar t ing price of Rs 20Lakhs. The plus, powerful& premium Rexton comesin two var iants RX5(manual) & RX7 (Auto-matic).

The 5 speed E-tronnic automatic transmis-sion is developed with

Mahindra launches its PremiumGlobal SUV Ssangyon Rexton in Andamans

Mercedez & is powered by2700 CC engine with maxi-mum power of 184 BHPmaking it the most power-ful vehicle in its segment.It comes in options of both2Wheel & all wheel drive.

It has beenequipped with the many ad-vanced active & passivesafety systems like ESP,airbags, parking Assist.Rexton treat s you to asumptuous spread of com-fort. Features like Cruisecontrol, Electric sunroof &

blinds, Electrically foldableOVRMS, Parking Sensors,8 way Electrically adjust-able seats , Lea therwrapped seats , touchScreen info entertainment& GPRS system.

In a simple eventon 21.02.2014 the vehiclewas unveiled & the firstVehicle was delivered toMr.Fayaz Khan ofH.F.Shipping by Mr. FarhanJadwet (Dealer Principle-Jadwet Trading Company)in a ceremonial process.

MANY MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAYHAPPY BIRTH DAYMONISH

(on 25.02.2014 )Inserted by: Mummy, Papa & Relatives

GREETINGS

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