Andaman & Nicobar Current Affairs

Integrated Security Hub Launched in Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands get a high-tech Integrated Command and Control Centre inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah costing ₹229 crore.The centre strengthens security, emergency response, and surveillance, integrating multiple agencies.Alongside, nine projects were inaugurated and two foundation stones laid, totaling ₹373 crore, focusing on infrastructure, public services, and development.The initiative boosts maritime security, […]

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Swarnim Vijay Varsh celebration at Indira Point in Andaman & Nicobar Islands

The ‘Swarnim Vijay’ Victory Flame, commemorating the 50th anniversary of India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, reached the Indira Point, the southernmost tip of the country. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Indira Point, southernmost point of India’s territory, is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar

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Andaman & Nicobar becomes first large territory to get organic certification

About 14,491 hectare (ha) area in Andaman and Nicobar has been certified as organic, the first large contiguous territory to be done under a government scheme. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW) is working to identify Traditional Organic Areas to transform them into certified organic production hubs. The

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Leatherback nesting sites could be overrun by Andamans project

Proposals for tourism and port development in the Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) Islands have conservationists worried over the fate of some of the most important nesting populations of the Giant Leatherback turtle in this part of the Indian Ocean. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021 Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) is largest of the seven species

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India targets to fully covert Andaman and Nicobar, Lakshadweep islands to Green Energy

The Andaman & Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands will be using renewable energy to meet their total requirement under the goals set by the centre, according to Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and New and Renewable Energy R K Singh. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Government is aiming for 100 per cent renewable

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Andaman and Nicobar going to be maritime and startup hub

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reported that the Andaman and Nicobar islands region, owing to its strategic importance, was going to be developed as a “maritime and startup hub” and highlighted his government’s development initiatives for it. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points A transhipment hub has been proposed in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.

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India to launch submarine cable connectivity for Andaman & Nicobar

India set up to inaugurate the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) connecting Chennai and Port Blair on August 10, via video conferencing. The submarine cable will also connect Port Blair to Swaraj Dweep (Havelock), Little Andaman, Car Nicobar, Kamorta, Great Nicobar, Long Island, and Rangat. Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points This connectivity will enable

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