Last Updated: September 22, 2024, 23:48 IST Andaman and Nicobar Islands MP Bishnu Pada Ray (File image) The BJP MP alleged that due to administrative inaction, farmers are not getting diammonium phosphate fertiliser which they use before sowing. Andaman and Nicobar Islands MP Bishnu Pada Ray on Sunday accused Lieutenant Governor (LG) Devendra Kumar Joshi … Read more
A town on Middle Andaman island, Mayabunder was where the first Karen people on the islands set up their homes. The Karen are an ethnic group originally from Myanmar that were brought to India during British rule for their forest know-how and relative immunity from malaria, the Andaman rainforest being similar to those back home. … Read more
From dreaming about the immense possibilities offered by ocean studies while growing up in Port Blair to being at the helm of building rockets to put satellites in orbit, it has been a formidable learning curve for Saraniya Periaswamy, a young engineer at the Chennai-based space start-up Agnikul Cosmos. The 30-year-old Saraniya is in charge … Read more
