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The Andaman & Nicobar Administration has announced 544 Mazdoor and Group C vacancies, offering a key opportunity for 10th pass candidates. Applications, open till May 6, 2026, will be accepted online. With district-wise hiring, simple eligibility, and a physical test-based selection process, the drive aims to strengthen the region’s grassroots forest workforce.

In a startling revelation, sources in the Andaman and Nicobar administration have said that the ill fated MV Aqua Marine, which sank off Ross Island on January 26, killing 22 tourists, had no leaks.

‘Nalanda’, the second in the series of two 500-passenger capacity vessels built by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) for the Andaman & Nicobar Administration, was inducted into the fleet of Directorate of Shipping Services, Andaman & Nicobar Administration on Thursday.

Jarawas are highly vulnerable to diseases and virus carried by the urban population and inhabit forests in the western coasts of South and Middle Andaman Islands.

The shutdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus put a grieving family in a fix for almost three days as they struggled to find a way to transport body of their son from Chennai to Port Blair. The 26-year-old engineer was found dead in his room on Saturday morning.

The India Meteorological Department on Sunday said that cyclone Asani is likely to intensify into a deep depression during the next 24 hours. Indian Coast Guard ships have been shepherding the fishermen out at sea and issuing weather warnings on Sunday afternoon ahead of the upcoming Cyclone Asani.

A station house officer, identified as Aberdeen, was injured in the melee. He was rushed to hospital for treatment.

PUNE: Arun Bapat, a Pune-based seismologist, sent an email on August 2 to the Lt. Governor of Andaman, warning him of the coming disaster.

Government job aspirants have a final chance today, December 17, 2025, to apply for over 2,900 positions. Major recruitment drives for Junior Engineers in Andaman and Nicobar, Nursing Officers in Uttarakhand, Act Apprentices in South Eastern Railway, specialists at AIIMS, and Medical Laboratory Technicians are closing. Interested candidates must check eligibility and apply through official websites before the deadline.

The Supreme Court has said tourist activity in Jarawa reserves in Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be carried out strictly in compliance with the amended regulations which prohibit tourism in the buffer zone comprising an area upto 5 km radius adjacent and contiguous to the tribal area.

The Andaman and Nicobar administration has decided to impose a complete lockdown on weekends beginning August 1 to contain the spread of coronavirus, an official said on Wednesday. The strict restrictions will be in force on Saturdays and Sundays till the Covid-19 situation improves in the Union Territory, Chief Secretary,Chetan B Sanghi, said in an order issued on Tuesday.

A cyclonic storm that lashed the Andaman & Nicobar islands has left nearly 1,000 tourists from Bengal stranded, with movement of vessels to and from the islands temporarily suspended.

The Andaman police has registered a case against unknown persons in connection with the video of semi-naked Jarawa tribals being made to dance in return for food.

A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit beneath the Indian Ocean off the coast of Indonesia's Java island on Monday.