The Indian Meteorological Department stated on Friday that 75 such tremors have been recorded since the December 26 earthquake.
'If one island gets wiped out it will be the loss of an entire culture, a whole tradition.'
Three branches of the State Bank of India's in Nicobar Island have been severely damaged due to the Tsunami disaster, which struck the union territory of Andaman and Nicobar on December 26.
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The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 13,295 while 2,301 people have been cured and discharged.
Dr Ajay K Sonkar, who produced the pearl through the black lip oyster 'Pinctada margaritifera', met the President on Monday and apprised him of the research work carried out in Andaman and Nicobar islands.
According to the ministry, Maharashtra is the worst-affected state with 2,687 cases of which 259 patients have recovered/discharged while 178 patients have lost their lives due to the virus.
There are 907883 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 13.44 per cent of the total caseload, the data stated.
As many as 25 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. 16 people died Maharashtra, two each in Delhi, West Bengal, Haryana and Tamil Nadu and one in Andhra Pradesh.
Barnala served as chief minister pf Punjab from 1985 to 1987.
The plot will be handed over to a nongovernmental organisation -- SOS Children's Villages of India -- which is expected to begin work in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Meteorological predictions suggest that the sea could rise by 0.3 metres between January 10 and 12.
Srini was at the IAF base in Andaman and Nicobar's Car Nicobar Island, when the killer waves struck.
The Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands was one of the worst tsunami-hit areas in India.
The tremor, measured at 5.7 on the Richter scale, occurred at 0542 IST, the met office said adding the epicentre of the quake was at 6.3 degrees North Latitude and 92.1 degrees East Longitude.
Powerful aftershocks measuring six on the Richter Scale rocked the Islands in the Bay of Bengal again on Monday at around 06:20 am.
The depression over southeast Bay of Bengal in Andaman and Nicobar Islands developed into a deep depression and intensified into a cyclonic storm "Vardah."
Eyewitnesses to the boat tragedy also claimed that there was a blast before the capsize and that there was an hour's delay before the marine rescue team could reach the spot.
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
Of the 137 new deaths, 63 were in Maharashtra, 29 in Gujarat, 14 each from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, six from West Bengal, four from Tamil Nadu, two each from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, and one from Haryana.
The COVID-19 case fatality rate due to the coronavirus infection has further dropped to 1.66 per cent.
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal urged start-ups to focus on three Ps - product, process, people - for building Aatmnirbhar Bharat.
A total 134 deaths deaths were reported since Wednesday morning, of which 54 were in Maharashtra, 29 in Gujarat, 20 in Delhi, 9 in West Bengal, seven in Madhya Pradesh, four in Rajasthan, three in Tamil Nadu, two each in Telangana and Karnataka and one each in Andhra Pradesh,Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh.
Maharashtra has the most number of coronavirus cases with 23,401 cases.
Of the 2,206 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 832 fatalities, Gujarat comes second with 493 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 215, West Bengal at 185, Rajasthan at 107, Uttar Pradesh at 74, Delhi at 73, Tamil Nadu at 47 and Andhra Pradesh at 45.
Of the 2,109 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the tally with 779 deaths. Gujarat comes second with 472 deaths, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 215, West Bengal at 171, Rajasthan at 106, Uttar Pradesh at 74, Delhi at 73, and Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at 44.
The death toll climbed to 66,333 with 1,045 more fatalities reported in 24 hours.
Amid the escalating Lieutenant Governor-Chief Minister feud, the Centre on Friday backed Delhi LG Najeeb Jung making it clear that it was not mandatory for him to consult Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on matters like appointment of bureaucrats.
The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 29,685, while 11,761 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, it said.
The 2.5 tonne air-to-surface missile has a range of around 300 km, and it will significantly enhance the IAF's combat capability, military officials said.
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