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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The scheduled aerial survey of the State’s coast has been halted, according to Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira, who also stated that the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has no business being involved in the identification of structures along the coastline. He added that a similar survey by the GSPCB would have been redundant work, and that the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) is now hiring organizations to carry out the aerial survey. “There is just one reason we are abandoning the survey. Aleixo Sequeira has discontinued the survey. Since an MLA brought up the matter…

New Delhi: A defective helicopter being airlifted from Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath to Gauchar by an MI-17 chopper accidentally fell from mid-air as the towing rope snapped this morning. The helicopter, which was operated by a private company, crashed near the Mandakini River in Lincholi. An official said no one was injured in the accident, which was caught on camera. “The plan was to take the helicopter to Gauchar airstrip with the help of MI-17 aircraft for repair. As soon as it covered a little distance, the MI-17 started losing balance due to the weight of the helicopter and wind, due to…

Paris: Preethi Pal claimed the bronze medal in women’s Women’s 100m – T35 to hand India its third medal of the games after Avani Lekhara and Mona Agarwal opened India’s account at the Games with Gold and Bronze medal finishes in the women’s 10m air rifle standing SH1 event on Friday. Pal posted a time of 14.21s, her personal best to clinch the third spot. China’s Xia Zhou claimed gold with a timing of 13.58s defending her crown from Tokyo Paralympics, while her counterpart Qianqian Gou won silver with a timing of 13.74s. Born on September 22, 2000, into a…

Paris: Indian shooter Manish Narwal clinched a silver medal in the men’s 10m air pistol (SH1) competition at the Chateauroux International Shooting Range on Friday. The 22-year-old ended the final with a total of 234.9 points, adding a fourth medal to India’s medal tally. He was leading for quite some time before he slipped because of a series of poor scores to surrender the initiative to veteran South Korean marksman Jo Jeongdu. In SH1 class, athletes can hold their guns without difficulty and shoot from a standing or sitting position in a wheelchair or chair. Earlier, Narwal qualified for the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The public has been advised by the Goa cybercrime police to exercise caution and to reject requests from strangers to invest in trading platforms that offer large rewards. According to police, these types of frauds are more frequent these days. The technique is as follows, according to Vidyanand Pawar, police inspector of the cybercrime police station in Ribandar: “A fraudster first posts an advertisement on social media platforms about’share trading, IPO allotments, profit making stocks and others.'” The scammer then requests that investors sign up for free WhatsApp and Telegram groups in order to receive daily trading…

Paris: Avani Lekhara won gold in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 final with a record-setting performance at the Paris Paralympics 2024 on Friday. This became her second medal at the quadrennial event after she created history by becoming the first Indian woman to win gold at the Paralympics in 2020. With the likes of the World Record holder, Iryna Shchetnik and fellow compatriot Mona Agarwal as competition among others, she was able to hold her own and show why she is amongst the best para-shooters in the world. She finished stage 1 with a total of 103.7 points…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Jai Bhandari Canacona in association with Janasena Canacona organized a Felicitation Function of meritorious students of SSC, HSSC, Degree & Post Degrees of Bhandari Community, recently in Shristhal, Canacona. The idea behind organizing this Felicitation Program for the first time in Canacona was to recognize the achievement of meritorious students of Bhandari Community of Canacona taluka expecting to inspires other students/youths of Bhandari Samaj of Canacona to strive hard to achieve such success. Meritorious students felicitated during the function were 10th Pass (SSC): Sarvesh Ravindra Naik, Sakshi Nilesh Naik, Udita Ulhas Naik, Avni Premanand Pednekar, Prasiddhi Deepak…