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Goa: The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities is proud to announce the remarkable progress of Raksha Dangui, a resident of Guirim, who has shown incredible resilience after a life-altering accident in 2018. After being paralyzed from the waist down due to a spinal cord injury, Raksha has undergone extensive treatment and rehabilitation across India. However, it was not until the opening of Goa’s first Spinal Cord Rehabilitation Centre, Rugnashray, in Bambolim, that Raksha found the consistent, high-quality care she needed closer to home. Launched during the International Purple Fest in January 2024, Rugnashray provides specialized physiotherapy…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) carried out a raid at the Mapusa bus stand confiscating food items valued at about Rs 1 lakh. The interstate bus stand area was the focus of the operation, where a number of food items—including spices, goat milk, and biscuits—were seized due to improper labeling. According to an FDA official, the purpose of this operation was to ensure that entrepreneurs bringing food goods into Goa from other states were complying with food safety standards. This was part of an ongoing enforcement drive. The official said, “As part of our efforts to…

New Delhi: Three terrorists are believed to have been killed in two separate encounters between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said today. The encounters started after a joint operation was launched by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police in response to the suspected movement of the terrorists, officials said. “Based on intelligence inputs about likely infiltration bids, a joint operation was launched by the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir police on the intervening night of August 28-29 in the general area Machhal, Kupwara. The suspicious movement was observed in bad weather…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the entire Council of Ministers where issues affecting women and timely delivery of various policy measures figured prominently, sources said. The five-hour meeting, held at the Sushma Swaraj Bhawan here, also took stock of the progress made on the first 100 days agenda of the third term of the BJP-led NDA government. Measures for the four castes — women, poor, youth and farmers — were stressed during the meeting that was also attended by secretaries of various government departments. A key thrust of the meeting was on spreading…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai will distribute financial assistance to 272 cancer and dialysis patients from Governor’s Discretionary funds at 11.30 a.m. on August 30, 2024 at Old Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula. Minister for Health, Vishwajit Rane will grace the function as a Guest of Honour. The Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pilai took over as Governor of Goa and had decided to reach out to the underprivileged people of Goa and extend financial assistance to needy people. On various occasions the Governor announced various financial assistance schemes such as financial assistance to dialysis, cancer and other…

Paris: The 2024 Paralympics were opened in Paris on Thursday (IST) by French President Emmanuel Macron, firing the starting gun on 11 days of competition in a city still riding the wave of the successful Olympics. Macron declared the Games open during an exuberant and colourful opening ceremony in a balmy Place de la Concorde in central Paris — the first time a Paralympic opening ceremony has taken place away from the main stadium. The 4,400 athletes from 168 delegations paraded into the arena as the sun set with host nation France entering last to a standing ovation and chanting…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister Vishwajit Rane informed that TCP has not given any hill cutting permissions in Pernem for any company. Rane was responding to Congress President Amit Patkar’s allegation of Massive Hill Cutting by a company for a project approved by Investment Promotion Board to setup Casinos in Pernem