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Goemkarponn desk Mumbai: With Paris becoming the global hub for sports enthusiasts from around the world at this time, Jio Financial Services Ltd. is proud to announce the entry of the JioFinance app in the French capital. To make it convenient for Indian travellers to transact digitally, JioFinance will enable international payments for buying tickets to visit the Eiffel Tower through its official website, La Tour Eiffel; as well as for in-store shopping at the iconic Parisian department store, Galeries Lafayette Paris Hausmann. The JioFinance app can also be experienced through a dedicated experience centre inside ‘India House’, which has been…

Goemkapronn desk MARGAO: United Club of Verna defeated host Raia Sporting Club by 4-1 to emerge champions of the 51st Custodio Memorial inter-village football tournament played at Raia Panchayat football ground. The match with a packed festive crowd of 12,000 odd was dominated by UC Verna and was leading by a goal at the breather. Raia SC would have taken the lead in the 6th minute of the match but Silvano Oliveira’s powerpaked shot was brilliantly saved by goalkeeper Savio Pereira of UC Verna. In the 15th minute, Verna missed a scoring chance as Josloy Moniz’s header of a Clifton…

Goemkapronn desk Panaji: The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities is thrilled to announce the introduction of Diploma in Indian Sign Language Interpreting (DISLI) and Diploma in Teaching Indian Sign Language (DTISL) in Goa for the first time by the prestigious National Institute Ali Yavar National Institute of Speech & Hearing Disabilities (AYJNISHD) under the DePwD, MSJ&E and Govt. of India in association with Goa University at the Goa University Campus, Taleigao Plateau, Goa. These courses are the first initiative as part of the MoU signed between the Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities,…

New Delhi: The government is in close touch with the nearly 19,000 Indian nationals – almost half of whom are students – in Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar told Parliament Tuesday afternoon. Mr Jaishankar also said India expects Bangladesh – in crisis following Sheikh Hasina’s forced resignation last night, amid violent protests over a jobs quota that has killed over 400 people – to provide security to the Indian community that calls Dhaka and other parts of the country ‘home’. “The situation in Bangladesh is still evolving… we are in close touch with Indian community in that country. There…

New Delhi: British immigration rules do not allow individuals to travel to that country to seek asylum or temporary refuge, the UK Home Office told Tuesday morning, amid persistent speculation ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina, now in Delhi, will fly to London to claim sanctuary. The UK government – now headed by Sir Keir Starmer following Labour’s landslide win last month – also said individuals seeking asylum must do so “in the first safe country they reach”. “The UK has a proud record of providing protection for people who need it. However, there is no provision for someone to be…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Goa’s opposition parties on Monday today lambasted the BJP government over shifting of international airlines from Dabolim airport to Manohar International Airport at Mopa, terming it a conspiracy to shut the south Goa airport. “One after the other, airlines are shifting to Mopa and the government remains a silent spectator. Is this part of a larger conspiracy? Dabolim is becoming a ghost airport, on ventilator and admitted in ICU” Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao said. He claimed, Qatar Airways, Oman and other international airports have already ceased operations at Dabolim Airport, which is located in the South…

New Delhi: With Bangladesh descending into chaos, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the country in a military aircraft and landed in India on Monday as the army stepped in to fill the power vacuum. Hasina landed at the Hindon airbase near Ghaziabad and was received by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval at the Hindon airbase. Hasina, 76, is seeking an asylum in the UK. Hasina’s sister Rehana, who holds a UK citizenship, also accompanies the embattled leader. According to the sources, no confirmation from the UK regarding political asylum for Hasina has been received so far. As the…