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New Delhi: The India-UK relationship has enormous possibilities and realising them meaningfully is the task at hand, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday during talks with his British counterpart David Lammy that focused on galvanising the ties including to push for a free trade pact. Mr Lammy is on a two-day visit to India primarily to reset the overall partnership between the two countries in crucial areas such as trade, defence and security, clean energy, new technologies, digital domain and mobility of people. The British foreign secretary called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said India remains committed…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: It is every election promise to construct a road and build culvert—bridges to connect much of the basic facilities deprived community living on a hillock 6 km away amidst a dense forest coming under the Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary, Keri a small residential hamlet in Cotigao Village. As monsoon rains come, Keri gets itself cut off and remains isolated from the Cotigao village during the entire rainy season as a rivulet on its way down the village gets activated and violently flows making it impossible to cross over. However, the residents over the years have invented a Sankov…

New Delhi: Former India pacer Ashish Nehra has shared his views on the possibility of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli playing till the ODI World Cup 2027. This comes after new India head coach Gautam Gambhir claimed that if the two veterans manage to stay fit, he’ll surely have Rohit and Kohli in the planks for the marquee event in 2027. Kohli and Rohit announced their T20I retirements after the T20 World Cup final last month, and will solely focus on ODIs and Tests with two major ICC events scheduled to take place next year. Speaking on Kohli and Rohit’s…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Labour and Employment Minister Atanasio Monserrate said that the Labour Act has been amended to increase fines for Goan companies advertising posts outside the State from Rs 500 to Rs 10,000 and Rs 1 lakh, in addition to imprisonment. In response to MLA Venzy Veigas’s calling attention notice, which expressed concerns about the Goan job market and companies hiring outside the state, Babush said that two companies had been given show-cause notices and were facing legal action. “The Rs 500 fine was excessively light, making it easy for businesses to get away with breaking the law. We…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Labour and Employment Minister Atanasio “Babush” Monserrate, informed the state legislative assembly on Wednesday that only four businesses have benefited from the employment subsidy program established by the industrial policy for hiring young Goans. In response to a call for attention on unemployment made by Benaulim MLA Venzy Viegas, Monserrate stated that Rs 53.88 lakh in subsidies had been disbursed thus far. The industrial policy’s employment subsidy program was made public by the state government. According to Monserrate, the scheme is applicable to micro, small, medium, and large manufacturing units as well as hinterland eco-tourism projects in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Those who knew him remember Hilary as a jovial person. Though senior in age to us, he was one of the few people around who could effortlessly gel and mix with just about everyone. Up until a few years ago, he was a regular at the old Indoor Stadium at Campal, playing badminton almost every single day, until he moved back to football. It needs to be recalled that in his younger days, Hilario, popularly called Hilary by family and friends, was a very agile goalkeeper and played at a decent club level. Besides being a regular…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho has supported an App-based taxi service on the floor of the House while stating that app-based taxi is promoted in the interest of Goa, Goans and the larger public. “The aggregator, Goa Miles is operating 20 per cent lower than the notified rate. You also have Goa’s app which is notified and will go through an audit, if it lowers the rate.” We have to decide whether we want to go ahead, want to go in reverse or stay at the same place. Whether we want to adopt the modern technology,” said Godinho…