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Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: In response to a question posed by Santa Cruz MLA Rodolfo Fernandes in the state legislature, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant announced that the museum directorate is going to introduce a revised policy that will provide financial support to private museums. According to Sawant, the program is an improvement over the prior one, which gave money to a few museums in 2017 and 2018. Prominent private museums such as the Houses of Goa, Salvador-do-Mundo, which was awarded a grant of Rs 7.46 lakh in 2017, were sponsored by the directorate under the previous scheme. A grant of Rs…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In the wake of tree collapse incidents in Panaji, MLA and Minister Atanasio Monserrate today said that he has directed the CCP Panaji Commissioner and RFO to conduct an inspection of all trees in the city. “Directed CCP Panaji Commissioner and RFO to conduct an inspection of all trees in the city. It is seen that some roots have been cut off wherever Smart city works have been done,” said Monserrate. The 19-year-old girl, who was hurt on Sunday in Panaji in a tree fall incident, passed away at the Goa Medical College, Bambolim while receiving treatment.…

Rehoboth Beach, US: Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new nominee, in a political earthquake that upends an already extraordinary 2024 race for the White House. Biden, 81, said he was acting in the “best interest of my party and the country” by bowing to weeks of pressure after a disastrous June debate against Donald Trump stoked worries about his age and mental fitness. The stunning move throws Democrats into fresh turmoil ahead of the November 5 election. But it could also reenergize the demoralized…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Over the past 29 months, drunk driving has been the cause of 60 traffic accidents, despite the fact that 5,667 drivers have been fined by the state police for driving or riding while intoxicated. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant disclosed the alarming statistics in response to a written query posed by Mandrem MLA Jit Arolkar during the state legislative assembly’s current monsoon session. Drunk driving was the cause of 37 traffic accidents in 2022; this number dropped to 16 in 2023. According to the response, drunk driving resulted in seven accidents this year through June 15. There were…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: The Priority Gaspar Dias Open All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament has reached an exhilarating climax with Aaron Farias and Rishan Shaikh set to face off in the U17 boys finals, while Yug Prabhu will challenge Ishaan Colaso for the U11 boys title. This annual event, organised by Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias in aegis with the Goa Table Tennis Association, has showcased the outstanding talent and fierce competition at the club’s premises in Miramar. Aaron and Rishan both endured tough semi-final matches, each securing hard-fought 3-1 victories over Atharv Dhulapkar and Chandan Caro, respectively, in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Governor,  PS Sreedharan Pillai planted three varieties of saplings at the Raj Bhavan campus, Donapaula under ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ a campaign which was launched by the Prime Minister of India, today. Shri M. R. M Rao, IAS, Secretary to the Governor also participated in the initiative by planting a sapling. Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said that today, one tree has been planted in the name of my mother, one in the name of my nation’s mother, and one in the name of my late father and underscored that the Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam campaign, launched by Prime Minister of India  Shri Narendra Modi, will play an important role in making the environment clean and beautiful. He appealed to the people to extend their support by planting a tree in their mother’s name. Through this, the concept of one earth will go a long way to preserve and show our commitment to preserve our environment, he added. Speaking further, the governor stated that the planet is not for exploitation, rather, we should nurture it by identifying it in many ways, and as part of this, initiatives such as tree planting have begun. The Raj Bhavan contains almost 90 acres of forest /garden areas, which we are constantly enhancing. Let us work together to achieve the objective of nurturing our mother Earth. The government is also highly supportive of these issues, he asserted. The Governor informed that two statues will be installed at Raj Bhavan in the coming days, one of which will be of Sushruta, with a plaque acknowledging him as the Father of Surgery. Sushruta was a surgeon who performed more than 1000 operations around 5000 years ago. A similar monument was placed in the Institute of Surgery in Austria on the initiative of one Madras-based doctor, K.M. Cherian, a heart surgeon and Padma Shri awardee in 1991, with a plaque acknowledging him as the Father of Surgery. The  Second statue will be of Acharya Charaka, a founder of Ayurveda. The many images displaying the 1000 heart surgeries done in India 5000 years ago will be shown together with descriptions for information and knowledge of people.

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The Goa government’s thrust on introducing coding in schools, would bode well for students because coding improves logical thinking ability and would make them well-equipped for the future job markets, according to Sricharan Tadepalli, co-founder of Hyderabad-based edu-tech company byteXL. ByteXL on Saturday hosted AiGENDA, a symposium on ‘AI in Education’, where speakers included faculty from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa, the Goa Directorate Higher Education, along with pan-India leaders in the education and technology space, edu-tech sector venture capitalists, skilling experts and talent acquisition, who spoke about how artificial intelligence (AI) is not the disruptive…