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New Delhi: SpaceX, the company owned by ‘The First Buddy’ of US President-elect Donald Trump, is the first big beneficiary of a multi-million dollar deal inked by India’s space agency. Early next week, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will take India’s most modern communications satellite GSAT-20, also called GSAT N-2, into orbit. This is the first of many commercial engagements the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has with SpaceX. While some say ISRO and SpaceX are competitors for low-cost launches, in the global commercial space market no one doubts that SpaceX is way-way ahead. It is well-known that Donald Trump and…

Team Goemkarponn OLD GOA: The Exposition of the Sacred Relics of St Francis Xavier at Old Goa will be kept open for veneration at St Cathedral Church, Old Goa from November 21, 2024 to January 05, 2024.  The following traffic arrangements have been made: For Diversions (Panali to Old Goa via Ribandar), there will be special buses to ferry passengers from Panaji to Old Goa via Ribandar. The Special Buses from Panaji to Old Goa will proceed via Ribandar and on reaching Dempo Engineering at Old Goa, will take left turn to enter the Bhakia Property for parking at Bhakia Bus…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Goa government has issued a final directive, stating that all PDA beneficiaries must link their ration cards to Aadhaar within 15 days or else their records will be removed from the PDA system. In a statement released on Friday, the Department of Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs urged recipients to follow the guidelines and link their Aadhaar IDs to their ration cards. “Within the next 15 days, the PDS beneficiaries are advised to visit their individual fair price shop and finish the e-KYC process. Their entries from the ration card data may be suspended without further…

Team Goemkarponn SANCOALE: Vasco Police filed a complaint against Diksha Talavanekar, a lady from Sancoale, for allegedly defrauding Mina Gurudas Chodankar of Rs 3 lakh under the guise of promising her a government job. According to reports, the incident occurred at Vasco in November 2019 and involved the accused making a commitment to get her a government job but not following through on it. As stated in the grievance submitted by Chodankar, a local the accused, Mogabai resident Kantem Baina, persuaded her to pay Rs 3 lakh in order to get her a position as a peon in the Vasco…

SWINDON: Ana Fernandes, originally from Cansaulim, married in Agassim padri Bhatt Goa, has made a profound impact on her adopted community of Swindon, where she has lived for 21 years with her husband, Francisco Gonsalves, and their children. As an NHS Assistant Practitioner, Ana supports Goan patients at her medical center, where she has learned that even the smallest gestures can have lasting effects on people’s lives. One of Ana’s most impactful contributions has been her participation in Swindon’s annual BIG SleepOut Challenge, which she has joined every year since 2019 to raise funds for local homelessness support. Ana’s son,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI:Minister for Art and Culture Govind Gaude on Friday condemned certain individuals within the tribal community of Goa who, according to him, exploit their own people for personal gains. The tribal community faces threats from its own people, Speaking at a programme organised by the United Tribal Associations’ Alliance (UTAA) in Panaji to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, Gaude urged youth not to fall prey to such leaders. He expressed his concern over the Bhagwan Birsa Munda Gaurav Yatra, organised by the government, pointing out that some people were offering Rs 1000 to youth…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: A Sattari resident was detained by the Bicholim police on Friday for allegedly defrauding five people of Rs 21.5 lakh under the guise of obtaining government jobs, bringing yet another incidence of job fraud to the state’s headlines. Sheetal Sawal of Mauliguem in Bicholim taluka filed a complaint on Friday, alleging that Manikrao Rane of Rawan, Keri in Sattari taluka had scammed her and her neighbors, Pooja Yende, Dinesh Gaonkar, Abhishek Dhuri, and Satywan Gaonkar, out of Rs 21.5 lakh. In exchange for the substantial amount, the accused allegedly promised government posts in a number of departments.…