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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Sunday incessant rains with heavy water-loggings and floods left a trail of destruction, even as incessant rains resumed to pound Canacona early Tuesday morning. Farmers during the sowing period suffered extensive damage to their paddy fields and other crops destroyed, while many of the residents living on the river banks and low-lying areas continued to live in fear anticipating a dangerous rise in water level. The rains have however created and continue to create havoc in every corner of the taluka causing loss of lakhs of rupees to the electricity department and the farmers. The rains resulting…

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New Delhi: The Indian cricket team remains without a designated head coach, as Rahul Dravid’s tenure in charge of the team ended with the conclusion of the T20 World Cup 2024. A second-string Indian team has travelled to Zimbabwe for a 5-match T20I series, but with the head of National Cricket Academy (NCA), VVS Laxman, filling in the vacant head coach role temporarily. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already interviewed two candidates for the job – Gautam Gambhir and WV Raman-with the former expected to take up the role. But, there’s been some delay in…

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New Delhi: The Maharashtra government last week felicitated four Indian cricketers who were part of the T20 World Cup winning team. India captain Rohit Sharma, star batters Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dube and Yashasvi Jaiswal were all honoured by the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government. However, Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty has lashed out at the government for not treating all sports equally, and highlighted how he was not honoured for being part of the Thomas Cup-winning Indian team in 2022. Chirag, who was crowned World no. 1 in the BWF men’s doubles ranking last year along with his partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, insisted…

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Germany: England manager Gareth Southgate has led his country to a third semi-final in four major tournaments but ahead of Wednesday’s last-four showdown against the Netherlands at Euro 2024, critics of the Three Lions’ boring football are mounting. Should England end a 58-year wait to win a major trophy in Berlin on Sunday, supporters would not take umbrage with the team’s style, or lack thereof, but the inability of such an array of attacking stars to excite has stunned viewers across the continent. Southgate’s team produced just five shots on target in 240 minutes of action against Switzerland and Slovakia…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo today alleged that cab aggregator drivers without badges are protected. Lobo also said that he will raise the issue in the upcoming Assembly session. Michael Lobo, and Kedar Naik along with taxi operators met the Chief Minister over their issues of GoaMiles drivers taking away their business. “CM has assured a solution to this issue. Someone is protecting these cab aggregator drivers who don’t even have a badge. Will bring up the issue in the upcoming assembly,” said Lobo. Lobo said that he informed CM that Goa Miles taxi drivers are working at…

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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Urging Goa CM to take a strong stand on supporting app-based taxis, the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa on Tuesday condemned elements that are providing a hurdle to app-based taxis & inconveniencing tourists in the rain. “It has been brought to the notice of the TTAG that some hotels in North Goa under political pressure are not cooperating with app-based taxis operating in the area. This is causing severe inconvenience to tourists in the rain. There has been a rise in such cases in the last few weeks after the central elections,” said Jack Ajit Sukhija,…

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Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The draft of the Goa Tourism Promotion and Management Bill, 2024, is open for public objections and suggestions. Tourism Minister Rohan A. Khaunte and MLA announced today that the deadline, initially set for July 6, has been extended by 15 days. Khaunte stated that the bill aims to give a new dimension to tourism in the state and to take action against illegal activities. He expressed confidence that the bill would also be beneficial for job creation and boosting the economy. He emphasized that the bill would strengthen the tourism industry in the state. He mentioned that…

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