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New Delhi: Whether you are visiting the Eiffel Tower or exploring shopping options at the busy Galeries Lafayette in Haussman, you can now use UPI to make payments. On Thursday, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) became live at the flagship store of the world-renowned Galeries Lafayette in Haussman, Paris. Only six months ago, the UPI transaction facility was launched at the Eiffel Tower, in January 2024. Jawed Ashraf, Ambassador of India to France, launched UPI by live use at the store. This comes days ahead of the Paris Olympics starting on July 26. The mega sports event is expected to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the Mhadei river basin inspection by Prawah will expose Karnataka’s misdeeds of illegal diversion of water to the Malaprabha basin. While welcoming the inspection during monsoon season, Sawant said “This is the right time to understand the flow and diversion of water”. “PRAWAH inspection will expose Karnataka’s wrongdoing. Govt will also prove the same before SC. Let Karnataka approach PM, Goa has already briefed PM on the issue,” said Sawant. Sawant said that Goa will also put up the facts of water diversion with proof before the Supreme Court. The…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Amidst raising of burning issues, villagers turn the heat on the Sarpanch of Khotigao Village Panchayat for the shoddy monsoon works, missing documents and the rampant corruption at the Gramsabha held on Sunday. It is the first time in the history of the Khotigao panchayat, known as the backward village, situated in the rural part of Canacona, throughout the three hours long deliberations of the Gramsabha (10.30 am to 1.30 pm), members present raised burning unabated and without any respite as the Sarpanch Anandu Dessai either no response or the given replies charged the atmosphere hot and…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco police managed to quickly arrest a thief who had stolen the bike of Jenifer Almeida, the wife of former Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida Surprisingly, the thief, who is a habitual offender used the stolen bike to move around the city and its suburbs for a few days till he was caught by the Vasco police. The accused, a 21 year old Vinayak Rane, a resident of Sada, was arrested by the Vasco police on Wednesday and has been sent to 15 days of judicial custody According to information available from sources in Vasco police station, the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the state government aims to achieve 100 per cent in Goa by December 19. “Government aims to achieve 100% literacy in Goa by Dec 19, 2024; Govt to rope in Swayampurna Mitras, teachers, panchayat members to identify people who are not able to read and write & train them,’ said Sawant. He further said that 3000 people had been identified and training was provided to them. He also said that Swayampurna Mitras and Panchayats will identify such people and provide Adult Education. “We are trying to achieve 100 per cent…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Alex Coutinho ( 34 ) who was arrested by Verna police on Wednesday for killing his friend Lionel Lobo at Cortalim has been granted police custody of 8 days Verna PI Melson Colaco informed reporters on Thursday that the accused had been produced before the JMFC on Thursday “We arrested the accused Alex Coutinho on Wednesday for his involvement in the murder of his friend, 32-year-old Lionel Lobo. The accused had murdered Lobo by smashing his head using a cement block at the under-construction site at Pajentar in Cortalim on Tuesday evening,” he said. The accused had…

New Delhi: India has set the global discourse by emphasising the intent of the government to democratise artificial intelligence (AI) and make it accessible to all. At the just-concluded ‘Global IndiaAI Mission’ summit in the national capital, the Global South countries acknowledged and appreciated the role of India to give voice to them at the global AI forum and bridge the gap with Global North. More than 2,000 global AI experts, policy-makers, artificial intelligence (AI) practitioners, industry/startups and academia join the summit, with over 10,000 AI enthusiasts joining the sessions virtually. “Sessions on the key pillars of IndiaAI Mission demonstrated…