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Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Following alarming report of PHC-Balli, Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao has written to Health Minister Vishwajit Rane to conduct comprehensive health impact assessment to identify and address the environmental and health issues affecting people of his constituency. Primary Health Centre at Balli has conducted survey of around 449 houses in the areas of adjoining to Cuncolim Industrial estate, wherein many people are found suffering from various diseases due to industrial pollution. “In this survey people have complained about pollution, foul smell complaining they are allergic to that. I had raised this issue during zero hour of just concluded…

Team Goemkarponn RIBANDAR: A Sampark Sabha was held at IRBn Ribander, chaired by DGP Goa, Alok Kumar, IPS, and attended by DIG HQ, Ajay Krishan Sharma, IPS, along with the Commandant, officers, and all staff of the Ribandar Camp. This interactive session provided a platform for senior officers to engage with personnel, address concerns, enhance welfare measures, and improve coordination within the force. DGP Goa highlighted the Communication and Grievance Redressal System, emphasizing its role in providing a structured platform for personnel to voice their concerns directly to senior officers. This system aims to ensure transparency in addressing grievances, welfare…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: In a significant move aimed at protecting the state’s agricultural heritage, the Goa government has launched the ‘Goa State Amritkal Agriculture Policy 2025.’ The announcement, made by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik, comes amid increasing concerns over rampant land conversion that threatens the state’s vital agricultural spaces, including khazan, kher, and more fields. The newly unveiled policy outlines a ten-year vision, emphasizing the necessity of sustainable agricultural practices that are resilient to the impacts of climate change. By banning the conversion of agricultural land, the Goa government aims to ensure the preservation…

Team Goemkarponn MARGAO: Ravindra Bhavan Margao takes pride in organizing the Birth centennial celebration of Padmbhushan Ravindra Kelekar on March 6, 2025. Padmbhushan Ravindra Kelekar is a well known Konkani writer, scholar, linguist and creative thinker, Freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement. On the said occasion, 3 youth writers/prominent personalities will be awarded this year’s “Padmbhushan Shri. Ravindra Kelekar Yuva Srujan Puraskar”. Ravindra Bhavan Margao is also conducting Nibhandh Lekhan Competition titled as “Padmbhushan Shri.Ravindra Kelekar Nibhandh Lekhan Competition” within age group of 15 and up to 35 years. Winners will be awarded Rs.7000/-, Rs.5000/- and…

Team Goemkarponn SANKHALI: The Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) of Government College of Arts, Science, and Commerce, Sankhali, in association with the Goa State Innovation Council, successfully organized an insightful session on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). The event was aimed at enhancing students’understanding of IPR and its critical role in fostering innovation, protecting creative ideas, and encouraging entrepreneurship. The session was conducted by Pranay Prabhu Gaonkar, an expert in patents and trademarks, who brought valuable insights into the significance of IPR in today’s competitive world. He began the session by explaining the need for innovation. This remained the point of focus…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Unscrupulous water sports operators offering scuba diving services with substandard diving gear are infecting and damaging coral reefs off the coast of Goa and can be potentially hazardous to divers, said Goa-based scuba instructor Sinjini Chanda at a recent MOG Sundays talk at Museum of Goa (MOG), Pilerne. Chanda, who was a member of a panel comprising principal scientist and associate professor Dr Chinnarajan Ravindran, climate change economics and finance expert Prashant Vaze, moderated by co-director of Act for Goa Maya de Souza, stated that Goa has around five or six registered dive operations ratified by international…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party held a meeting of party leaders and functionaries at the state office in Panaji. The discussions included the planning for public issues to be taken up, and the progress of booth-level organization in all constituencies of Goa. The results of the Delhi elections were also a major point of discussion, and all the attendees hailed the courageous campaign led by National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the complete absence of a level playing field. The meeting condemned the BJP’s brazen use of money and muscle power and other dirty tricks to influence the election, and…