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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The Lions Club of Canacona in partnership with Mandovi Parivar Jana-Sena has launched an Emergency Helpline Service Van for the needy society of Canacona. This Service Van was launched at Molyma Resorts Rajbag, Canacona on Monday in the presence of Senior Lion member PMJF Lion Mario Fernandes, Jansena Co-ordinator Siddharth Gayak, President (Lions club of Canacona) Lion Gourish Vernekar, Zone Chairperson Lion Yogita Vernekar, Vice-President Lion R.S.Nayak, Lion Ulhas Phaldesai, Lion Gopichand Vernekar, Lion Vallerian Viegas, Lion Dilkush Shet, Lion Aruna Shet, Lion Sajjan Gaonkar, Lion Nelson Fernandes, Lion Ravi Desai and Leo Secretary Arth Vèrnekar. Speaking…

Goemkapronn desk CANAOCNA: AAM (AYUSH) Agonda conducted “Training on Zero waste management of Banana leaves and Menstrual health awareness at Ayushgram Agonda. The Ayush cell organised the training in collaboration with HLL Lifecare Limited, Trivandrum, where 49 people from Agonda benefitted, AYUSH CHO: Dr.Shradha Naik, besides Dy. Director Ayush Dr Minal Joshi, Ayurvedic Dr Divakerji Velip, CHC Canacona Physician Medical Officer Dr Satish, and Homoeopathic Consultant Dr Vidhya Malik, were present and lighted traditional lamp to mark the inauguration of the training. The Resource Persons were Mrs Dhanya MS Training Coordinator, Mrs Vinod Mohan Menstrual Cup Trainer, Mr S K…

MUMBAI: Average air ticket prices in India spiked 9 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, primarily on account of general increase in travel demand and ”much stronger” economic growth, according to Australian Securities Exchange-listed FCM Travel. At the same time, FCM Travel said there was a 20 per cent jump in the premium class bookings in the January-March period compared to the same period last year, driven by sectors such as manufacturing IT as well as conglomerates. ”Domestic air capacity has increased more than 3 per cent but due to the demand in travel, we have seen average…

MUMBAI: In a significant development, contract negotiations between the governments of India and France in the over Rs 50,000 crore deal for 26 Rafale Marine fighter jets is scheduled to begin on May 30 with the arrival of a high-level French team here. The French side would meet with Indian Defence Ministry counterparts to begin official negotiations in the fighter jet deal for the Indian Navy under which aircraft would be operated from both aircraft carriers operated by the force, defence industry officials told ANI. The French team will include officials from their defence ministry and industry including original equipment…

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Tuesday ignited yet another political row by saying that the “Chinese allegedly invaded India” in October 1962. The BJP slammed the controversial remark, saying it was “a brazen attempt at revisionism”. Aiyar, while speaking at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia, referred to the 1962 Indo-China war as an “alleged Chinese invasion”. “In October 1962, the Chinese allegedly invaded India,” Aiyar can be heard saying in a video that has now gone viral. When someone from the audience questioned his use of the word “allegedly”, he sought to amend his stance and…

For the last leg of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are going all out to ensure that the party bags a substantial number of the 57 seats where elections will be held on June 1. On Wednesday, PM Modi will address four rallies, one in West Bengal and three in Odisha. In both states, the party has been working diligently to expand its footprint and strengthen its hold over the polity. In 2019, the BJP won 18 seats in West Bengal, which was perceived as a big win for the…

Delhi-NCR heatwave: Delhi saw a scorching heatwave on Tuesday as parts of the national capital singed, with the maximum temperature soaring close to 50 degrees Celsius, leaving people grasping for respite. Delhi, like several parts of central and northwest India, is in the grip of a heatwave, with the maximum temperature touching 49.9 degrees Celsius at two automatic weather stations in Mungeshpur and Narela. The manual observatories at Aya Nagar and Ridge near Delhi University also broke their previous records for highest maximum temperatures at 47.6 degrees Celsius and 47.5 degrees Celsius, respectively. Hot winds from Rajasthan compounded the blazing sun in…