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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The ‘Hands Speak, Minds Grow’ project, an innovative initiative by the Human Touch Foundation, has successfully concluded, addressing the critical need for Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) education for deaf adolescents and their educators. Supported by Y-PEER Asia Pacific, Youth LEAD, and Disabilities 2030, and in collaboration with the Goa Association for the Deaf, the project reached 188 adolescents and 20 educators across Goa. Participants from Lokvishwas Prathistan, Ponda, Gujarati Samaj Educational Trust Special School, Margao, and New Dawn Ashadeep Special School, Vasco benefitted from the workshops and training programs. Topics covered included safe and unsafe touch,…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa police today has dismissed IRB constable Amit Naik. He had surrendered in Hubli last night, hours after he facilitated Suleman Siddique’s escape. According to insiders, Naik might have been swayed by personal demands. Police sources claim that Naik had accumulated enormous debt and was having marital issues. After learning of his son’s crime, Naik’s father reportedly experienced a terrible shock and had to be hospitalized when Crime Branch police visited his home on Friday morning. Suleman reportedly ditched Naik midway to Hubballi and fled in a white swift car, after which the constable surrendered as his…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The ‘Yuva Srujan Puraskar’ (Navasarjan – Chetna Puraskar) is one of the schemes of the department of Art and Culture under which the young talents from Goa who have excelled and given extraordinary contribution in their respective field of Art and Culture are honored by the government. The scheme intends to give recognition to the young Goan artists par excellence for their outstanding achievements in the field by presenting them Yuva Srujan Puraskar. This year total six youth personalities are selected for the said award. The awardees shall be honored with a memento, certificate of appreciation and…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: An extra 55.57 square kilometers of land need to be designated as private forest after the State government established a Review Committee under the Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) to examine private forest lands. In accordance with a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, the administration designated 45.5 and 46.1 square kilometers of the State as private forests in two different orders last year. In order for the State government to identify private woods, the area must be adjacent to government forest holdings and, if it is isolated, must be at least 5 hectares in size. The Thomas…

Team Goemkarponn CHICALIM: Additional nurses and a technician are among the areas that require immediate attention and will be addressed as soon as possible at the Chicalim Primary Health Centre (PHC), according to Health Minister Vishwajit Rane. After visiting the PHC to chat with physicians and personnel, evaluate the facilities, and make sure that necessary medications were available, Rane was speaking. Additionally, he paid attention to their worries and recognized the difficulties they encounter. During the minister’s visit, Dr. Sujata, the health officer, and Dr. Rupa Naik, the deputy director of the Directorate of Health Services, were also present. After…

Team Goemkarponn VELSAO: The demarcation exercise for the double tracking project at Mollo, Velsao, is scheduled for December 20–21, according to confirmation from the South Goa District Administration. Following this weekly meeting at the South Goa District Collectorate, Environment Minister Aleixo Sequeira made this announcement. In order to address the demarcation issue that has sparked protests from Velsao residents, the Minister had already met with the Railway employees. Although SWR recently finished the mutation process and its name was added as a co-owner of Survey 18/1, residents claim that procedures were not followed, including notifying them of required notices, and…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Public Works Department (PWD) was in disarray after an Executive Engineer made a “human error” in an e-tender procedure, and the Goa Contractors Union (GCU) objected to a non-Goan contractor participating in the tender. The GCU’s president, Sunil Signapurkar, led a team that met with PWD Chief Engineer Santosh Mhapne to express their adamant objection to a construction company from Madhya Pradesh taking part in Goa’s e-tendering process. They advised him to turn down bids from contractors who were not from the State and did not have a GST registration headquartered in Goa. Signapurkar underlined the…