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New Delhi: OPD services in government hospitals of several states across the country remained affected on Tuesday as the resident doctors’ strike over the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee in Kolkata entered its second day, even as the CBI took over the investigation in the case. The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA), which called for a nationwide indefinite strike over the incident, on Tuesday night said it was calling off its strike as Union Health Minister J P Nadda has accepted their demands. However, the medics at the central government-run AIIMS, the Indira Gandhi Hospital and…

Panaji: Drishti Marine’s 450-strong lifesaver force recently underwent an annual rigorous refresher and revalidation course aimed at reinforcing their emergency lifesaving responses, physical drills and enhancing their communication skills. The annual refresher and revalidation exercise was in sync with the safety guidelines prescribed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for safe recreational water environments. Conducted batch-wise to facilitate simultaneous beach patrolling and training, the recently concluded course was conducted over two months, concluding in the first week of August. Each batch was trained for six days a week, eight hours a day. “Drishti Marine’s lifesaver force annually undergoes an annual…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Panaji MLA and Revenue Minister Babush Monserrate today said that Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) are currently in process of identifying all buildings in Panaji city which are structurally weak and on verge of collapse. “We are identifying all buildings in Panaji jurisdiction which are structurally weak & on verge of collapse; once identified CCP will move the file to N.Goa Coll to declare these buildings unsafe,” said Min Babush More than ten years ago, (CCP) declared several structures in the capital city to be hazardous and scheduled their demolition. But for reasons best known…

PARIS: The highly awaited verdict by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding Vinesh Phogat’s heartbreaking disqualification during the Paris Olympics 2024 has been deferred for the second time till August 16. “The CAS ad hoc division president has allowed Hon. Dr Annabelle Bennett, Sole Arbitrator in the Vinesh Phogat vs. United World Wrestling (UWW) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) matter, an extension until 6-00 p.m. (Paris time) on Friday, August 16, 2024,” a release from the IOA said. In Phogat’s appeal, she has demanded that she be awarded a joint silver medal along with the Cuban wrestler…

Goemkarponn Desk BAGA: Three touts have been arrested in connection with the murder of a tourist, Harsh Dinesh Tanwar (25) of Delhi. The accused have been identified as Sahil Kumar a native of Uttarakhand , Noor Muhammad Khan of Canca-Parra and Sunil Vishwakarma of Nepal. Initially Un-natural Death Case No. 64/2024 u/s 194 of the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) was registered and staff were briefed and detailed to ascertain the identity of the deceased and also to verify the CCTV footages within the periphery of the incident place. On receipt of the autopsy report that on 12.08.2024 at…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: According to the ruling of the Bombay High Court in Goa, communities are not regarded as public authority for the purposes of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Additionally, the Goa Information Commission’s order compelling a comunidade to furnish information in accordance with the RTI Act was nullified as void by the court. The issue revolved around a ruling by the First Appellate Authority on November 23, 2017, which stated that the community of Pilerne’s clerk, or “escrivao,” was considered a Public Information Officer (PIO) for the purposes of the RTI Act. But the High Court made…

Goemkarponn Desk CURTI: The state government will open a Goa College of Veterinary Sciences at Curti, Ponda later this year, according to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s announcement on Tuesday. According to Sawant, the government is waiting for approval from the Veterinary Council to launch the 60-seat Bachelor of Animal Husbandry and Animal Sciences degree program. Sawant stated, “The admissions process will start in October if we receive approval in September.” He was speaking following his Tuesday inspection of Curti’s veterinary facility. As candidates from Goa would need to travel out of state for the course, Sawant stated that the government…