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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: OneEarth Foundation, a leading non-profit organization committed to environmental sustainability, is set to embark on a unique campaign titled “Drive Against Plastic Pollution” to raise awareness about the critical issue of marine plastic pollution and its impact on Goa’s coastlines and marine biodiversity. The campaign, which is part of OneEarth Foundation’s larger “Wave of Change” initiative, will involve a 120-kilometer kayak expedition across the Goan coastline, engaging communities through beach cleanups, school and college workshops, mangrove cleanups, educational walks, and ghost net awareness programs. The campaign was started today by Keri Sarpanch Dharti Nagoji and attended by…

National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said his party will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own. Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said his party will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own, even as his son and party vice president Omar Abdullah later said they will continue to be a part of the 27-party Opposition bloc, which is facing desertions and tough seat-sharing negotiations among its allies. Addressing a press conference, Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Farooq said the general and assembly elections might be held together in Jammu &…

White House official John Kirby condemned attacks on Indian students and asserted there is “no excuse for violence based on race, gender, or any other factor”. Washington: United States President Joe Biden and the government have been working very hard to thwart and disrupt the attacks on Indian Students, said the White House while calling such incidents “unacceptable”. During a press brief on Thursday, the Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, John Kirby, said there is “no excuse for violence based on race, gender, or any other factor”. “The president and this administration…

The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle is scheduled to lift off with a weather satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 5.35 pm on Saturday New Delhi: When India launches its latest weather satellite on Saturday, it will be using a rocket that has been dubbed the “naughty boy” of the Indian space agency. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), which is scheduled to lift off with the INSAT-3DS satellite from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh at 5.35 pm on Saturday, was called “naughty boy” by a former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) since the rocket has not performed…

The exhibition held a scientific talk on ‘Millets: A Unique Nutritious Food’, delivered by Dr Gopal Mahajan, Senior Scientist, and Vinod Ananda Ubarhande, ACTO (FS), representing ICAR-CCARI, Goa. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CCARI), Goa, participated in the 51st State Level Student Scientist Science Exhibition held from February 14-16, 2024. This three-day event was hosted by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, in collaboration with SARAL, Government of Maharashtra, SCERT Pune, and YBI School Maharashtra and took place in Sawantwadi, Maharashtra. The inauguration of the exhibition was graced by the esteemed…

Amid seat-sharing talks in the INDIA front, the party has announced its candidate for the constituency that has a sitting Congress MP Dhaval Kulkarni/ India Today The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has thrown a spoke in the wheels of the INDIA front and potentially queered the pitch for the Congress in its traditional stronghold by announcing a nominee for the South Goa Lok Sabha seat. Captain Venzy Viegas, the party’s MLA from Benaulim, will contest from the parliamentary seat, which is represented by Francisco Sardinha of the Congress. Goa has two Lok Sabha seats. North Goa, which has three-fourths Hindu…

Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: The Goa government on Thursday declared seven sites as protected monuments. The sites mentioned in the notification issued by the state Archives department include Nanus Fort in Sattari taluka from where freedom fighter Deepaji Rane began his revolt against Portuguese rule in 1852. The residence of Rane in Kumbharkhan in Sattarihas also been included as a protected site under Goa Ancient Monuments and Archeological Sites and Remains Act 1978. “Betul Fort in South Goa’s Quepem taluka, which was built on the orders of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in the 17th century, has been included. The other sites notified…