Author: Team Admin

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Peter F. Borges, Chairperson of the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, made a significant contribution to the National Conference on Child Rights and Well-being in Online Gaming and eSports in India. The event, hosted at the Jacaranda Hall, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, was organized by the CyberPeace Foundation and UNICEF, bringing together experts and stakeholders to address critical concerns regarding child safety in online gaming. Borges, an expert in child protection, participated as a panel speaker in the youth session titled “Regulating Online Gaming and Balancing Innovation and Child Protection.” Moderated by Mr.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Mhadei case has been scheduled for the Supreme Court’s next hearing on August 5, 2024. Within eight weeks starting on February 8, all three riparian states Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra are free to submit additional written submissions, with a maximum length of ten pages. After almost seven months, the matter was brought before the Supreme Court on February 8. The subject matter was heard for the last time on July 10, 2023. Karnataka had indicated that they wished to submit more papers and documentation. The court declared, “The necessary may be done within a period of…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Goa Konkani Academy, Panaji in collaboration with V.M. Salgaocar College Law will be co-hosting the 23rd Konkani Youth Literary Fest on February 17 and 18, 2024 at Miramar, Panaji. The conference will include workshops on various genres of literature, youth awards presentations, and discussions on the literature. Ms. Anwesha Singbal has been elected as the Chairperson for the fest. Anwesha Singbal, winner of the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Youth Literature Award 2016 for her collection of poems ‘Sulus’, does not call herself a writer. Before becoming a writer, she considered herself a Konkani activist. Immersing herself in journalism…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Goan social activist and Lion Ularico Rodrigues slammed the local authorities at the Panchayat level for their indifference toward the discharge of polluting chemicals and effluents by a factory in Bethora (and other factories at large in the area). This problem has been going on for several years now and the water in the fresh water canal at Curti-Ponda gets polluted due to seepage from the drains and soak pits in the locality as well as the other factories in the Bethora Industrial Estate area who are the main culprits of the soil and water pollution in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Tourism won the Most Innovative Product Award for Regenerative Tourism at the OTM Mumbai 2024 . The award was presented by Diya Kumari Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister and Tourism Minister, Govt of Rajasthan. This award recognizes Goa’s leading role in promoting Regenerative Tourism which focuses on responsible and sustainable practices. Goa’s ‘Ekadasha Teertha’ initiative brings together spirituality, local culture, nationalism and conscious tourism. Goa’s efforts in preserving heritage, organizing vibrant festivals, offering adventure activities, and having world-class facilities for meetings and events were highlighted. This shows Goa’s commitment to sustainability. This award firmly establishes Goa as…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The gap between the traditional practices in the Goa of yore and contemporary Goa needs to be bridged in order to understand what it truly means to be Goan, according to authors of Goan origin Michelle Mendonça Bambawale and Bina Nayak. At the recent MOG Sundays talk at the Museum of Goa, Pilerne, ‘Goan Identity Through Two Books’, Bambawale and Nayak discussed their books, the fictional ‘Starfish Pickle’ and non-fictional ‘Becoming Goan’, respectively, that highlight the idiosyncrasies and their engagement with the amorphous yet defined ‘real Goan’ identity. “I have tried to show a side of Goa…

In a sign of exasperation over lingering seat-sharing talks with its I.N.D.I.A bloc partner Congress, the AAP has already declared party candidates for three Lok Sabha constituencies, including Guwahati, in Assam. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take a call on candidates for Goa, Haryana and Gujarat Lok Sabha seats in the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting scheduled to be held on February 13. Lok Sabha elections are due in April-May this year. Kejriwal’s AAP is a part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, formed by the opposition parties to take on the BJP-led NDA in the upcoming general…