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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police on Thursday seized drugs — charas, ganja and ecstasy — valued at Rs 18.3 lakh, an official said here. Police said that the Anti-Narcotic Cell conducted a raid and found one person in alleged possession of drugs at Vagator in North Goa. The accused person was identified as Vishwas Agarwadekar from Bardez-North Goa. “Accused person was found being in illegal possession of black colour sticky substance suspected to be charas weighing 1.2 Kg, greenish colour leafy substance suspected to be ganja weighing 2.3 Kg and whitish coloured powder substance suspected to be ecstasy all valued…

Urbanisation, industrialisation, and middle-class prosperity will underpin oil demand expansion Indian government’s efforts to bring clean cooking programmes have led to LPG imports surging nearly three-fold in the past decade Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: India will become the largest source of global oil demand growth between now and 2030, while growth in developed economies and China initially slows and then subsequently goes into reverse in our outlook, a latest report ‘Indian Oil Market Outlook to 2030’ released at the second edition of India Energy Week 2024 in Goa by International Energy Agency (IEA) said today. It further added that India’s role…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Canacona’s twin turtle nesting site may be bustling with as many as 42 Olive Ridley Nests at the Agonda (32) and Galgibaga (10) Turtle Rehabilitation Centres (TRC), but the Forest Departments shifting of the Agonda Nursery site at new location without conducting a site-inspection, has come under scrutiny/crossfire with locals alleging forest department has succumbed to the whims of shacks operators in the coastal village (Agonda) of Canacona. The experts team led by Forest Department’s Project officer Nester Fernandes alongwith Marine Range (South) RFO Rajesh Naik conducted an on-site inspection of the Nursery Site of the Agonda…

Mumbai: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation will stop accepting claims linked to Paytm Payment Bank accounts from Feb. 23 due to an RBI ban. The EPFO has taken a call to stop accepting deposits and credit transactions in Paytm Payment Bank accounts. The organisation has directed its field offices to refrain from accepting claims associated with bank accounts at Paytm Payments Bank, according to a circular issued on Thursday. This will be effective from Feb. 23. “All the field offices are advised to refrain from accepting claims associated with bank accounts in Paytm Payment Bank Limited…A vide publicity should be…

Mumbai: India is on the brink of finalising a trade agreement that could potentially unleash a wave of investment worth $100 billion over 15 years from a select group of European nations. A Bloomberg report cited sources familiar with the negotiations who revealed that the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), comprising Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, have decided to invest in India as part of a trade pact currently in the advanced stages of discussion. Although the specific terms are yet to be disclosed, the foundational framework of the deal has been established, with deliberations now focusing on the precise…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today confirmed Breach of Privilege against former minister Prakash Velip for making statement against him, while Assembly was in the session. “I confirm Breach of Privilege against former minister Prakash Velip for making statement against him, while Assembly was in the session,’ said Tawadkar during Assembly session. He further said that Velip would be summoned in the House. The Speaker also warned action media against printing/ broadcasting such defamatory statements. Former Minister and UTAA president Prakash Velip said that various sorts of tactics are being adopted to target Gaude. Velip said, “There are various…

Fatorda MLA says Plant installed at SGPDA fish market is not accepting fish waste Says sludge is released into fields; Min Sequeira assures action Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The MLAs have strongly raised their opposition to the proposed bio-methanation plant at Sonsodo and surrounding area pointing out that one installed at SGPDA fish market is not accepting fish waste. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, said that the government will go ahead with the plant and the same will be managed by the Goa Waste Management Corporation. Minister Environment Aleixo Sequeira also assured inquiry into the allegation that plant at SGPDA is not…