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Vientiane, Laos: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the cornerstone of India’s Act East Policy and its Indo-Pacific vision, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, as he sought to expand political, economic and security cooperation with the bloc. Jaishankar is in the Laotian capital to participate in the meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In his remarks at the opening session of the ASEAN-India Foreign Ministers Meeting, Jaishankar said that the current political, economic, and security cooperation with ASEAN is India’s top priority. ”For India, ASEAN is the cornerstone of its Act India…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that 50% of the workers who were working earlier have been retained by mining companies. “While allowing the leases, we have made the conditions that the preference should be given to those who were working earlier. As of now, the companies have employed 90 per cent of the workers who were working earlier. MLA Vijai said that state government has earlier said that the taking of local workers cannot be made mandatory in mining companies. “Whether you can ask them to take them mandatory. The tender document mentions that the company…

New Delhi: India and China have agreed to work urgently to achieve the withdrawal of tens of thousands of troops stationed along their disputed border in a long-running standoff, India’s government said. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Thursday on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations meetings in Laos, where they stressed the need for an early resolution of outstanding issues along the disputed Line of Actual Control, the long Himalayan border shared by the two Asian giants. The line separates Chinese and Indian-held territories from Ladakh in the west to India’s…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: The House witnessed an uproar over the State government’s submission that it has no data on the number of Goans employed in the private sector. The opposition MLAs questioned how can the government have no data. That means the government has no control over private sector employment. “There is no provision to monitor the employment generation by the industries, which are granted permission to set up here,” they said. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the state legislative assembly that the government will amend the Employment Exchange Act 1959 to ensure jobs for Goans in the private sector.…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant launched the ‘Goem Vinamulya Vij Yevjan’ in accordance with the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, and disbursed the State Subsidy to the beneficiaries in Goa. CM stated that PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana aims to increase the share of solar rooftop capacity and empower residential households to generate their own electricity. He additionally informed that the scheme has an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore and is to be implemented till FY 2026-27. He announced that Govt of Goa, under the Goem Vinamulya Vij Yevjan, with an initial investment of 35…

The recent spate of incidents involving trees falling and causing fatalities in Goa has raised critical questions about the adequacy of compensation for the victims’ families. While the Chief Minister’s announcement of Rs 4 lakh compensation for each affected family in the past two cases is a step in the right direction, there are concerns about whether this amount is truly sufficient to support the impacted families in the long run. It is essential to consider the profound impact of losing a loved one who is also the primary breadwinner of the family. The ramifications of such a loss extend…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: MLAs today have demanded a rise in compensation to tree fall victims while stating that at present funds provided aren’t enough. Bicholim MLA Dr Chandrakant Shetye asked whether there is a fund for disaster management to identify the dangerous tree. Revenue Minister Babush Monserratte responded that there were 87 trees which fell during the last day due to rains. He said that the onus of identifying the dangerous trees is with the local bodies, like municipalities. MLA Chandrakant Shetye questioned who would prove that the tree is dangerous. Minister Babush Monserrate said that as far as the…