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New Delhi: Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday asked food regulator FSSAI to sensitise consumers on different aspects of food safety issues and also promote healthy eating habits. Mr Nadda stated this during his review meeting at Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) headquarters, according to an official statement. “It is important to empower consumers and citizens on various food safety issues through evidence-based information. It is only then that our work will be accomplished in totality,” he said. Underlining the critical role of food safety in the well-being of citizens, Mr Nadda urged FSSAI to…

Ramallah: The Indian government has released the first tranche of USD 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) as part of its annual contribution of USD 5 million for the year 2024-25, the Representative Office of India said on Monday. The UNRWA, which has carried out direct relief and works programmes for registered Palestinian refugees since 1950, is making efforts to keep up its functioning in the middle of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. The Representative Office of India in Ramallah in its statement on X said: “The Government…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today has assured the Leader of Opposition (LoP) and MLA Altone D’Costa to instruct PWD Engineers to inspect the Paroda bridge in view of flooding due to incessant rains. “Will instruct PWD engineers to inspect Paroda bridge in view of flooding due to incessant rains,” said Sawant. LoP Yuri Alemao said that the Government has not acted in the last 2 years despite my raising the issue of Flooding at Paroda. “I had demanded a Study on the Cause of Flooding by the National Institute of Oceanography as well as Action by PWD…

Goemkarponn desk CANDOLIM: Calangute Police today has detained one suspect from Karnataka in the Orda-Candollim murder case. Arnoldo Soares (69) is thought to have been fatally stabbed with a sharp knife after being discovered murdered in his Orda-Candolim home. The accused stabbed Soares five or six times in the back with a sharp object, according to the police. The accused allegedly killed Soares in one of the house’s rooms, dragged the body to the sitting room, and then fled with Soares’s car. Given that the deceased was a citizen of Canada and had Person of Indian Origin (PIO) status, police…

Goemakrponn desk CANACONA: The Chapoli Dam, the lifeline of Canconcar fills up as its Reservour overflows from its Spillage on Monday morning. Chapoli Dam attained its overall capacity of 38.75 RL (reduced level) after filling its Storage capacity of 1127.21 Ham at 11.25 am when the dam water began to spill over the Spill-way at the norther-end of the Dam’s Reservoir. Incidentally, the half-a-kilometre Chapoli dam with a height of 38.75 metres has a storage capacity of 1127.21 Ham with approximately 14 Square Kilometres as its Catchment Area got its Reservoir Full after the Taluka received seasonal total rains of…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the issue of breach of privilege is being ended here. “We have no intention to disrupt the Question Hour. Members should respect the Speaker’s Chair. Nobody can question Speaker and nobody should,” said Sawant.

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar today said that it is every member’s responsibility to maintain the sanctity of the House. “It is every member’s responsibility to maintain the sanctity of the House. What is there to admit even if it is a small mistake?” said Tawadkar. Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar said that the resolution was rejected on the grounds that a similar resolution was already passed unanimously by the House a year ago. In response, Congress legislator and leader of the Opposition, Yuri Alemão, said it was the right of a member to submit a resolution and submitting a repeated…