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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stated on Wednesday that IIT Bombay will be tasked with investigating the recurring landslides in Pernem on National Highway 66 and asked to produce a report on the subject. The report is expected to shed light on the precise cause of the landslides. After visiting the scene of the most recent landslide in the taluka, the Chief Minister addressed the media. Present on the occasion were representatives from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Public Works Department (PWD). Sawant makes his remarks the day before Nitin Gadkari, the Union minister,…

Vienna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India has given ‘Buddha’ to the world, not ‘Yuddha’ (war) which means it has always given peace and prosperity, and therefore the country is going to strengthen its role in the 21st century. Addressing the Indian community in Vienna, PM Modi also said that India is working towards being the best, the brightest, achieving the biggest and reaching the highest milestones. “For thousands of years, we have been sharing our knowledge and expertise. We didn’t give ‘Yuddha’ (war), we gave the world ‘Buddha’. India always gave peace and prosperity, and therefore India…

Goemkarponn desk PERNEM: Easing the journey to and from the Manohar International Airport in Goa’s Mopa, a new access-controlled link road, termed as national highway 166S, is ready. The road will be inaugurated by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday evening. The almost seven kilometre-road, an elevated corridor, called the link road to the airport or the Mopa link road, will provide faster connectivity to and from Mumbai-Kanyakumari National Highway 66, also connecting Goa. National Highway 66 starts in Panvel near Mumbai and ends at Cape Comorin in Kanyakumari.…

New Delhi: Russia on Wednesday said it is hoping for quick resolution of the issue relating to India’s call for return of Indians recruited into the Russian Army as support staff and asserted their recruitment was purely a commercial matter. In the first comments on the issue from the Russian government, Russia’s Charge d’affaires Roman Babushkin said Moscow never wanted the Indians to be part of its Army and their number is insignificant in the context of the conflict. “We are on the same side with the Indian government on the issue… We hope that the issue will be resolved…

New Delhi: Amid a massive outrage over paper leak allegations surrounding the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-UG 2024 (NEET-UG), the National Testing Agency (NTA) has said a video on Telegram showing the purported leaked paper is “fake”. In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, the NTA, which conducts the NEET-UG, an all-India medical entrance exam, said that the screenshots regarding the paper leak in the video shared on Telegram were “fabricated”. Around 24 lakh candidates appeared for the NEET examination that was held on May 5. The results, which were scheduled to be released on June 14, were declared on June…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Renowned businessman of Mangaluru-Karnataka Michael D’Souza recently released the Konkani drama book ‘Kofra’ written by Sanjay Borkar. The program was held at St Aloysius College, Mangaluru. Melvyn Rodrigues, convener of the Konkani Advisory Board of Sahitya Akademi, Walter Nandalike, noted writer H M Pernal and others were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion Michael D’Souza said that Konkani is the rich language and connects the Konkani-speaking regions. “More and more writers, and lyricists should contribute to Konkani literature and music. This will help us protect our language,” he said. Melvyn Rodrigues congratulated the writer for…

Washington: India will continue to be a strategic partner for the US despite concerns over its ties with Russia, the Biden Administration has said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Russia for two days for the 22nd India-Russia annual summit that has been watched closely by the West amidst the Ukraine conflict. During his talks with President Putin on Tuesday, Prime Minister Modi told President Putin that a solution to the Ukraine conflict is not possible on the battlefield and peace efforts do not succeed amid bombs and bullets. On Tuesday, spokespersons of the Pentagon and the State Department reacted…