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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Three Russians, including a mother-daughter duo, were rescued by lifesavers from drowning off Morjim beach on Tuesday evening. The mother, aged 37 years and her eight-year-old daughter were swimming in the sea, when they drifted deeper into the water. Seeing them in distress, their friend, a 41-year-old Russian male, swam in their direction in order to assist their return to the shore, but he too was pulled deeper by the strong current. It took the intervention of Drishti Marine lifesavers, Anand Parab and Ketan Nagvekar, who rushed to the trio’s rescue using a rescue board and jetski.…

Team Goemkarponn PONDA: Ponda JMFC Court today has granted bail to Pooja Naik in cheating case, but court has send her in judicial custody till she fulfils bail conditions. Bicholim police is most likely to take Pooja Naik in custody in another cheating case. Police sources claim that uniformed men have successfully obtained the officials’ names from Pooja’s phone logs. Pooja, who frequently traveled overseas, also acknowledged conspiring with Goa government officials to arrange two employment. The government officials who reportedly assisted Pooja in arranging jobs have been taken into custody by the police. One of them is currently employed,…

New Delhi: Apple Inc.’s iPhone exports from India jumped by a third in the six months through September, underscoring its push to expand manufacturing in the country and reduce dependence on China. The US company exported nearly $6 billion of India-made iPhones, an increase of a third in value terms from a year earlier, people familiar with the matter said, asking not to be named as the information is private. That puts annual exports on track to surpass the about $10 billion of fiscal 2024. Apple is expanding its manufacturing network in India at a rapid clip, taking advantage of…

New Delhi: Former India coach Ravi Shastri has said that Rohit Sharma is too proud a man to take India’s series loss against New Zealand lightly. India lost a home Test series for the first time since 2012 against New Zealand, under Rohit’s leadership. After the second Test defeat, Rohit Sharma had asked for celebration of 12 years of no defeats rather than digging into the negatives of one series loss. However, Shastri believes that Rohit will not rest on his laurels, but will be hurting. “Rohit Sharma is a proud man. He will not take it lightly. Let me…

New Delhi: Team India faced a shocking 113-run defeat against New Zealand in the second Test in Pune. This loss turned out to be a historic one as New Zealand gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series and ended India’s 12-year-old winning streak at home in Test cricket. In the second Test, India needed 359 runs to win but they got bundled out for 245 as the Kiwi spinner Mitchell Santner wreaked havoc with his six-wicket haul. Apart from this loss, another major concern for Rohit Sharma and co is the poor form of star batter Virat Kohli.…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: FC Goa and Chennaiyin FC took home a point each after a dramatic 2-2 draw in their Indian Super League (ISL) clash on Thursday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. The result leaves the Gaurs in eighth place on the league standings, with six points and only a single win from six matches. Earlier in the day, Goa’s head coach Manolo Marquez made just one change to his starting XI from their last match against Mumbai City FC, with Dejan Drazic coming in for Armando Sadiku. The game started brightly for the Men in Orange, as…

As the Central Government approved the National Highway widening project from Ponda to Bhoma, even as the locals have been fighting to save the temples and houses, Goemkarponn Editor Suraj Nandrekar meets Sanjay Naik, the convenor of Ami Bhomkar, to know the details of their fight against the project. Bhomkar made several revelations of the sanctity of the place to be protected. Excerpts:   Goemkarponn: Sanjaybab Namaskar, could you tell me why the villagers are protesting against the highway widening project? Sanjay Naik: One needs to understand people will simply not hesitate there has to be some reason for that.…