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Mumbai: In line with China’s cross-border e-commerce-integrated pilot zones, India is looking to create a green channel for exports, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Monday. The commerce department and the revenue department are in talks to ease the procedures for e-commerce exports and speed up the shipments. Under the plan, e-commerce export zones may be developed near the airports where export clearances are quicker. These zones will have warehouses and returns processing, licensing and customs clearance facilities. “Preliminary talks are on with the revenue department to see what kind of ecosystem and regulatory environment can be put in place…

On Sunday, JD(U) chief spokesperson KC Tyagi said that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s statement that the INDIA alliance would meet in “10 to 15 days” to decide appointments to key posts has not “gone down well” with the party. New Delhi: Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal (United) has frowned upon the delay by Congress in the appointment of a convener of the INDIA bloc of Opposition parties in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party, which has been pushing to appoint Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the convener of the bloc, on Sunday came out openly in…

The development comes a day after three Maldives ministers were suspended for their “derogatory” remarks on PM Modi, which triggered a massive nationwide boycott call against the island nation New Delhi: Maldives High Commissioner Ibrahim Shaheeb was summoned by the government on Monday amid the ongoing row over the comments of the island nation’s ministers on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India. The development comes a day after three Maldives ministers were suspended for their “derogatory” remarks in response to Modi’s post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), which triggered a massive nationwide boycott call of the popular tourist…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa won the men’s, while Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim won the women’s Handball Championship 2023-24, organized by Goa University at Goa University Ground, Taleigao held from 2nd to 4th January 2024. In the well contested Men’s championship finals, St. Xavier’s College, Mapusa defeated VVM’s Shree Damodar College of Commerce and Economics, Margao with a final score of 27-19. In the Women’s Championship finals, Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim defeated St. Xavier’s College with a final score of 9-3. Earlier in the semifinals of the Women’s Section, Rosary College defeated…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: “As BJP Government is all set to spend 16 Crores on Purple Fest 2024, Parents of Specially-abled Students are compelled to Protest at Azad Maidan demanding Restart of Vocational Training & Rehabilitation Centre at Sanjay School which is shut for almost 4 months. I urge immediate intervention of Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant to start the Centre immediately,” stated Leader of opposition Yuri Alemao. Reacting to the Protests held by Parents of Specailly-abled Children at Azad Maidan raising their concern over lethargic approach of the Government to provide facilities to Specially-abled Children, LOP Yuri Alemao slammed BJP…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Top Goan environmentalists insist that time is of the essence to revive a popular reconnect with Goa’s biodiversity to aid overall conservation efforts and local eco-entrepreneurs can stand to benefit economically by implementing sustainable eco-tourism modules. The experts also mulled the definition of an ideal ec0-tourist at ‘Ensemble of the Wild: An Evening of Art, Culture, Music and Meaningful Conversations Around Conservation’, a curtain-raiser event of Echoes of Earth, India’s greenest festival, that provided a platform to raise widespread awareness about eco-sensitivity vis-à-vis discursive panel discussions, art and music on the ecological significance of the state’s rich…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa govt has convened a meeting to discuss the issues related to Smart City Project on Jan 10, informed CM Pramod Sawant. All stakeholders including CCP Mayor, Smart City officials etc are expected to attend the meeting. Meanwhile, Panaji CCP Mayor Rohit Monserrate along with Traffic PI inspected the Smart City works today. Mayor directed the contractors to take all requisite safety measures within next 2 days time. “Smart City contractors have broken all roads. There are different contractors each with their own plans,” he lamented. He said that he has also directed that contractors not taking…