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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, in collaboration with the Goa Paralympic Association, is pleased to announce the Para Swimming State Championship. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 3rd August 2024 at Campal Swimming Pool, Panaji. This championship aims to promote inclusivity and sportsmanship among individuals with disabilities. Participants will be classified into six groups based on their disabilities: Physical Impairment (including Amputees, Dwarfism, Polio, Tetraplegia, or Paraplegia, Class 1-10), Visual Impairment (Class 11-13), and Intellectual Impairment/CWSN (Class 14). The criteria for participation include a minimum of 40% disability for…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Sessions court today has adjourned hearing in Pooja Sharma anticipatory bail application to Friday. Sharma is booked in connection with Assagao house demolition case. Adv Surendra Desai appearing for the applicant said that the allegations against her are false. Following eight days of her disappearance, Sharma filed a motion in Sessions Court after the Goa police served her with two summons requesting her appearance for an investigation into the partial demolition of a house on June 22 at Bairo Alto, Assagao. However, Sharma was not at her Chandivali, Mumbai, home, therefore none of the notifications issued…

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar lashed out Tuesday as opposition MPs – who joined their Lok Sabha colleagues in staging a vociferous protest against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party – walked out of the House during a speech by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Opposition MPs walked out after Mr Dhankhar initially refused Congress boss Mallikarjun Kharge, the Leader of the Opposition, permission to intervene as Mr Modi spoke. Loud chants of “LoP ko bolne do”, or “let the LoP speak”, were heard, as were plaintive appeals from Mr Kharge, asking for permission. As the MPs walked out, Mr…

Goemkapronn desk Panaji: The president of the Goa Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI), Shrinivas Dempo, and the Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Dr Vibha Dhawan, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at conducting baseline assessments and providing consultancy services on environmentally sustainable practices for industries. Dr Vibha Dhawan, Director General of TERI, spoke at the golden jubilee celebration and emphasized the global interconnectedness revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for climate change. She stressed the importance of fighting climate change and observing sustainable practices. Additionally, she highlighted the rapid changes in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD-Goa) today has forecasted a Yellow alert for Goa on July 3 and 7 The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for the next five days, cautioning about the possibility of heavy rains and adverse weather conditions. In light of the alert, fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea during this period to ensure their safety. “A cyclonic circulation lies over southeast Pakistan adjoining Kutch in lower tropospheric levels. A cyclonic circulation lies over north Gujarat and the neighbourhood in middle tropospheric levels. The off-shore trough at mean sea…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: In a significant breakthrough, Verna police successfully solved the murder case of Lionel Lobo, leading to the arrest of Alex Coutinho, 34, a resident of Cortalim. The arrest was confirmed by SP Sunita Sawant during a press briefing on Wednesday. “We were informed about the murder of Lionel Lobo, 32, at an under-construction site along the highway at Cortalim on Tuesday evening. The house owner reported the incident, and our team rushed to the spot to begin the investigation. The body was found with severe head injuries, and we concluded that a cement block lying next to…

New Delhi: The Opposition cannot listen to replies of questions they raised and can only run away, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today as the Opposition walked out of Rajya Sabha during his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President’s address. Opposition MPs led by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge walked out after Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar refused to grant him permission to intervene during the Prime Minister’s address. The Opposition’s walkout followed the Prime Minister’s swipe at former Congress chief and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi. “These people are such who are used to run the government on auto…