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Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Dengue virus has raised its ugly head alarmingly high in Canacona, as the epicenter- Gaondongrim village recorded 70 infections since the outbreak began in the Southernmost taluka. Health workers/officials along with various authorities always on their toes, finally succeeding in controlling the dreaded virus now on decline in Canacona taluka. Canacona has presently accounted for 70 dengue cases with almost all the infections (barring a couple of cases elsewhere) are detected in Gaondongrim village, Canacona Health Officer Dr. Jose Tavares, informed. ‘With the active cooperation of Deputy Collector, Block Development Officer, Health Staff/Officials are working very hard,…

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday upwardly revised the aggregate Ways and Means Advances (WMA) limit of state governments and Union Territories to Rs 60,118 crore effective July 1, 2024. The existing limit is Rs 47,010 crore. The WMA are temporary advances given by the RBI to the central, state governments and UTs to tide over any mismatch in receipts and payments. The limits have been revised based on the recommendations made by the group constituted by the central bank, consisting of select state finance secretaries to take account of the expenditure data of states for recent years. “The…

New Delhi: Loss-making telecom operator Vodafone Idea will raise mobile tariffs across the board by 11-24 per cent from July 4, according to a company statement. Vodafone Idea (Vi) follows the tariff hike stage set by Reliance Jio on Thursday. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel will roll out increased mobile service rates from July 3 onward. “In line with its commitment to provide its consumers with simple and comprehensive plans, Vi has curated an optimum range of feature-rich plans to meet the diverse needs of its consumers. Staying true to its philosophy of supporting entry-level users and progressively linking higher…

Jammu, India: The second batch of Amarnath Yatra pilgrims left from Jammu under heavy security cover on Saturday. Around 4029 pilgrims left from Bhagwati Nagar Base Camp in Jammu in 200 vehicles, about 1850 left for Baltal in 104 vehicles and around 2179 for Pahalgam in 96 vehicles. These pilgrims will pay obeisance at Holy cave on Sunday. On Friday, the first batch of the Yatra with 4,603 pilgrims reached the Kashmir valley amid stringent security arrangements. Local Muslims joined senior officials of police and civil administration at several places to welcome the yatris, who were flagged off from the…

New Delhi: Global investment bank and financial company Morgan Stanley has stated that the PM Gati Shakti scheme has succeeded in giving a new fillip to India’s infrastructure development and multi-modal connectivity across highways, railways and ports that has spurred economic growth. According to the report, India has scaled up its infrastructure strongly over the last decade, with higher investment that is also better targeted and potentially more productive. “We expect India’s infrastructure investment to steadily increase from 5.3 per cent of GDP in FY24 to 6.5 per cent of GDP by FY29. Indeed, this implies that infrastructure investments are…

New Delhi: The Delhi International Airport management on Friday formed a committee to probe the roof collapse at Terminal 1 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, leading to the death of one person and injuries to at least eight people. A Technical Committee has been formed by the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) to investigate the cause of the incident. Additionally, DIAL is working with all relevant agencies, including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Bureau of Civil Aviation (BCAS), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Delhi Police and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are jointly working to assess…

New Delhi: India on Friday said the US State Department’s report on international religious Freedom for 2023, which was critical of New Delhi, was ‘deeply biased’ and was driven by votebank considerations. The remarks were made by the external affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal during the ministry’s weekly press briefing. “We have noted the release by the US State Department of its report on international religious Freedom for 2023. As in the past, the report is deeply biased, lacks an understanding of India’s social fabric, and is visibly driven by votebank considerations and a prescriptive outlook,” the ministry’s spokesperson Randhir…