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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: In a proactive move to expedite the resolution of cases under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012, the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (Goa SCPCR) has recommended for the creation of an exclusive Fast Track Court (FTC) tailored for South Goa District. Peter F. Borges, the Chairperson of the Goa SCPCR met with Shri Aleixo Sequiera, Minister for Law and Judiciary, to discuss this crucial initiative. Mandated by Section 44 of the POCSO Act, 2012, and Rule 12 of the POCSO Rules, 2020, the Goa SCPCR, assumes a critical responsibility…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka cricketing legend Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed as a Cricket Consultant to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). With his appointment being made with immediate effect, the former cricketer will be working directly with the SLC’s High-Performance Center. The SLC’s High-Performance Center along with the Coaching staff faced severe backlash recently as a result of the national team’s and Under-19 team’s embarrassing defeats in recent tournaments. The national team faced embarrassing defeats in the Asia Cup, as well as the World Cup 2023, which resulted in Sri Lanka missing on qualifying for the Champions Trophy. Sri Lanka’s Under-19 team…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: M.E.S’s Vasant Joshi College Of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar, won fourth consecutive times by winning Inter Collegiate Kabaddi Men Championship 2023-24 defeating Swami Vivekananda VM’s College of Commerce, Bori by a score of 45-35. Goa University organised the Inter Collegiate Kabaddi Championship for Men 2023-24 on 12th and 13th December, 2023 at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, Goa University. Earlier in the semis finals in the M.E.S’s Vasant Joshi College of Arts & Commerce, Zuarinagar defeated Government College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Quepem by a score of 73-23 and Swami Vivekananda VM’s College of Commerce,…

After India’s loss in the World Cup final, PM Narendra Modi met the players in the dressing room and comforted them MUMBAI: Star pacer Mohammed Shami became the talk of the town after his heroics for Team India in the recently concluded ODI World Cup 2023. Despite missing out on the first four matches of the tournament, Shami emerged as the highest wicket-taker with a total of 24 scalps to his name. He also bagged the Player of the Tournament award for his stellar performance. Despite all this, Team India failed to lift the World Cup trophy as they lost…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa today directed the Goa State Pollution Control Board to seal around 13 pubs, bars and dance bars, in Calangute, if found illegally operational. The Division bench has directed the State authorities to launch a major crackdown against all those illegally operating establishment along the Calangute coastal belt. The Court has asked authorities to verify if these establishments have got construction licenses or not and Act accordingly. The order was issued in public interest litigation (PIL) writ petition seeking to ban dance bars in the coastal areas especially in Calangute and Baga.…

Serious questions are already being questioned about the security breach, which comes on the 22nd anniversary of the terror attack on the old Parliament building. New Delhi: There was a major security breach during Zero Hour in Parliament at 1.02 pm on Wednesday after two men, both carrying smoke canisters emitting an as yet unidentified yellow smoke, jumped from the visitors’ gallery and ran into the Lok Sabha chamber. Incredible footage from the House’s CCTV system showed one man, wearing a dark blue shirt, leaping across desks to evade capture, while the second was in the visitors’ gallery spraying smoke.…

The United States has criticised Israel’s bombing as “indiscriminate”. Australia, Canada and New Zealand issued a joint statement and called for a ceasefire. New Delhi: Facing calls from many members of the United Nations for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, Israel is now coming under pressure from its allies, including the United States, which has criticised its bombing in the small strip of land as “indiscriminate”. India was among the countries that voted in favour of the United Nations General Assembly resolution, ‘Protection of civilians and upholding legal and humanitarian obligations’, demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. As…