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Goemakrponn desk MARGAO: Bailancho Ekvott has expressed grave concern over the alarming rise in child sexual abuse, despite the enactment of the POCSO Act 2012. Auda Viegas of Bailancho Ekvott said the innocence of children makes them vulnerable to predators who exploit their trust, often pretending as boyfriends/lovers. “These children, unable to discern the ulterior motives of adults, are often swayed by peer influence and fall prey to the deceptive notion of a ‘relationship’ crafted by these predators,” she states. Viegas says it is heart-wrenching to witness hard-working parents sending their children to school, unaware that a stalking predator has…

PATNA: The Patna High Court on Thursday struck down the amendments passed by the Bihar Assembly in 2023 to increase the reservation limit for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) from 50 per cent to 65 per cent. A division bench of Chief Justice K Vinod Chandran and Justice Harish Kumar set aside the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (Amendment) Act, 2023 and The Bihar (In admission in Educational Institutions) Reservation (Amendment) Act, 2023 saying it ultra vires the constitution and violates the equality clause under Articles 14, 15 and 16 of…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Calangute MLA Michael Lobo said that the Calangute-Candolim coastal belt region currently faces a shortfall of nearly 10 million litres per day (MLD) in water supply. Speaking to the media after meeting with Chief Engineer Pramod Badami of the Water Resources Department (WRD) at Porvorim, Lobo emphasized the severe water scarcity that the people living in the Calangute-Candolim coastal belt are facing. Lobo further said that currently there is a shortage of almost 10 million litres per day (mld) of water in the area. “With a goal of finishing by December, the WRD has accelerated the construction…

The recent hike in power bills in Goa has sparked a heated debate among the public, with many questioning the justification for the increase. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant defended the hike, emphasizing that it is marginal and that Goans pay significantly less compared to other states such as Maharashtra and Karnataka. He also highlighted that low-tension (LT) consumers in Goa are subsidized and that the increase in power tariffs is essential to obtain central funds amounting to Rs 2500 crore in the near future. Sawant further explained that the state government’s effort to enhance power infrastructure over the last 5…

MUMBAI: Tackling India’s chronic joblessness will be the biggest challenge for the government over the next five years, even as the country remains the world’s fastest-growing major economy, according to policy experts polled by Reuters. Asia’s third-largest economy grew more than 8 per cent last fiscal year, driven by government capital expenditure that so far has failed to spark sufficient business spending to create enough work, particularly for young people in a country of 1.4 billion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party lost the parliamentary majority it has held for the past decade in national elections that ended in…

MUMBAI: About 4,300 Indian millionaires are expected to move out of India in 2024, investment migration consultancy Henley & Partners has said in a report. If these projections hold, India will have the third-highest net outflow of millionaires in 2024 after China (15,200) and the United Kingdom (9,500).  However, the total predicted outflow of Indian high-net-worth individuals this year is lower than the 5,100 who migrated out of the country last year. About 1.28 lakh millionaires across the world are projected to migrate to a new country this year. The United Arab Emirates and the United States top the list…

NEW DELHI: The Indian government has authorized the export of 2,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Malawi and Zimbabwe through National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL). Despite a domestic export ban since July 2023, exemptions are granted to specific nations based on food security needs. In a strategic move to support global food security, the Indian government has authorized the export of 2,000 tonnes of non-basmati white rice to Malawi and Zimbabwe. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) confirmed this in a recent notification. Although India banned non-basmati white rice exports in July 2023 to stabilize domestic supplies, exceptions…