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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 4th edition of Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) – 2023 is being held from 29 to 31 October 2023 by the Indian Navy under the aegis of Naval War College, Goa. GMC is the Indian Navy’s outreach Initiative providing a multinational platform to harness the collective wisdom of practitioners of maritime security and the academia towards garnering outcome oriented maritime thought. Previous editions of the biennial event were held in 2017, 2019, and 2021 and it provides a forum for exchange of views by the Chiefs of Navy/ Heads of Maritime Agencies on dealing with contemporary and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Talent, encouragement, and opportunity – as a budding goalkeeper at the age of 15, Brahmanand Shankhwalkar was lucky to have all these three aspects in his favour. And that’s what he stresses even today. “Parents must encourage their children in sports, especially those with potential so that they get the muchneeded exposure to pursue their dreams,” he says. When it comes to Goan football, Shankhwalkar stands tall among the pantheon of all-time greats. In his heyday, the former captain represented the country for 11 years, and led the state to 2 Santosh Trophy titles. With the 37th…

• Chandrika Tarafdar breaks Clean & Jerk National Record in 45 Kg • Haryana wins both gold medals in Netball Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Maharashtra’s Dipali Gursale and Prashant Koli of Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) created new national records on the opening day of the weightlifting competition to clinch the gold medals in the 37th National Games at the Campal Sports Village here on Wednesday. In the women’s 45 kg category, Gursale improved the national mark in Snatch with a third lift of 75 kg and went on to lift a total of 165 kg to clinch Maharashtra’s first gold…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s women’s rhythmic gymnastic team put up a strong showing to finish fourth in the 37th National Games at the Peddem Indoor Sports complex on Wednesday. The hosts, who are participating in the event for the first time at the National Games, scored a total of 173.75 points, finishing 14 points behind bronze winners Haryana. Maharashtra grabbed the gold medal with a total of 242 points while Jammu and Kashmir bagged the silver medal with a score of 189.60. In the men’s trampoline event, Sudipta Sardar finished sixth with a score of 41.22 points. Maharashtra clinched the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On receipt of a complaint from the consumer organization GOACAN, alleging the sale of Jaggery alongside the highway at Sirlim Navelim; the team of FDA officials visited the said spot and found that a mini tempo TN 76 AF 1804 belonging to one Karnan P were engaged in selling jaggery. It was observed that 4 men has set up roadside kiosks and were selling loose jaggery. The stock were carrying no label and the seller was unable to produce the details of its Manufacturer or no FSSAI license was produced. Further the jaggery was not stored hygienically.…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Drishti Marine’s lifesavers had their hands full with twenty-seven rescue operations conducted across the state’s coastline over the extended Dussehra weekend, rescuing a woman and child from drowning at Dudhsagar waterfalls, apart from rescuing a Russian woman off Mandrem beach and a kayaker from drowning at Palolem. At Dudhsagar waterfalls, a mother and her 11-month-old daughter from Kolkata were rescued after the former slipped on the rocks near the waterbody, sending them both plunging into the water. While the woman managed to find a way out of the water, lifesaver Babu Gavli saved the infant, who was…

AERIAL VIEW As the Chief Minister has been on record, we cannot put a policeman after every person for protection whenever there is a crime in state, so in this case does he expect the owners to run after every tourist to see what they are upto? By this logic, the DGP and Chief Minister should be responsible for every crime that happens in the State. isn’t it? Instead of this blame-game, the intelligent brains in the State have to come out together and come out with a strategy. In foreign countries when you take a car or bike on…