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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai will distribute financial assistance to 272 cancer and dialysis patients from Governor’s Discretionary funds at 11.30 a.m. on August 30, 2024 at Old Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula. Minister for Health, Vishwajit Rane will grace the function as a Guest of Honour. The Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pilai took over as Governor of Goa and had decided to reach out to the underprivileged people of Goa and extend financial assistance to needy people. On various occasions the Governor announced various financial assistance schemes such as financial assistance to dialysis, cancer and other…

Paris: The 2024 Paralympics were opened in Paris on Thursday (IST) by French President Emmanuel Macron, firing the starting gun on 11 days of competition in a city still riding the wave of the successful Olympics. Macron declared the Games open during an exuberant and colourful opening ceremony in a balmy Place de la Concorde in central Paris — the first time a Paralympic opening ceremony has taken place away from the main stadium. The 4,400 athletes from 168 delegations paraded into the arena as the sun set with host nation France entering last to a standing ovation and chanting…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister Vishwajit Rane informed that TCP has not given any hill cutting permissions in Pernem for any company. Rane was responding to Congress President Amit Patkar’s allegation of Massive Hill Cutting by a company for a project approved by Investment Promotion Board to setup Casinos in Pernem

Goemkarponn Desk DHARGAL: At response to the reported unlawful hill cutting at Sukekolan, Dhargal, the Goa Congress Committee has called for prompt action. After visiting the location with the Pernem Block Congress Committee and other officials, Congress President Amit Patkar halted the operation. “In Dhargal, rampant hill cutting is happening openly, right in front of the authorities,” Patkar claimed. The TCP minister, Vishwajit Rane, stated, “It’s important to recognize that fines alone do not restore the land to its original condition. He has claimed that those involved in illegal hill cutting will face fines.” “Delta Corp purchased 317,500 square meters…

New Delhi: With National Sports Day becoming a critical event in our calendar, ICC Charman Jay Shah took to social media, celebrating Indian athletes and highlighting Major Dhyan Chand’s legacy today. National Sports Day is celebrated on August 29 in India, commemorating the birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand, one of the country’s legendary hockey players. The day honours his achievements and the contributions of other athletes to Indian sports. Dhyan Chand, known as the “Wizard of Hockey,” played a key role in helping India win three Olympic gold medals in 1928, 1932, and 1936. The day has grown in…

PARIS: India’s Sharuk Khan broke the national U20 record in 3000m steeplechase to qualify for the final with a sixth-place finish in his heat race at the World Athletics U20 Championships here. The 18-year-old Khan ran 8 minute 45.12 second to finish sixth in heat one late Wednesday night and qualify for the final to be held on August 31. First eight finishers in each of the two heat races qualify for the final. The earlier national U20 record in this event was in the name of 19-year-old Rajesh of Rajasthan who had clocked 8:50.12sec while finishing fourth at the…

New Delhi: Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of Telegram, has been charged in France for allowing several criminal activities on the messaging app. The billionaire failed to curb spread of sexual images of children, drug trafficking and other illegal activities on Telegram, the court ruled. In a statement, the Paris prosecutors said that Durov has been charged with refusing to share documents demanded by authorities as well as “dissemination of images of minors in child pornography” as well as drug trafficking, fraud and money laundering. The charges against the 39-year-old paint a picture of a platform almost entirely uncooperative with…