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BCCI secretary Jay Shah is set to succeed Greg Barclay as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC), it was announced by the global cricket body on Tuesday (August 27). Shah will be the fifth Indian to head cricket’s global governing authority after Jagmohan Dalmiya (president), Sharad Pawar, N Srinivasan, and Shahank Manohar. Barclay will step down as chairman when his term concludes this November. He took over as the ICC chair in November 2020 and was re-elected unopposed in 2022. As per the rules, he was entitled to a third and final term, but he decided to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goyche Fuddle Pillge Khatir (GFPK) today has approached the DGP Goa to ban the Sunburn festival linked to drug abuse and noise pollution. “As the highest authority in the Police in Goa, we request you to please recommend to the Government the cancellation of Sunburn in Goa, as the event is being opposed by most people in the State,” said Jack Mascarenhas President, GFPK He further said that not only because of noise pollution and disruption of their daily routine but also because of its ill effects on our youth, due to its past record and consumption…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Goa Konknni Forum (GKF) has resolved to demand government get in bill or ordinance to introduce Konknni in Roman Script in Schools from std 1 to the X std. in a phased manner. The Global Konknni Forum had its Executive Committee Meeting to review the progress of the Roman script movement of last month and to chalk out activities for the months to come. “The Global Konknni Forum has also resolved to prepare two Bills. which will be given to the CM and all MLAs of Goa. Bill to demand equal status for Roman Script along with…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: An Aadhar Enrollment Centre from 1st October, and consideration of a new Administrative Complex in Canacona were promised by Chief Minister Dr Promod Sawant in a meeting with Canacona taluka heads of all the government offices, before reviewing the status of all departmental buildings and giving directions to relocate and refurbish some of the Offices facing space-crunch and functioning in some private buildings as a temporary and stop-gap arrangements. Asking all the officers to speak and behave properly with the public, the Chief Minister also advocated to consider building a comprehensive and spacious Administrative Building to house…

Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: Chief Minister says the government is positive to opt for the Central Government introduced Unified Pensioners Scheme (UPS) considered the Delhi government’s historic move for its employee’s welfare and extend the same for the retiring employees (pensioners) of the State. During his visit to Canacona to inaugurate Ravindra Bhavan, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant responding to a request for his statement on the possibility of the Goa government opting for the UPS, initially stated he is going to make a statement on it in Panjim added, ‘My Finance department has taken up top study that scheme (Central…

New Delhi: Australia has announced that it will be limiting its international student intake to 2.7 lakh in 2025 in a bid to tackle record levels of migration that has led to skyrocketing house rental prices. The limit includes higher education courses as well as vocational education and training courses, Australia’s Education Minister Jason Clare said today. The move is set to impact Indian students hoping to go abroad for higher education, especially those from Punjab which accounts for a large number of such students. “In June 2022, Australia capped the foreign student intake at 5.10 lakh. This number was…

New Delhi: K Kavitha, in jail since March over alleged corruption and money laundering charge in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, was released from jail on Tuesday evening, hours after Supreme Court granted conditional bail to the Telangana politician. BRS workers and supporters played drums and burst crackers as she stepped out of the prison complex. Ms Kavitha’s brother and BRS working president KT Rama Rao was also present. “We are fighters, we will fight it out legally and politically. They have only made the BRS and KCR’s team unbreakable,” said the combative leader in her first comments…