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Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: V. M. Salgaocar College of Law’s BeyondTheSyllabus initiative successfully held the Inner Peace Challenge on 20 August 2024, aimed at promoting the art of doing nothing. Ashta Datye (SY BALLB) and Kaushal Bathia (FY LLB) were declared Inner Peace Champions after they maintained the most stable heart rates during the 90-minute challenge, which required participants to sit quietly without using gadgets, talking, or moving. The competition’s criteria for winning focused on heart rate stability, with readings taken by volunteers at the start and end of the challenge. Participants with the most stable heart rates were awarded. However,…

Goemkapronn desk MARGAO: Navelim Sporting Club defeated United Club of Verna 3-0 to enter into the finals of the Cana-Benaulim inter-village football tournament, organized by Cana-Benaulim Sporting Association and played at St. John de Baptista football ground, Benaulim. Both teams gave their best in front of above 800 Clifton Rebello of United Club of Verna gave his best to his team, and Ronaldo Pereira of Navelim sporting club gave his best to his team. Nevin Pereira of of Verna took a powerful shot but missed the Navelim sporting club target by whiskers in the 6th minute after that a counterattack…

Chennai: Harmeet Desai bounced back in style after an early setback, partnering Yangzi Liu to success in the mixed doubles round, and helped reigning champions Goa Challengers beat debutants Jaipur Patriots in the first tie of Ultimate Table Tennis 2024 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on Thursday. Goa Challengers won the toss and served first in the Men’s Singles game, with captain Harmeet securing the maiden point of UTT 2024. The Indian star paddler raced into a 5-0 lead and took the first game by a whopping 11-2 scoreline. Cho Seungmin, however, retaliated in the second game, mirroring Harmeet’s…

Jordan: In a sparkling show by India’s women wrestlers at the Under-17 World Championships, four grapplers annexed the titles here on Thursday and at least two more are in gold medal contention. Aditi Kumari (43kg), Neha (57kg) and Pulkit (65kg) and Mansi Lather (73kg) won world titles in their respective categories with remarkable ease. Kajal (69kg) and Shrutika Shivaji Patil (46kg) will also compete in the gold medal bouts on Friday after making the finals. India can bag more medals as Raj Bala (40kg) will compete in the bronze play-off while Muskan (53kg), Rajnita (61kg) are still in contention for…

Lausanne: Neeraj Chopra, who won the silver medal at 2024 Paris Olympics, finished second in the Lausanne Diamond League with an 89.49m effort in his 6th and final throw at the event on Thursday. Grenada’s Anderson Peters with his 90.61m final throw and Germany’s Julian Weber with a best throw of 88.37m secured first and third spots respectively. This was Chopra’s best throw of the season and his second-best ever. In Paris, he covered 89.45m. Chopra was in fourth place till the end of the fourth round of throws until he managed to cover 85.58m in his fifth throw to…

Goemkarponn Desk MOPA: The Taxi operators at Mopa on Thursday resorted to strike ‘Chakka Jam’ alleging harassment meted out to them by GMR which runs Manohar International Airport. The Taxi operators who gathered outside Dy Collector office in Pernem claimed they won’t move an inch until Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visits spot and holds talks. The taxi operators have also issued a warning that if the government does not address this matter, there may be a law and order issue for which it will be held entirely accountable, and a representation to this effect was made to the Pernem Deputy…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa government today has increased subsidy to clay idol makers from Rs 100 per idol to Rs 200 per idol for a maximum of 250 numbers of Idols for the first 388 artisans. GHRSSIDC Managing Director Ajay Gaude said that the artisans will have to submit an undertaking that these idols have been actually produced by him and not brought from outside the state. The subsidy shall be applicable only to clay figures/idols made by Goan artisans. The plaster of Paris (PoP) idols are cheaper in price compared to clay idols. However, PoP idols cause harm to…