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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Outstanding Sports persons winning medals at the National and International Tournaments including special Olympians from the Special Olympics world Championship in Berlin 2023 were felicitated with Cash Award by the Sports Authority of Goa. The awards were presented by the   Minister for Social Welfare Shri. Subhash Phal Dessai and Minister for Sports Shri. Govind Gaude at a programme held in the city today. Minister Shri. Subhash Phal Dessai in his address expressed that, Cash awards by SAG would boost the morale of sports persons to perform extraordinary and bring laurels to the State. It’s more heartening that…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: ISRO today has said that Aditya-L1 has commenced collecting scientific data and that the sensors of the STEPS instrument have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth. “This data helps scientists analyze the behaviour of particles surrounding Earth. The figure displays variations in the energetic particle environment, collected by one of the units,” said ISRO The Aditya-L1 mission, launched on September 2, aims to study the Sun’s photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. It will also investigate the dynamics of space weather and the propagation of particles and fields. The…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: With just a day to go, while artisans are busy in giving last minute touches to their tedious job of making Ganesh Idols, the families who bring the idol of Elephant faced God in their homes are busy in making last moments purchases and also other arrangements including decorations of the Ganpati mandal, especially collecting the ingredients required for ‘Matoli’. Several Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandals especially at Char-rasta, Chaudi, Police Station, Shrishthal, Gaondongrim, Loliem-, Poinguinim, Agonda, Matvemoll (Khola) are almost ready with the backdrops and Scenes (Dhekave) of various concepts only awaiting installation of the Ganesha ‘s murthi…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: A beautified Ganesh Immersion Site is inaugurated at Agonda village. As the Ganesh Chatturthi is fast approaching, the work at the Immersion Site at Parvem ward near the Borim-bridge is completed on a war-footing. Besides , construction of the steps, a platform-stand is also constructed on the river bank to enable conduct of Pooja and other rituals infront of the ganesh idols brought for immersion. Interestingly, the beautification of the Immersion site I nthe ward of Parvem represented by present Sarpanch Preetal Fernandes is one of the six works under taken by Agonda panchayat. Interestingly, six of…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The police here on Saturday confirmed that the youth who reportedly went missing in November 2021 was murdered by a gang in Goa. The deceased has been identified as Jeff John Louis (27), a native of Ernakulam. Police arrested three people-Kottayam natives Anil Chacko, Steffin and Vishnu from Wayanad in connection with the case. Kochi City police commissioner A Akbar told the media that Jeff was murdered by the three-member gang in Goa over personal vengeance. The official stated that the trio under arrest had confessed to the crime. Probe into the missing case registered at Ernakulam…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa Human Resource Development Corporation has clarified with reference to the news published in some local daily newspapers dated September 14, 2023 with regards to non receipt of salary to GHRDC employees. It is clarified that the salary for the month of August 2023 is credited to all the employees of GHRDC on September 13, 2023 into their respective salary accounts .Mostly the salaries are disbursed to all the employees by 7th of every month. GHRDC has also informed that the corporation has tied up with one of the nationalized bank for opening of salary accounts with…

Goemkarponn Editor Suraj Nandrekar Speaks to Nuvem MLA Alexio Sequeira on the Verna house demolition issue and one year of joining the BJP. Highlights… Suraj Nandrekar: What is your stand on the house demolition of a Goan at Verna? Alexio Sequeira: The house demolition in Verna, if you are trying to ask what was my role let me say “I had no role”, as far as I am concerned I know the lady and I don’t think I am wrong when I say she voted for me all my elections. I believe from the papers she showed me that there was…