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Paris: Defending champion Neeraj Chopra turned on the style as he stormed into the men’s javelin throw final of the Olympic Games with a season’s best effort of 89.34m in his very first attempt in the qualification round on Tuesday. Much like his performance in the Tokyo Olympics, the 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying mark of 84m in his opening throw to occupy the top spot in Group B. The tremendous effort, which is the second best of his career, also set aside concerns surrounding Chopra’s fitness after he revealed that he had been battling an adductor niggle in the…

Goemkapronn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council MMC Chairperson Girish Borker along with all the councillors on Monday offered Rs 1.25 lakhs to the Damodar Bhajani Saptah Ustav Samiti to commemorate the 125th year of the Damodar Saptah festival. MMC Chairperson Girish Borker handed over the cheque to Paresh Joshi who is the President of the Damodar Bhajani Saptah Utsav Samiti in the Damodar temple in the presence of all the councillors. Speaking to the media, MMC Chairperson Girish Borker said that it was a historic moment as the port town celebrated the 125th year of the Saptah festival. “I am…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The Bogmalo Panchayat has shifted to nearby Anganwadi centre after the works on the demolition of the old Panchayat Ghar began on Monday Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Sarpanch Sankalp Mahale said that a new Panchayat Ghar ( ground plus three floors ) building will come up at the same place and the works on the project will start soon “The old panchayat Ghar was constructed in 2004 and we have demolished the structure to create a new state-of-the-art Panchayat Ghar. The new Panchayat Ghar was proposed by our MLA and Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho and it…

Paris: India missed a golden chance to enter the hockey final of the Olympics for the first time in 44 years as they went down 2-3 to Germany in a close last-four clash at the Paris Games here on Tuesday. The Indians started brightly and dominated the early exchanges, before the Germans regrouped themselves. It was a great opportunity for India to enter their first final of the Olympics since the 1980 Games but Germany dashed their hopes with a decisive goal in the fourth and final quarter. Skipper Harmanpreet Singh (7th) and Sukhjeet Singh (36th) struck for India, while…

Bangladesh: As Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus was appointed the head of an interim government in Bangladesh on Tuesday (August 6), at least 24 people were burnt alive at a hotel owned by a leader of the Awami League. While the army took charge, 100 more deaths were reported overnight in incidents of violence in many parts of the country after Sheikh Hasina fled the country. A number of Hindu temples, households and businesses were vandalised, women assaulted and at least two Hindu leaders affiliated with the Awami League party headed by Hasina were killed in the violence, as per two…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stated that he is working to ensure that all Goan students who want to take the NEET are assigned to a single Goa centre. “Ministers Nilkanth Halarnkar and Subhash Phal Dessai brought it to my attention yesterday. I’ve chatted with them and written to them. It’s getting late. But I’m doing the best I can,” he remarked. He was reacting to Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai’s statement about Zero Hour. Parents and children who answered the NEET exam expressed dread and anxiety about the examination centre assignment in other states. “Three hundred aspirants from…

Dhaka: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was named chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising. Muhammad Yunus was appointed to the post by Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin after he held meetings with student leaders and chiefs of the three military services, local media reported late on Tuesday, citing a statement and officials from the president’s office. Student protesters had threatened more demonstrations if parliament was not dissolved. The movement that toppled Hasina rose out of demonstrations against public…