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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa University conducted the Inter Collegiate Judo Championship 2023-24 for Men and Women on 22nd to 25th August 2023 at the Jubilee Hall, Goa University. Around 81 Men and 70 Women athletes from various affiliated colleges participated in 7 different weight categories. MEN’S CATEGORY: Rosary College of Commerce and Arts, Navelim were the overall champions and Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sanquelim won Runners-up position in Men Category and the third place was shared between Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Engineering and Information Technology, Shiroda; PES’s Ravi S Naik College of Arts & Science, Farmagudi;…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: MoS Shripad Naik said that Goa has the potential to become a global maritime hub due to its strategic location. “Goa has the potential to become a global maritime hub due to its strategic location and play a dominant role in international trade,” said Naik, The Union minister added that the summit would nurture the business ecosystem. “As we convene the world’s maritime leaders, policymakers, investors and influencers, the summit will be a focal point for industry expansion,” he said. Naik has said that Goa due to its large seafarer community can easily become a seafarer service…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: TCP department has notified ‘corrections’ in zones of 3 plots together admeasuring 1,638 sq mtr at Assagao, Bambolim and Raia and corrected the zones to settlement zones. “ In the RPG-2021, the zone of part of the plot of land admeasuring an area of 900 m2, surveyed under Survey No. 146, sub-division No. 6, of Village Assagao, Bardez Taluka, District North Goa, State of Goa which is earmarked as Natural Cover as per RPG-2021 is hereby corrected as Settlement zone,” states the notification. Similarly, land admeasuring an area of 485 m2, surveyed under Survey No. 6, sub-division…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Suneel Anchipaka, IAS, Director (Tourism) shall hold the additional charge of Managing Director, Goa Tourism Development Corporation in addition to his own duties, with immediate effect. Polumatla P. Abhishek, IAS, Managing Director, Goa Industrial Development Corporation shall hold the additional charge of Director of Department of Information Technology, Electronics and Communication, in addition to his own duties, with immediate effect. Goa govt has issued order to this effect today.

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Ponda Court has granted anticipatory bail to Banastari horrific accident car owner Meghana Savordekar. “There is no material to hold that applicant has any role in alleged crime as police have produced nothing against applicant despite opportunity,” the court observed. The Mercedes Benz SUV registered in Meghana’s name had rammed into multiple vehicles at Banastarim bridge on August 6, where couple Suresh and Bhavana Fadte from Divar lost their lives, while a young man Arup Karmakar died in the accident. Three others were seriously injured in the accident. Eyewitnesses had said that Meghana was in the driver’s…

Goemkarponn Desk PA NAJI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bengaluru on August 26 to congratulate the scientists of the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO). After arriving at the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) airport, Modi while addressing thousands of people gathered to welcome him, said that not only in India but every individual in the world who believes in science. Further PM Modi also announced that the spot where Chandrayaan-3’s moon lander landed, that point will be known as ‘Shivshakti’. PM Modi said: “Today, I am feeling a different level of happiness…such occasions are very rare…this time, I was…

New Delhi: The moment that a billion Indians have been waiting for with bated breath has finally arrived with the Indian Space Research Organisation sharing the first selfies from the moon’s surface of India’s robots Vikram and Pragyan. Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram took images and a video of its ramp as the Pragyan rover was at its snail’s pace. Sharing the video in a tweet, ISRO wrote, “… and here is how the Chandrayaan-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander to the Lunar surface.” Chandrayaan-3 successfully performed a soft landing on the moon at 6.04 pm on Wednesday evening, making India…