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Goemkarponn desk Pernem: In a commendable act of dedication to enhancing education, Rohan A Khaunte, Minister for Information Technology, Electronics & Communications (ITE&C), ensured that Daksh R Polji, a young boy from Corgao Pernem, Goa received lifelong internet connectivity. Mr. Daksh, a differently-abled student, had faced considerable difficulties in pursuing his studies due to the absence of internet access in his remote home. In response to the Minister’s initiative, Neville Noronha, OSD to the Minister of DoITE&C, and Mr Sagar Govekar, Managing Director of Ethernet Xpress, personally visited Daksh’s home to oversee the installation of a reliable Wi-Fi connection. Their…

Paris: “It was not just a win, it was a statement,” gushed head coach Craig Fulton after the Indian hockey team emerged victorious after playing more than 40 minutes of a tense quarterfinal match against Great Britain with just 10 players at Paris Olympics on Sunday. Key defender Amit Rohidas was given the marching order in the 17th minute for hitting an opposition player with his stick. Britain were already dominating the match with superior ball possession and it put India in a very tricky position. The Tokyo Games bronze medallist side, though, braved the red card and played the…

Sri Lanka: Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay’s magical six-wicket haul robbed the roar from Rohit Sharma’s brutal fifty as Sri Lanka etched an emotional 32-run win over India in the second ODI here on Sunday. Sri Lanka now lead the three-match series 1-0 after the first match ended in a tie. India were asked to chase down 241 on a pitch that had plenty of assistance for the spinners, and they ended up at 208 all out in 42.2 overs with Vandersay wrecking them with a haul of six for 33. A different result loomed as long as skipper Rohit was at…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Rossman Cruz Nagoa Sports Club has written to the President of the Goa Football Association alleging irregularities including financial irregularities in its functioning. In his letter addressed to the GFA president, Cruz Rosario Gonsalves, the secretary of the Club alleged that GFA monies were being deposited in the personal accounts of the managing committee members. “The most concerning finding is in list “R” of the Audit Report wherein shocking payments are made to Executive Committee Members of GFA. There can be no explanation as to why money from the GFA coffers is paid into the personal…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The state’s Central Library has sustained significant damage as a result of the recent intense rains and wind that the capital city of Panaji has experienced, with part of the building’s roof blowing off. The building’s sixth level, which houses an important collection of rare Portuguese books, including a historic volume from 1524, is seeping water. About 40,487 books, bound periodicals, and magazines in Portuguese, French, Latin, Italian, Konkani, and other languages are kept on the floor as a collection of Portuguese literature. These books were purchased before to the Liberation. Water seeping into the sixth-floor book…

PANAJI: The Central government issued the sixth iteration of a draft notification, declaring 56,825.7 sq km of the Western Ghats an ecologically sensitive area (ESA) in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The notification has been reissued after the previous draft, notified on July 6, 2022, lapsed; the Centre and these six states have not arrived at a consensus on the extent of ESA to be demarcated in the ecological hotspot. The ESAs proposed across these states are spread over 449 sq km in Gujarat, Maharashtra (17,340 sq km), Goa (1,461 sq km), Karnataka (20,668…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Since 2020, the State government of Goa has invested more than Rs 2.5 crore in the renovation of court buildings. Some people still experience issues in spite of this, especially during the monsoon. Shortly after its opening in March 2021, the government also acknowledged flaws with the state-of-the-art High Court building at Porvorim. According to Aleixo Sequeira, Minister of Law and Judiciary, the contractor is doing the renovations and repairs under the defect responsibility period on its own dime. But despite these problems happening, no inquiries have been opened into them. The structure was built at a…