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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Alleging that false promises of BJP government is not auguring well for the Agriculture area, Congress on Friday demanded white paper on fallow land and crop production of the state. GPCC General Secretary Moreno Rebelo along with other leaders gheraoed the agriculture director over nonpayment of subsidy and support price to farmers and demanded to increase the assistance. Congress leader Viriato Fernades, Everson Vales, Muktamala Fondekar, Vishal Volvoikar, John Nazareth and others were present. Moreno Rebelo said that when the government announces schemes, farmers expect that they should get benefit of it, however they are not getting…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – 4(Four) Government Primary Schools (GPS) in Canacona have been closed this academic year (2023-24), even as the enrollments of students in government primary schools have fallen to 1035 against the last academic year’s (2022-23) 1059 enrollments. 3(Three) Government Primary Schools had to be closed for want of students when the schools reopened for the last academic year (2022-23), informed Canacona ADEI Lawrence Pereira, when contacted. Pereira further informed that except for one, all the other three single teacher run GPS’s, the sole teacher have also retired at the end of last academic year, while one teacher…

Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Calangute Village Panchayat Sarpanch Joseph Sequeira today said that the Panchayat had just send a letter to Shivswarajya organisation to remove the statue and that it was never mentioned that it would be demolished. “I know who is Shivaji Maharaj, even I’ve learnt about him in school. I’m not against Shivaji Maharaj. We had only sent a letter to Shivswarajya organization to remove the statue, we never said we will demolish it,” said Sequeira He further said that the statue is put at the junction which is a accident prone zone and that why we were not…

Goemkarponn Desk LE BOURGET: Boeing and Akasa Air today announced an order for four additional 737-8 jets at the Paris Air Show. Akasa Air, which launched operations in 2022 with its first 737-8, has rapidly grown its market share and fleet to 19 airplanes across 16 destinations to support the fast-growing market in India. With the order of four additional aircraft, the Indian carrier’s order book comprises 76 jets, which include 23 737-8s and 53 high-capacity 737-8-200 airplanes. “As the world’s fastest growing airline, we are excited to add four more Boeing 737-8 airplanes into our fleet, taking our initial order of…

Goemkarponn Desk AHMEDABAD: Matter Motor Works, a technology-led innovation start-up, and Bharti Airtel, one of India’s leading telecommunications service providers, today, announced a strategic partnership to deploy Airtel’s IoT solution in Matter AERA, India’s first and only geared electric motorbike As part of the partnership, Airtel will enable advanced automotive grade E-Sims on all Matter AERA bikes, for which the pre-booking opened on 17th May. In the first phase, 60,000 Matter bikes will be enabled with Airtel E- Sims with advanced IOT features, offering a smart and connected experience on Airtel’s pan-India superior network. Matter plans to produce over 300,000…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: Commuters using Electric buses of Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited(KTCL) had a tough time today after the drivers of the 50 odd buses resorted to flash strike demanding hike in salary from existing Rs 18,000 to Rs 25,000. KTCL managed to put the buses back on 20 routes using their drivers and has said that they will put their drivers on remaining buses too if the EV bus drivers don’t start with the work at the earliest. The drivers are employed under Olectra Greentech Limited, the company that supplied the EV buses to the Goa govt. The drivers…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) along with office bearers met Director of Agriculture, regarding Farmers issue and demanded to give support price immediately to the farmers also to increase the support price of the crop to Rs. 25. “We would like to bring to your notice that Goa being a agrarian state wherein many people are involved in different Agriculture Activities. Many Goan farmers, specially in South Goa have cultivated paddy fields not for the sole purpose of profit but as a tradition handed over to them from generations to generations, Also, you will be well aware…