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Goemkapronn desk Panaji: Goa’s Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Dessai said on Sunday that performance and intelligence are not linked to any specific language. Minister Phal Dessai was speaking during an educational programme in South Goa’s Ponda. “We send our children to ‘big schools’ only because they teach them to speak good English; we have a misunderstanding that mere speaking good English makes students expert. If they speak good English, it doesn’t mean that they may be good in performance and intelligence. So don’t link intelligence with language,” he said. He said that “our intelligence is not related to any…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Education Department has declared that starting in the Academic Year 2026–2027, schools must set a minimum age of six years old for admission to Class I (grade I). The decision was made at the same time that the State was instructed by the Union Education Ministry to make sure that the age limit of six years or older is enforced starting in the upcoming academic year 2024–2025. The Department of School Education and Literacy, Union Ministry of Education, requested that schools set a minimum age of six years for admission to Class 1 in…

Ajit Maity, considered a close aide of absconding TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, was detained on Sunday evening from the residence of a civic volunteer Kolkata: The West Bengal Police arrested Trinamool Congress leader Ajit Maity from the trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on the charges of land grabbing from villagers, an officer said on Monday. Ajit Maity, considered a close aide of absconding TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, was detained on Sunday evening from the residence of a civic volunteer where he had locked himself for over four hours after being chased by villagers, he said. “We have arrested…

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has urged the ED to respect the legal process and await the court’s decision instead of repeatedly issuing summonses to Mr Kejriwal. New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today skipped a seventh summons by probe agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy matter. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) urged the ED to respect the legal process and await the court’s decision instead of repeatedly issuing summonses to Mr Kejriwal. The party contends that the multiple summonses served to the Chief Minister are unwarranted. “The matter is…

Mr Subrahmanyam said that a survey’s data on household consumption is a key metric for evaluating the success of poverty reduction initiatives. New Delhi: Poverty in India has come down to below 5 per cent, claimed NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subrahmanyam citing the latest Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES). The survey, conducted between August 2022 and July 2023, provides insights into household consumption, highlighting poverty levels and the effectiveness of poverty alleviation measures implemented by the government. Mr Subrahmanyam said that the survey’s data on household consumption is a key metric for evaluating the success of poverty reduction initiatives. The…

Gyanvapi Mosque Case: The Gyanvapi Mosque has four ‘tehkhanas’ (cellars) in the basement, and one of them is still with the Vyas family. New Delhi: The Allahabad High Court today dismissed a petition challenging the Varanasi district court’s decision to allow Hindu prayers in a cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque. “Hindu Prayers in the ‘Vyas Tehkhana’ will continue,” Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal said dismissing the mosque committee’s petition. The Varanasi district court had last month ruled that a priest can offer prayers in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque called “Vyas Tehkhana”. The district court order was delivered on…

Goemkapronn desk Panaji: Congress President Amit Patkar has written a Letter to the Chief Secretary of Goa Puneet Kumar Goel (IAS) to immediately sack the Director of Transport Polumatla P. Abhishek for his insensitive & irresponsible attitude and his complete failure to take measures in controlling Fatal Accidents on Killer Roads of Goa. In his letter, Congress President has served an ultimatum of 15 days to the Government to rectify the Black Spots & Accident Prone Zones in the State. The Congress Party has also demanded to regulate the Traffic in Goa with Effective Traffic Management. It may be recalled…