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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa SCPCR conducted a meeting with stakeholders and advocacy groups to review the response to rare disease among children in Goa in the Chambers of Chairperson yesterday. In the opening remarks, Peter F. Borges, Chairperson said that children affected by rare diseases are currently marginalized and invisible and have a right to life, health, good quality of life and holistic development and good quality of treatment and care. They are living with chronic and complex conditions, with increased suffering, requiring multidisciplinary care. Further, Borges said that caring for such children entails lifelong challenges and personal sacrifice…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The portal of Directorate of Goa Higher Education for facilitating admission for under graduate courses will commence from May 25 or 26. The results of Std XII conducted by Goa Board was declared last week. The admission process for college section will commence with the opening of portal for college admissions. The student will have to visit the Directorate of Higher Education website and indicate preference of three college choices. Based on merit and criteria, the Directorate of Higher Education will allot the seat to the applicant student. From this academic year, the colleges will offer a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Government of Goa has notified the Local Contingency Plan (LCP) for Mass Rescue Operations (MRO) at Sea for Goa. The notification will come into force from today. The objective of the plan is to prepare a comprehensive contingency plan for large scale rescue capabilities for saving lives at sea. The State of Goa has about 555 km of Inland Waterways out of which only 255 km are navigable through the Rivers Mandovi, Zuari and their tributaries. Out of their total length the better part is being used by the mining and export Industry for transportation of Iron…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Welcoming Supreme Court’s judgment on Shivsena Maharashtra matter, former Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar on Thursday said that it has given ray of hope for Goa & Country in respect of defections episode and misuse of Governor office. Chodankar, who has filed disqualification petition against merger of 8 Congress MLAs, said that now these eight defected MLAs need to worry now, as their days are counted. “Supreme Court has recognized and emphasised the importance of political party under tenth schedule (Anti Defection law). It also said that two-third of the members of the legislature party should agree…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Reacting to the slow pace of Smart City works in Panaji, the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that he will discuss the issue with the contractors and get them to speed up the process and work. “I will look into it. I will discuss it with the contractors and get them to speed up the work,” said Sawant He further assured he will hold meetings with the contractors involved and draw up schedules for speedy restoration of roads and drains. PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral said that the dug roads will be temporarily put in place by June…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: To meet the larger vision of achieving Zero Carbon Emission Goal, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Waterways has launched ‘Harit Sagar’ the Green Port Guidelines. The guidelines were launched by Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and AYUSH in the august presence of Shri Shripad Y. Naik, Union Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Tourism and other senior officials of the Ministry today in New Delhi. Harit Sagar Guidelines – 2023 envisages ecosystem dynamics in port development, operation and maintenance while aligning with ’Working with Nature’ concept and minimizing impact…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa State Minorities Finance and Development Corporation Ltd. has organized an Awareness programme on the Term Loan Scheme applicable to the citizens belonging to the Minority Community which includes Christians, Muslims, Sikh, Jain, Parsi and Buddhists in Goa at St Lawrence Church Hall (Agassaim), on May 14, 2023 at 10.00 am. The Corporation will explain the benefits of the Term Loan Scheme which will enable the members of the Minority Community in assisting them to set up small Business, Agricultural activities and activities in Technical trade and transport sector for the purpose of self-employment. The Chairman…