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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Directorate of Food and Drugs has celebrated the Yearly World Food Safety Day on June 07, 2024. The theme for this year’s World Food Safety Day is “Food Safety: prepare for the unexpected”. The theme underlines the importance of being prepared for food safety incidents, no matter how mild or severe they can be. Food Safety requires dedicated efforts from policymakers, food safety authorities, farmers and food business operators, consumers also play an active role. To celebrate this event, FDA Goa organized a FoSTaC training (Food Safety Training and Certification) which trained over 50 Foods Business…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) has invited applications for the Biodiversity Conservation Awards 2024. The applications are invited in the following categories State Biodiversity Conservation Award for Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) – 1 No. each for North Goa and South Goa, State Biodiversity Conservation in Individual Category – 1No. each for North Goa and South Goa, State Biodiversity Conservation Award in the field of Applied Biodiversity Research category No. for entire Goa, State Biodiversity Conservation Award to Biodiversity Enthusiasts in the field of rescue/restoration and related activities – 1 No. each for North Goa and South Goa…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Goa Forward Party, has strongly condemned the Goa government for its support of the deepening of the approach channel at Mormugao Port. GFP said that this project, which has recently received approval from the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA), poses significant threats to the environment and the health of the local community. “The primary purpose of accommodating cape-size vessels, as stated in the minutes of the July 2019 meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee, is to facilitate the transportation of coal,” said Vikas Bhagat. He further said that the target is an alarming 50 million tonnes…

oemkarponn desk PANAJI: A study of a section of Candolim Beach by the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) has been recommended by the Bombay High Court in Goa in response to claims that the Beach Club and Resort’s construction has harmed the environment. Following the site inspection, the Bench of Justices M. S. Karnik and Valmiki Menezes have requested that a report be submitted in three weeks with recommendations for restoring the sandy areas. This ruling was made in the course of a public interest litigation hearing. “We deem it appropriate to request the Director, National Institute of Oceanography, Dona…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: “BJP has lost the South Goa seat purely due to the anger of the general public against the Modi-led government and Misgovernance, Massive Corruption, Arrogance, Anti-Democratic and Anti Constitution acts of BJP Goa, such as engineering and encouraging defections to subvert public mandate,” said Congress leader Sunil Kauthankar. He said the BJP has been trying to run away from owning the responsibility for the humiliating defeat of BJP leaders by blaming Catholic Priests and contradicting their own Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant who is on record claiming the circular by the Archbishop was in favour of BJP.…

Goemakrponn desk Panaji: Abki baar, Parivaar Kabaar. Parivar cannot be created through social media handles. One needs to spread love & affection and not hatred to build & develop relations. After Modi ki Guarantee, now Modi ka Parivaar falls flat, charged Congress Media Cell Chairman Amarnath Panjikar. Reacting to the appeal made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his followers to remove “Modi ka Parivaar” from their Social Media handles, Amarnath Panjikar said that “cosmetic makeup does not last long”. He is fully aware that he will not be able to give justice to all the Citizens of the Country…

Goemakpronn desk CANACONA: In a one-off success, Canacona police rounded up two suspects for query, and have been placed under arrest for the daylight burglary in a house at Tamnem-Loliem last week. It may be recalled that last week some unidentified men who came on a motorbike had broken into the house in broad daylight of one Pandurang Pagi, and decamped with Rs.40,000/- and Gold Ornaments, when the husband-wife duo were away for work and children had gone to school. As part of the investigation, Canacona police on Monday have detained two suspects, and later arrested them both. Police obtained…