MAPUSA: The entire Mapusa city was in fear and anxiety as a newspaper vendor tested positive for COVID19. Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza said that swab testing drive initiated by Mapusa UHC is currently underway at Health Centre Khorlim, for all those people who have come in contact with the newspaper vendor and also for those staying in the surrounding vicinity. “Visited the area around KrishnaTemple, Khorlim along with Local Councillors Vibha Salgaonkar & Rajsingh Rane, Dy. Collector Kum Mamu Hage, #Mapusa PI Shri Tushar Lotlikar and #Police personnel where a NewspaperVendor residing in the locality has been tested positive for…
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Department of Women and Child Development (WCD) has said that the government has initiated process to weed out ineligible beneficiaries of its ambitious Griha Aadhar scheme and the same is nearing completion Director WCD Deepali Naik said in a reply to a complaint filed by activist Kashinath Shetye. Shetye in his complaint had sought stopping of payments to persons fraudulently registered under the scheme. Replying to same, Naik said ” necessary action would be undertaken towards the illegalities identified as per the scheme guidelines”.
The Dnyanpeeth Awardee Ravindra Kelekar Konkani Bhasha Puraskar for the year 2018-19 has been declared to Adv. Uday Laxmikant Bhembre, B. D. Satoskar Marathi Bhasha Puraskar has been declared to Shri Pundalik Shivram Narvekar, while Durgaram Upadhe Sanskrit Puraskar has been declared to Shri Devadatta Govind Patil. The Award consists of Manapatra, Memento and cash amount of Rs. 1.00 lakh each. The award will be presented to the awardees in a special function. Nominations were invited earlier from individuals as well as institutions. A Committee of Experts was constituted by the Government to select the awardees. The committee consisted of Dr. Somnath Komarpanth, Shri.…
The Goa Raj Bhavan has written to the North Goa Collector seeking action on the complaint filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues demanding an F.I.R against Raymond Filipe Fernandes, son of Goa’s Deputy Speaker Isidore Fernandes for having submitted a fake BA degree while applying for the post of Awal Karkun at the North Goa Collectorate. Adv. Rodrigues had last week met Governor Satya Pal Malik at the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum seeking his intervention to ensure the criminal prosecution of Raymond Fernandes in the fake degree case. Raymond Fernandes was amongst the16 selected in January this year for…
Post Covid19, Goa was the first Indian State which provided direct financial assistance and support to Certified Startups in terms of grants and incentives. These funds have been disbursed through various schemes which are notified under the Goa Startup Policy 2017. There are 14 different schemes for Startups such as Seed Capital Scheme, Salary Reimbursement Scheme, Reimbursement Scheme for charges/lease/expenses paid by Startups for Co-Working, Leased/Privately owned office spaces, etc. oa Startup Policy was launched by the late Chief Minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar. The policy was formulated with an objective of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship amongst the Goan population.…
PANAJI: Drishti Marine, whose lifeguards are manning the Goa’s coastline, has warned that the weather is not conducive for swimming and as such the waves could rise as high as 18 feet. In a statement here, Drishti has said that the State is moving towards the wettest weeks of the season; monsoon showers and water conditions at Vagator, Baga, Arambol, Rajbag and Calangute. “Waves today, the most frequent height will be 4 foot, significant waves come 1 in 7, will be 9 foot, and the maximum height waves which come in three times in 24 hours are expected at 18…
BJP State President Sadanand Tanawade has hailed Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant for successful conduct of GCET exams, held last weekend, despite efforts from some “forces” to cancel the same. Will we not Appreciate the efforts of Hon CM For Successfully conducting GCET examinations on 4th and 5th July 2020? there are forces working from behind to cancel examinations, they did it for SSC they are trying for technical examinations but they failed.’Tanawade said The BJP Goa Chief also said that the determination of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has won,over 2900 students appeared for GOA Common Enterence Test, the…