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POVORIM: All Goa Unaided Schools Parents Association (AGUSPA) on Thursday has written to the Education Department demanding scraping of Fee Structure Committee Report. Addressing the media AGUSPA Secretary Orlando Pacheco said, “The government should scrap the report prepared by this fee structure committee as the parent body was misrepresented and there is absolutely no contribution to this alleged report from the parent’s body AGUSPA and also as petitioner.” He said that the association wants a fresh committee by inviting and appointing a representative of All Goa Unaided Schools Parents Association (AGUSPA) being the Petitioners and representative of the parents body.…

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The State government has turned down the demands of the Zuarinagar for removal of containment zone from the area. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Paryatan Bhavan at Panjim, which was attended by South Goa Collector, Dy Collector, health Secretary and MLA Alina Saldanha. The meeting discussed the people’s demands and decided that containment zone cannot be lifted as per the SOP of the central government. “The relaxations can be given only 14 days after the last positive case reported or all test negative,” sources said. Also, the Chief Minister refused to grant permission for people to…

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The COVID19 casualties seems to be now moving towards the North as out of three two were from Bardez (one Porvorim and one Bardez). On Thursday three fatalities were reported, one male 80 years from Porvorim admitted at ESI COVID hospital Margao with co-morbid condition expired another male 71 years from Margao and one 62 years old male from Mapusa who were admitted at COVID hospital Margao with co-morbid conditions, expired today. On Thursday there were 215 new cases reported and 221 recoveries. The recoveries are now 4005 and active cases 1657. As per the health bulletin, out of 6611…

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The pendency of COVID19 cases seems to be increasing with every passing day with now reports arriving seven days after the swab tests being carried out. Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) Mayor Uday Madkaikar has fumed at the delay of Health department in declaring the results. Madkaikar said that one patient who tested positive from Mala seven days back, his six family members tested positive today. “The swabs were taken seven days back,” he said. This is not the first time Mayor is annoyed with the DHS as last time he had criticized them for not informing the CCP…

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The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) have written to the President of India Ramnath Kovind saying that instead of managing COVID19, the BJP government at the Centre is busy toppling elected governments in the States. “India is passing through a grave calamity, the Covid-19 pandemic in tandem with an economic disaster on one hand, and Chinese aggression on our boundaries on the other hand.  At this juncture, it is the Constitutional and moral duty of the Government of India to utilize its resources and Constitutional machinery to tackle the grave situation at hand,” the letter submitted to Governor Satya Pal…

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While reserving its comments on the new Education policy brought out by the central government, Aam Aadmi party said that the party would come out with its views after studying the policy properly in detail. At the same time, AAP Convenor Elvis Gomes lost no time in welcoming the decision to rename the ministry from HRD to education ministry. He said that Manish Sisodia in his public address to teachers in Margao Goa exactly two years ago, had demanded that it was time to change the name of the ministry from HRD to education ministry. “Manish Sisodia rated as the…

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The soil from the auspicious Ram Rudreshwar temple at Harvalem Sankhali will be used for the foundation of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya on August 5. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on his social media handle. “It is a moment of proud privilege that the sacred soil from the auspicious Rudreshwar Temple – Harvalem, Sankhali Goa, will be used in the foundation of the #RamMandir at Ayodhya!  I offered my prayers at the Rudreshwar Temple today.Jai Shree Ram!,” he wrote. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Ram Temple slated to…

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