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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Barely days after a lady was killed in a mishap at Chicalim when a minor without valid driving license driving a car dashed against her bike, another incident, this time in New Vaddem, led to the death of a 59-year-old lady after a speeding bike crashed against her on Monday evening. According to information Mamata Shetye (59), working as a contract worker of Mormugao Municipal Council ( MMC) was killed on the spot after a speeding bike driven by a minor without a valid driving licence crashed against her on an internal road at New Vaddem. Eyewitnesses…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Two passengers who landed at Dabolim airport were duped into Rs 7.70 lakh on the pretext of paying them taxi rent. The fraudsters also stole three mobiles and other belongings of the duo. According to sources in the Airport police, unknown culprits approached the passengers for enquiry requirement of a taxi on hire. “During the proceedings of hiring a taxi without the knowledge of passengers, the fraudsters committed theft of black colour leather handbag containing in it cash of about Rs. 70,000/-, gold worth Rs.7,00,000 (Seven Lakhs), two mobile phones and ATM cards of Axis bank and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced the Young Scientist Award named after Former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. CM Sawant addressed the gathering on the occasion of the 4th Manohar Parrikar Vigyan Mahotsav. “National Level Award named after Former CM Manohar Parrikar. The award will be given to a young scientist under 35 yrs age and will be an annual affair from the next edition of the Vigyan Mahotsav,’ said Sawant. He further said that he was happy to see that this event was on the verge of becoming the flagship event of the Department of Science and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A cake in the shape of a FIFA football that weighs more than 100 kg has been made at Miramar Beach in connection with the Qatar journey of Boche and his team to spread the message’ Football Addiction Against Drug Addiction. Boche (Dr Boby Chemmanur), Chairman and Managing Director of Boby Group and 812 Km Run Unique World Record and Guinness Record Holder for World Peace, has embarked on his journey to the Qatar World Cup with a golden statue of his soul mate- Diego Maradona, commemorating his ‘Hand of God’ goal. Football legend Diego Maradona’s golden…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Govt of Goa, in association with All India Deaf Arts and Cultural Society (AIDACS), New Delhi and Goa Association of the Deaf is organizing the 10th Miss and Mister Deaf India 2023, an annual beauty pageant for the deaf youth of India as part of the Purple Fest in the month of January from the 6th to 8th of January’2023. The event which will be held at the Gera School (TGS) Auditorium, Old Goa provides the deaf youth community of India with a national platform to showcase…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Alleging railway authorities are ignoring the rightful pleas of railway travellers. Canconcars are planning to march to the Konkan Railway Station, Canacona, to demand the immediate resumption of train Halts at Canacona Railway Station. “We pleaded to the Railway and other authorities to halt Express Trains/Long Distance Trains at Canacona Railway Station to facilitate easy railway travel for Canaconcars, but our demands have so far fallen on deaf ears,” locals said. They said the Railway authorities have shown scant or no respect for our representations of our feelings in state social posts on the failure of Railway…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The earth is losing one potential drug in every two years and the rate of extinction is hundred times faster than the natural process, experts said, making a strong pitch for focused and novel strategies for the conservation of medicinal plants as solely relying on awareness campaigns is not enough. Ten per cent of the 900 major medicinal plants in the country is under the “threatened” category, the speakers said at a session on ‘Conservation Needs of Medicinal Plants’ at the 9th edition of the World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) & Arogya Expo 2022 here. The December 8-11 conclave…