SEPT 24: To celebrate the ongoing cricket carnival in India, Dan Bilzerian’s official poker room, BLITZPOKER, has joined hands with renowned Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik to launch the Blitz Premier League (BPL). Dinesh Karthik, the face of Blitz Premier League, is an ace wicketkeeper-batsman of the Indian cricket team and the current captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the ongoing IPL 2020. Dinesh Karthik made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and went on to become the highest scorer for Team India in the 2007 England Test series, helping India to win the Test series…
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PANJIM: The 51st Edition of the International Film Festival of India scheduled to be held at Goa from 20th November to 28th November, 2020 has been postponed to 16th to 24th January, 2021. The decision has been arrived at after the Minister of Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar discussed the issue with Dr. Pramod Sawant, Chief Minister, Goa. It has also been jointly decided to hold the festival from 16th to 24th January, 2021 at Goa as per the International Film Festival guidelines and protocols. The festival will be conducted in a Hybrid format i.e. Virtual & Physical format. All COVID related protocols…
PANJIM: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today stated that 237 patients were administered with plasma therapy. The Minister also informed that 127 Plasmapheresis procedures had been done and 66 persons donated blood from which Plasma was separated. “237 patients administered with plasma therapy. 127 Plasmapheresis procedures had been done and 66 persons donated blood from which Plasma was separated,” Rane said He said, “Donating Plasma post recovery from COVID19 is a rare opportunity to save the lives of those who are fighting the virus. I applaud the noble gesture of all those who voluntarily donated their Convalescent Plasma,” As per statistics…
PANJIM: Government of India today has declared the highway connecting Mopa International Airport to NH 66 as National Highway. “The highway starting from its junction with NH-66 (old NH-17) near Dhargalim and terminating at Mopa Airport (under construction) near Varconda in the State of Goa,” the notification states Taking it to Twitter, Chief Minister Dr Pramod said that this is move will ensure that the highway is developed under National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Mopa Airport will have seamless connectivity. “I thank Hon Minister Shri @nitin_gadkari Ji for the notification. This will ensure that the highway is developed…
Ministers enjoy low electricity bills instead of common man It is well known that electricity department lost lot of money due to implementation of wrong technology without proper studies called ” Arial Bunch Cables ” which was discontinued as faults in this technology could not be detected said sidharth karapurkar. Youth leader Lourenco da Silva said that this same minister got electricity bill of rs 172/ only. Small business man, shop keepers , house holds got thousands of rupees bills even when the shops were closed due to pandemic. AAP government in Delhi gives low bills to common man. AAP…
PANJIM: A day after his birthday celebration video went viral, Margao Municipal Chief Officer Ajit Panchwadkar shunted out, he is transfered as Director (Administration) Public Works Department. In a video which went viral, Panchwadkar was seen celebrating violating all safey norms. General secretary of Goa Municipal Employees Association, Anil Shirodkar, said, “The CO was an Incident Commandant during the pandemic lockdown. He has sent a wrong message to the citizens by hosting a birthday party by throwing the Covid guidelines to the winds,” Anil added. The video that went viral since late Tuesday evening shows the Chief Officer cutting his…
FC Goa would like to announce that the club has retained the services of Mohamed Ali after the Goan defender put pen to paper on a new two-year deal. Picked in the 10th round of the 2017 ISL Player Draft, the 28-year-old burst on to the scene in the 2017/18 season. Over the 3 seasons with the Gaurs, the man hailing from Caranzalem, Goa made 24 appearances in FC Goa colours, helping the team reach the playoffs in each of the seasons. Speaking to fcgoa.in after completing his extension, Ali said, “The last 3 years have been an amazing journey.…