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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Governor of Goa P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has urged the youth to preserve and protect the environment hold steadfast to our ancient traditions and carry on the rich legacy of trees established by our ancestors. The Governor was addressing the symposium on the traditional trees of India ‘Vriksha Vygnanika Sadassu’ held at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula recently. The Governor said today, “The youth below 35 years constitute 30% of our population and these youth particularly the college students are a huge precious pool of resource for the country known as the demographic dividend.” Quoting Mahatma Gandhiji, the Governor…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Varca Sports Club edged out Sao Jose de Areal 6-5 via tiebreaker to enter the quarterfinals of the 15th Davorlim Cup org by Sporting Club Davorlim and played at Davorlim Panchayat ground on Wednesday In a nail-biting contest, Varca sports club and Sao Jose De Areal played an end-to-end game and remained 1-1 draw till the final whistle. Francisco of Varca gave the lead to his team in the first session of play while Rayman Fernandes of Sao Jose de Areal equalised in the second session of play and made the way for a penalty shootout. In…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Hindu Janajagruti Samiti has demanded that the Congress Party should publicly apologize to the people and explain its position regarding the Constitution to the people. HJS said the Congress candidate from South Goa, Viriato Fernandes, while speaking at a campaign rally, recently made a serious statement that India has imposed the Constitution on the people of Gomantak by force. He also said that such a statement was made in front of the then Congress President Rahul Gandhi. “This is a grave insult of the Constitution by the Congress, whose leaders are making such statements in the name…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji:  The annual Ramakant Verlekar Champions Trophy will be held at GCA Academy ground in Porvorim on April 28, Sunday. Organised by Sunita Verlekar Foundation, the T-20 match will be played on a day-night format between MCC Legends, the winners of the MCL League of Margao Cricket Club, and Manas Mavericks, the winners of the Panjim Gymkhana Members League. Foundation trustee Gautam Verlekar informed at a press conference in Panaji on Wednesday. Gautam Verlekar – trustee Sunita Verlekar Foundation Trustee Kishore Kodolikar, Tournament Director Kapil Sinai Borker, MCC Legends team captain Siddharth Ghanekar and Manas Mavericks captain Ilyas…

MUMBAI: The upcoming few days in Indian cricket circles will be dominated by never-ending debates over the best possible combination for the T20 World Cup squad. As of now, officially, there’s only one sure-shot selection – Rohit Sharma whose participation as captain was confirmed by BCCI secretary Jay Shah earlier this year. While the selection of few other stars looks a mere formality, the Indian selectors will have to brainstorm since there are a host of players who have been consistently performing in the format at the international level and also in the ongoing IPL 2024. Former India allrounder and…

MUMBAI: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be the next major limited-overs tournament after the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Scheduled to take place in Pakistan, it will be the first ICC event to be played in the country since the 1996 World Cup. India has not played in Pakistan since 2006 due to political tension. The arch-rivals only face each other in ICC events and the Asia Cup. According to IANS, Team India may not travel to Pakistan for the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy due to ongoing tensions between the countries. A source told the IANS that the tournament venue could…

The “CONSTITUTION IMPOSED ON OUR HEADS” controversy does not seem to die down as now it has reached the pinnacle of democracy – The Indian Constitution. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has targeted the Congress with “Trying to break Nation” comments. Well, we have nothing to do with the political mudslinging between the Congress and the BJP, but what is surprising is ever since my editorial and the front page news on Capt Viriato’s comments, I have been facing a backlash on social media (even from some journalist colleagues – who just stopped short of calling me Godi Media). Well, I…