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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: JP Morgan, Tata Cleantech Capital, Aditya Birla Finance, ICICI Bank, and India Infrastructure Finance Company (IIFCL) have jointly extended a debt facility of Rs 24.75 billion to GMR Goa International Airport (GGIAL). GGIAL, a special purpose vehicle established by GMR Airports for the development and operation of the new airport in Goa, will utilize the funds to refinance existing debts and support on-going capital expenditure initiatives, as per sources familiar with the matter. The debt, in the form of senior bonds, carries a 10% coupon rate and has a maturity period of 19 years and 10 months.…

~ Shifting weather patterns and development affect migratory bird patterns ~ Feral pigeons’ breeding boom poses risk to forest birds, humans Goemkarponn desk Panaji: A surge in the population and increased human habitation near Goa’s forested areas, as well as shifting climate change patterns, have altered life cycles and breeding patterns of the state’s flora and fauna, including birds and even amphibians like frogs, according to Prasanna Parab, a renowned avian photographer and author of the book ‘A Photographic Guide to the Forest Birds of Goa’ – a labour of love that took 15 years of research and documentation. Parab,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Traffic Police has fined 4.38 lakh people for traffic rule violations and have collected Rs 25.65 crore revenue in terms of fines. “Nearly 4.38 lakh traffic rule violators were fined to the tune of Rs 25.65 crore by Goa Traffic police in last 10 months, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2023,” the data states The data has also revealed that Police also fined 12 minors to the tune of Rs 86,500 for driving without licence and other requisite documents. Goa also witnessed one death every 24 hours in road accidents in the last 13 days. In…

Goemkarponn desk ST ANDRE: St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar has denied pressurising the victim of the police in the case against his brother. Borkar said “I am a law abiding citizen and will never support any wrong doings even by my family members or party member”. He said that the issue is the outcome of misunderstanding and law will take its own course in the FIR filed against his brother and two others for harassing and assaulting a woman. Aggacaim police had filed FIR against Saish Borkar for allegedly assaulting a woman from Azzosim and also trespassing into her home.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The ten films from across the globe selected for ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal 2023 at 54th IFFI have been judged by a 5-member jury, announced Serge Michel, Vice President, ICFT-UNESCO at the press conference held on the sidelines of the 54th International Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa today. Highlighting the parameters of the selection process this year, Rizwan Ahmad, Jury member, said, “ICFT-UNESCO looks into the film as a medium of education for peace, brotherhood and preserving culture, and so the judgement process was done considering these parameters”. Rizwan Ahmad highlighted that the selected film for the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in collaboration with UNICEF is screening five films that deal with child rights. Out of five films, two are from India, while three are from Iran and Sri Lanka. Two Indian films include national award-winning Bengali film Damu, directed by Raja Sen. The film is about an orphan boy, sheltered and raised by a kind man. The second Indian film is Manish Saini-directed Gujarati movie ‘Gandhi & Co.’ The film, which revolves around two mischievous boys, has also bagged National Film Awards. Three foreign films include the Persian film…

Goemkarponn desk KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will grant visa-free entry to citizens of China and India for stays of up to 30 days starting on Dec. 1, according to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar made the announcement late on Sunday during a speech at his People’s Justice Party congress and did not say for how long the visa exemption would be applicable. China and India are Malaysia’s fourth and fifth-largest source markets respectively. According to government data, Malaysia recorded 9.16 million tourist arrivals between January and June this year, with 498,540 from China and 283,885 from India. That compared to 1.5…