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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: There are only 12 days left till the state’s monsoon season officially ends, but Goa is still experiencing normal monsoon conditions despite having experienced dry spells for the previous 1.5 months. A few moderate spells that occurred in remote areas of Goa during the past few days as a result of a low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal averted a deficit in the monsoon in Goa. In contrast to the normal rainfall recorded at this point in time, which is 2883 mm, the current cumulative average rainfall for this season to date is 2905 mm.…

Goemkarponn Desk RAIPUR: In Chhattisgarh, a state that is close to holding elections, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant was on a two-day party work trip on Sunday when he sang praises of Goa’s fiscal management. “Goa has begun economic measures to cut debt. In the upcoming years, the State will pay off all of its debt. In order to fund infrastructure projects, low interest loans would now be available from organizations like SIDBI and NABARD, according to Sawant, who was speaking at a press conference in Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. At the news conference, Sawant was accompanied by Raman Singh, a BJP leader…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A driver working for a semi-government corporation has been ordered by the High Court of Bombay at Goa to be reinstated with full back pay within two weeks and to pay arrears of back pay within four weeks. The Goa State Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation Ltd. hired petitioner Luis Fernandes from Agalli, Fatorda, as a driver on October 16, 2000, and his services were confirmed on August 3, 2005. Sadly, the petitioner had a paralytic stroke on December 31, 2020, and when he returned to work in March 2021, he asked…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik said that his department has decided to take on board the revenue department to ensure speedy implementation of Goa Agriculture Tenancy Act. “It is decided to take on board the revenue department to ensure speedy implementation of the Goa Agriculture Tenancy Act. We will invite the revenue department officials in the next meeting of the agriculture policy committee,” said Naik He further said that state government has decided to take the suggestions of gram sabhas of all the 190 village panchayats in Goa before finalising the agriculture policy for the state. In order…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Outstanding Sports persons winning medals at the National and International Tournaments including special Olympians from the Special Olympics world Championship in Berlin 2023 were felicitated with Cash Award by the Sports Authority of Goa. The awards were presented by the   Minister for Social Welfare Shri. Subhash Phal Dessai and Minister for Sports Shri. Govind Gaude at a programme held in the city today. Minister Shri. Subhash Phal Dessai in his address expressed that, Cash awards by SAG would boost the morale of sports persons to perform extraordinary and bring laurels to the State. It’s more heartening that…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: ISRO today has said that Aditya-L1 has commenced collecting scientific data and that the sensors of the STEPS instrument have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions and electrons at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth. “This data helps scientists analyze the behaviour of particles surrounding Earth. The figure displays variations in the energetic particle environment, collected by one of the units,” said ISRO The Aditya-L1 mission, launched on September 2, aims to study the Sun’s photosphere, chromosphere, and corona. It will also investigate the dynamics of space weather and the propagation of particles and fields. The…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: With just a day to go, while artisans are busy in giving last minute touches to their tedious job of making Ganesh Idols, the families who bring the idol of Elephant faced God in their homes are busy in making last moments purchases and also other arrangements including decorations of the Ganpati mandal, especially collecting the ingredients required for ‘Matoli’. Several Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandals especially at Char-rasta, Chaudi, Police Station, Shrishthal, Gaondongrim, Loliem-, Poinguinim, Agonda, Matvemoll (Khola) are almost ready with the backdrops and Scenes (Dhekave) of various concepts only awaiting installation of the Ganesha ‘s murthi…