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Goemkapronn desk CANACONA: After dilly-dallying for two days, Canacona Shigmosthav Mandal announced the winners of the different categories of floats held in the Canacona Shigmosthav parade held on Tuesday. In the main attraction of the Chitrarath category, Adpai Yuvak Sangh is adjudged as the best amongst the 17 Chitraraths who participated in the Canacona leg of Shigmosthav Floats winning the Rs.54,000/- cash award. SHREE SARSWATI KALA AVISHKAR DAG PONDA (2nd place cash award of Rs.30,000/-, Shree Sateri Yuvak Mandal (3rd place Rs.25000/-, Jai Santoshi Maa Khorlim (IV-Rs.20000) and Hot Sports Group (5th place-Rs.15000/-), respectively, in Chitrarath competition. Gajanan Yuva Sangh…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Amidst fear that the water level in Canacona’s ‘Chapoli Dam’, has dwindled in the ensuring hot summer season, the water storage is much better placed at 58.30% as compared to last year’s corresponding period. Chapoli Dam, the lifeline of Canconcars with a gross storage capacity of 11.22.30 ham, presently has storage of 654.29 ham, which is equivalent to 33.54 metres of RI (reduced level) on Thursday morning. This storage is slightly above 58.30 % and is much higher than last year’s corresponding period of 55.26%. According to the information collected from Taluka observatory, last year’s corresponding R.L.…

SMART TREE CUTTING – The Goa State Urban Development Agency is removing a rain tree and relocating a banyan tree, both identified as obstacles to the implementation of a smart road project in St. Inez – IPSCDL is intensifying green cover efforts across Panaji city by planting approximately 500 trees equipped with geo-tagging functionality Goemkapronn desk Panaji: In its commitment to developing smart infrastructure, the Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) is spearheading the transformation of St. Inez Road. This initiative aims to enhance connectivity and urban mobility, ultimately contributing to the city’s modernization agenda. To expedite the smart…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goan traditional fishermen are warning of a sharp drop in catches this year, which they blame on trawlers from Maharashtra and Karnataka entering Goan waters. They claim that these trawlers are robbing local fishermen of their livelihood by taking up most of the catch and leaving them with meagre returns of about 4000 Rupees, even though in the past they have produced sizable catches in just three hours. Fishermen have expressed their shock at the worrying sight of 30 to 40 trawlers from nearby states pillaging their fishing grounds. They said that the lack of action from…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: In a scathing attack, Congress on Thursday said that while people of the state are suffering due to acute shorting of water, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant is busy in the election campaign in Karnataka. GPCC Vice President Sunil Kawthankar addressed a press conference in Congress House and said that the situation will become worse in May when the water level will decrease. “Last year people paid two thousand rupees for water supplied by tankers. This year the rate may increase by more than one thousand. How will the common man afford to purchase water from tankers? Instead…

NEW YORK: Apple Inc. laid off more than 600 employees in California as part of the decisions to end its car and smartwatch display projects, according to filings with the California Employment Development Department. The Cupertino, California-based company filed eight separate reports to the state to comply with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN program. Companies must file a report to the state agency for each California address that includes employees affected by a layoff. At least 87 of the people worked at an address corresponding to a secret Apple facility for its next-generation screen development, while the…

New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India on Friday decided to keep the key repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent in its first monetary policy review of financial year 2024-25. This marks the seventh consecutive time the rate has been held steady, aligning with market anticipations. The central bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) decided to continue its policy of ‘withdrawal of accommodation’. RBI governor Shaktikanta Das noted a steady decline in core inflation over the past nine months. “The fuel component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has remained in deflation for six months.” He added that “robust growth…