AERIAL VIEW In Mumbai, Sawant said that he would recommend that the Centre ban the controversial outfit Progressive Front of Goa. He said that Goa would not allow any kind of religious conversions. Well, the statement has come as a surprise, as for the past three years, he was chief minister and did nothing to stop or investigate if such a thing exists in Goa. Of course, there have been some wild conversions allegations, but he did nothing to prove them right or wrong. Being a chief minister of the State, it does not suit him to make such wild…
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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Stating the once prime human basic needs of “Food, Clothes and Shelter” is now almost relatively fulfilled, Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar stated now the focus is more devoted to awareness of the people’s health. Speaker and Canacona M.L.A. Ramesh Tawadkar was speaking at the inauguration of the Amrit Mahotsav Health Mela at Canacona Community Health Centre (C.H.C.), Canacona. “Initially, Food, Clothes and Shelter’ were the three basic aims of the citizens. People now have started to avail all these three basic necessities to a great extent, and this human development is partly made possible by proper education,”…
Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Power Minister Sudin Dhavlikar today said that a 1 Megawatt Solar power plant will be installed at the premises of Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi. He said the department is planning underground cabling in the next five-year period at an estimated cost of Rs 5000 crore, along with a new cabling power station at Verna, Sakhwal and Ponda. He said the Karnataka power supply from the Tamnar Power plant will be supplied from existing lines as per the guideline of SC. He was speaking to the media at the sideline of a programme organized at GEC to…
Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Former Sarpanch of Xeldem claims rampant illegal hill cutting in Nirmalnagar of Xeldem panchayat area. However, the Xeldem panchayat Secretary says no complaint has been received about illegal hill cutting and plot development in Nirmalnagar. “There is no stop for illegalities in the rural areas of Goa, and the same has been happening in the Nirmalnagar of Xeldem panchayat. The former Sarpanch of Xeldem Pramod Desai himself has pointed out that rampant hill cutting and Illegal development of plots are ongoing in the Nirmalnagar area near electricity substation Xeldem. Ex-Sarpanch Pramod Desai visited the site where these…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Bira 91, India’s fastest-growing beer brand, on the occasion of Earth Day 2022, announced ‘Mission To Zero’, its ambition to become India’s first Net Zero beer company by 2025. More than seven pints of Bira 91 are enjoyed every second and as the company scales up, Bira 91 aims to brew not only the most flavorful beers on the planet, but also the greenest beers for the planet. The company is doubling down on its sustainability efforts with initiatives that will help create real, measurable impact. By 2025, every Bira 91 brewery will have zero carbon emissions.…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In more trouble for the Goa Government, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has granted State just two months to complete and finalize the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) 2019 based on the 2019 CRZ notification. Interestingly, Goa is yet to get its 2011 CZMP approved by the Center so far. A six-member NGT bench headed by Chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel, in an order passed on April 11, noted that despite the CRZ Notification being issued in January 2019, the CZMPs 2019 had not been finalized and approved for 11 States and Union Territories. The green bench, based…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government has assured that a controversial chapter in the Class 7 Social Science textbook published by the NCERT, which contains objectionale reference to private medical practitioners will not be taught in the state in the forthcoming academic year, Dr. Rufino Monteiro, president of the state Indian Medical Association said on Friday. “The Class VII Social Science text book had adverse comments about doctors. This is an National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) book, an all India book. We had raised objections about it last year,” Monteiro told reporters after a meeting with the…