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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…

New Delhi: RBI MPC meet: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed the deposit of cash in cash deposit machines through UPI, as well as the making of UPI payments through Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPI) wallets, as per RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das’ announcements on Friday. “Deposit of cash through cash deposit machines, i.e. CDMs, is primarily done through the use of debit cards. Given the experience gained from cardless cash withdrawal using UPI at the ATMs, it is now proposed to absorb – it is now proposed to facilitate deposit of cash – in CDMs i.e cash deposit machines…

MUMBAI: Running parallel to the ongoing 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament is the audition for the ICC T20 World Cup squad. For India, according to reports, the squad will be made official by the end of April. Shubman Gill, who was the leading run-getter in IPL 2023, announced his arrival in the 17th season of the league with a stunning unbeaten knock of 89, albeit in a losing cause against Punjab Kings at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Friday. Gill stands among the contenders for the top-order position in the T20I side for India. However, irrespective of…