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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Goan social activist and Lion Ularico Rodrigues slammed the local authorities at the Panchayat level for their indifference toward the discharge of polluting chemicals and effluents by a factory in Bethora (and other factories at large in the area). This problem has been going on for several years now and the water in the fresh water canal at Curti-Ponda gets polluted due to seepage from the drains and soak pits in the locality as well as the other factories in the Bethora Industrial Estate area who are the main culprits of the soil and water pollution in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Tourism won the Most Innovative Product Award for Regenerative Tourism at the OTM Mumbai 2024 . The award was presented by Diya Kumari Hon’ble Deputy Chief Minister and Tourism Minister, Govt of Rajasthan. This award recognizes Goa’s leading role in promoting Regenerative Tourism which focuses on responsible and sustainable practices. Goa’s ‘Ekadasha Teertha’ initiative brings together spirituality, local culture, nationalism and conscious tourism. Goa’s efforts in preserving heritage, organizing vibrant festivals, offering adventure activities, and having world-class facilities for meetings and events were highlighted. This shows Goa’s commitment to sustainability. This award firmly establishes Goa as…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: The gap between the traditional practices in the Goa of yore and contemporary Goa needs to be bridged in order to understand what it truly means to be Goan, according to authors of Goan origin Michelle Mendonça Bambawale and Bina Nayak. At the recent MOG Sundays talk at the Museum of Goa, Pilerne, ‘Goan Identity Through Two Books’, Bambawale and Nayak discussed their books, the fictional ‘Starfish Pickle’ and non-fictional ‘Becoming Goan’, respectively, that highlight the idiosyncrasies and their engagement with the amorphous yet defined ‘real Goan’ identity. “I have tried to show a side of Goa…

In a sign of exasperation over lingering seat-sharing talks with its I.N.D.I.A bloc partner Congress, the AAP has already declared party candidates for three Lok Sabha constituencies, including Guwahati, in Assam. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will take a call on candidates for Goa, Haryana and Gujarat Lok Sabha seats in the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) meeting scheduled to be held on February 13. Lok Sabha elections are due in April-May this year. Kejriwal’s AAP is a part of the I.N.D.I.A bloc, formed by the opposition parties to take on the BJP-led NDA in the upcoming general…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Police on Thursday seized drugs — charas, ganja and ecstasy — valued at Rs 18.3 lakh, an official said here. Police said that the Anti-Narcotic Cell conducted a raid and found one person in alleged possession of drugs at Vagator in North Goa. The accused person was identified as Vishwas Agarwadekar from Bardez-North Goa. “Accused person was found being in illegal possession of black colour sticky substance suspected to be charas weighing 1.2 Kg, greenish colour leafy substance suspected to be ganja weighing 2.3 Kg and whitish coloured powder substance suspected to be ecstasy all valued…

Urbanisation, industrialisation, and middle-class prosperity will underpin oil demand expansion Indian government’s efforts to bring clean cooking programmes have led to LPG imports surging nearly three-fold in the past decade Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: India will become the largest source of global oil demand growth between now and 2030, while growth in developed economies and China initially slows and then subsequently goes into reverse in our outlook, a latest report ‘Indian Oil Market Outlook to 2030’ released at the second edition of India Energy Week 2024 in Goa by International Energy Agency (IEA) said today. It further added that India’s role…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Canacona’s twin turtle nesting site may be bustling with as many as 42 Olive Ridley Nests at the Agonda (32) and Galgibaga (10) Turtle Rehabilitation Centres (TRC), but the Forest Departments shifting of the Agonda Nursery site at new location without conducting a site-inspection, has come under scrutiny/crossfire with locals alleging forest department has succumbed to the whims of shacks operators in the coastal village (Agonda) of Canacona. The experts team led by Forest Department’s Project officer Nester Fernandes alongwith Marine Range (South) RFO Rajesh Naik conducted an on-site inspection of the Nursery Site of the Agonda…