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Highlight effects of Plastic on Environment Nearly 100 students and faculty members of Aakash BYJU’S from Goa enthusiastically participated in removing unwanted plastic waste from the famous Miramar beach in Panjim Initiative is part of Aakash BYJU’S “Junk the Plastic” campaign with the focus: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Goemkapronn desk PANAJI: In its continuous efforts to give back to the society, Aakash BYJU’S, the national leader in test preparation services, today kick started its “Junk the Plastic” campaign at the Miramar Beach in Panjim by removing unwanted plastic waste from the famous beach in the City. Plastic waste today is a…

Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday remarked that PILs were becoming an instrument of blackmail when infrastructural and building projects were concerned. The remark came up in a matter heard by a bench comprising CJI DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. An appeal had been filed against an order of the Bombay High Court which had imposed costs of Rs 1 lakh on a society for filing a PIL devoid of any public interest. The petitioner in the matter, Sarthi Seva Sangh had moved the Bombay High Court challenging redevelopment of a plot at Worli, citing ecological…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Rajaram N S Bandekar and Company Private Limited has retained its Monte de Sirigao mines by winning the bid for the mineral block during the third round of e-auction. As per information, the company bid at 111.28 per cent over the average sale price fixed by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). Bidding for the block opened at a high and crossed the 100% revenue-sharing mark soon after the auction commenced. As per the information available, the Monte de Sirigao block in Bicholim taluka is over a total area of 95.7 hectares, of which 29.8 hectares is…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Embassy of France in India – French Institute in India signed an agreement with the Serendipity Arts Foundation to foster cultural exchanges between France and India to mark the 2022 Serendipity Arts Festival. The agreement reaffirms France’s sustained role as a patron and partner for art festivals and contemporary creation in India. 1. ‘Terra Nullius’, the flagship Indo-French exhibition of Serendipity Arts Festival 2022, a successful cooperation French artists such as Sophie Calle or Olivier Sagazan were prominently featured across the Serendipity Arts Festival’s previous editions, which also included a collaboration with the Musée d’Art Moderne,…

The Goa government has decided to ban loud music after midnight, rolling back an earlier law that allowed music up to 6am on certain days, and plunging the plans of hundreds of hotels, resorts and party venues into jeopardy ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa government has decided to ban loud music after midnight, rolling back an earlier law that allowed music up to 6am on certain days, and plunging the plans of hundreds of hotels, resorts and party venues into jeopardy ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, the peak tourist…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Friday, Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane announced that the department will soon get the software to help the officials track the illegalities sitting in the office. “TCP should not only be about conversions but also focus on planning, which relies on a proper framework that takes into account the current and future needs of the state. Keeping this in mind, a review meeting was held with the TCP Department in the presence of Chief Town Planners, Deputy Town Planners and Member Secretaries of the PDA,” said Rane. He said that moving forward, the department…

AERIAL VIEW Now it has been almost 72 hours, and there has been no action from the State Government except for a few statements from the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant and the Tourism Minister, Rohan Khaunte. Khaunte tendering a public apology to tourists will not suffice, and neither will CM’s directing an inquiry going to help. Why have no arrests been made in the MPT Cruise terminal incident so far? What are CM and Khaunte waiting for? Unless the taxi drivers are punished for such rude behaviour, they will not fall in line. What is CM waiting for, an…