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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The earth is losing one potential drug in every two years and the rate of extinction is hundred times faster than the natural process, experts said, making a strong pitch for focused and novel strategies for the conservation of medicinal plants as solely relying on awareness campaigns is not enough. Ten per cent of the 900 major medicinal plants in the country is under the “threatened” category, the speakers said at a session on ‘Conservation Needs of Medicinal Plants’ at the 9th edition of the World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) & Arogya Expo 2022 here. The December 8-11 conclave…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Monday morning said that he will take the message of PM Narendra Modi to establish a good connect with the people through community services. Salkar speaking to reporters, added that PM Modi’s visit and interaction with MLAs had motivated the BJP leaders to work towards the betterment of the people and the society at large. “Our PM Narendra Modi had arrived to inaugurate the Mopa international Airport, and though he came for a government function, he took time for interactions with the BJP MLAs and leaders where he gave us the advice…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goencho Ekvott has demanded that the CM of Goa, Dr Pramod Sawant, stop double tracking in Goa and shift coal to Belekeri Port at Ankola in Karnataka as coal has no accrued benefits whatsoever to Goa. Goencho Ekvott and villagers of Velsao, Pale, Issorcim and Cansaulim organized a mega public awareness meeting opposing double tracking opposite the Velsao Panchayat building. This meeting was attended by Panchas of Velsao-Pale-Issorcim, Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim, Majorda-Calata-Utorda and Quelossim panchayats and condemned the Government for curtailing the voice of the people during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Goa. Fatorda MLA Vijay Sardessai…

Goemkarponn Desk MOPA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked Ministers and party MLAs to have direct connect with the people and to prioritize development in the constituencies. Modi, who was in Goa on Sunday, held a two-hour long closed-door meeting with BJP ministers, MLA and the state party unit’s core committee members at Manohar International Airport, Mopa. He has also asked party members to ensure that Central as well as State government’s schemes are properly implemented on the ground with maximum benefits to the needy. “Modi shared his experiences with us of the time when he was Gujarat chief minister.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Remembering his father late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s dream of Goa having an efficient International Airport, his son Utpal Parrikar expressed that he “felt glad” to see the state developing the way his father envisaged. Utpal said, “My father is not alive to see this but I know he would have been very happy to see how Goa is developing. He always wanted to see Goa rise.” “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision to give Goa an economic boost is strong. And now that this airport will start functioning, so we will see a spike in the state’s…

Goemkarponn Desk FATORDA: Goa Forward Party (GFP) President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai said that the MLAs who defected to BJP filled their pockets with rewards received for their silence and support for coal and destruction of Goa. “Coal money is blood money. The MLAs who defected to BJP filled their pockets with rewards received for their silence and support for Coal and the destruction of Goa Only our unity can expose their blackened faces and save Goa from destruction,” said Sardesai He further said that double tracking is only done to facilitate the flow of coal transportation and that…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) Goa Director Dr Tanuja Nesari informed that under All India Quota, all 50 seats for UG courses at All India Institute of Ayurveda, Goa campus are filled in the very first round. “Under All India Quota, all 50 seats for UG courses at All India Institute of Ayurveda, Goa campus are filled in the very first round,” said Dr Nesari She further said that AIIA has struck agreements with the best partners in the world including the Harvard Medical School.  An agreement with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine…