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Michael Douglas received the prestigious Satyajit Ray Excellence in Film Lifetime Award at the International Film Festival of India Goemkarponn desk Panaji (Goa): American actor and film producer Michael Douglas shared his happiness in visiting India and said that it is always a “pleasure” to be here and added that India has a big history of cinema. While talking to the media at the International Film Festival of India in Goa, he said, “It is always a pleasure visiting India but this is my first time in the south. Cinema brings the world together and you have a big history…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Coming hard on the Sarpanch’s statement on validity of Resolutions passed in the gramsabha by 200 members, villagers asked the Loliem-Polem Sarpanch to learn the grampanchayat rules or quit from the post she is holding in the village panchayat of Loliem-Polem. Issuing a pre-recorded video of public statement, after watching recorded statement of VP Loliem-Polem Sarpanch Nisha Chari on Sunday evening Meena R Warik introducing herself as the citizen from Maxem area said, ‘Today at about 11 am I have attended the gramsabha of our village, and now I have heard a comment of our Sarpanch where…

A team of 12 experts in rat-hole mining, a risky and illegal method of extracting coal, has been working on the last 10 or 12-metre stretch of the collapsed portion of the tunnel, which is part of the Char Dham project in Uttarakhand. Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: As the rescue operation for the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand entered its 17th day on Tuesday, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that pipes had reached 52 metres through the debris. The target point is 57 metres, he added while speaking to the media in Silkyara. A team…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: A plywood consignment-loaded Kerala registration truck fell on its side at the foot of accident prone-Karmalghat at Gulem early Monday morning. While the interstate Truck (KL-41 K-3896) suffered heavy damages as it slides over the steep edge of the narrow NH-66 road, the driver and cleaner were lucky to escaped unhurt in the early Monday morning accident. According to truck driver (Pravin), on way from Kerala to Panaji, while negotiating the narrow NH-66 road at Gulem, he went on the road edge to give a safe passage to an oncoming vehicle. “However, due to the steep cut…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Canacona’s Joyce De Souza a lawyer from Goa, is elected as the CLP Women Officer of United Kingdom’s (UK) Labour Party of Brent West Zone in London on Thursday. According to sources in the UK, Joyce De Souza has been elected as the CLP Women Officer for Brent West Parliamentary Constituency of the Labour Party (CLP) on Thursday (23rd November 2023). Brent West Constituency is part of the Borough of Brent.She is believed to be the first women from the Goan Catholic Community ever to be elected as CLP Women Officer in the Borough of Brent, London.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Governor of Goa, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai inaugurated the National Symposium on “Climate Smart Agronomy for Resilient Production Systems and Livelihood Security” jointly organized by ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa and the Indian Society of Agronomy from November 22 to November 24, 2023 at St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre, Old Goa. Governor, P.S. Sreedharan Pillai highlighted that ensuring sustainable food production in the face of a changing climate is one of the world’s major challenges today. Further, he mentioned that Coastal agriculture is a challenging agroecology which is threatened by sea level rise, floods, cyclones, tsunamis,…

~ Rescues were carried out off Arambol, Baga, Calangute and Mandrem beaches. ~Three missing minors reunited with their parents at Baga and Calangute beaches Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Goa’s beaches witnessed 11 rescue operations conducted over the extended weekend, which included Guru Nanak Jayanti, which was celebrated across the country on Monday (November 27). Four men in their mid-20s, all of whom are residents of Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh were rescued off Arambol beach by Drishti Marine lifesavers Amit Kolmbkar and Umesh Phadte with the help of a rescue board and jet ski. The same beach also witnessed two separate rescues involving…