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~ 20 percent of the revenue generated at fundraiser to be donated to prominent cancer foundation ~ ‘Chai for Cancer’ to bring the community together to make concrete contribution in battle against cancer Goemkarponn desk Panaji: In a compassionate initiative to support the fight against cancer, The Shop, a chic design house in Panaji, is organising ‘Chai for Cancer,’ a fundraiser event aimed at drumming up awareness and support for cancer survivors. Scheduled to be held on February 4, The Shop has pledged to donate a substantial 20 percent of all sales generated during the fundraiser event to a prominent…

Goemkapronn desk Panaji: In a significant milestone for Rocky’s Karate, Rheanne Quadros, a member of the Goa-based martial arts academy, earned her ShoDan Black Belt at the 5th IASK National Karate Seminar & Belt Grading Examination in Noida this year. The event, organised at the Noida Indoor Stadium, Delhi by the International Academy of Shotokan Karate, India, brought together karate enthusiasts from various states in India, as well as participants from the United States and Bangladesh. Conducted by the esteemed SKIF World Chief Instructor, Shuseki Shihan Manabu Murakami, an 8th Dan Black Belt from Japan, alongside Sensei Ravindra Kumar, Chief…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: 24-year-old Mangalore-based technology professional Maaz Khan advanced to the quarterfinals of the ongoing Gadre Gaspar Dias Open 2024 in Panaji, defeating Nagesh Naik (6-2) in the men’s singles category, while Bharath Paul Singh/Nidhi Sequeira beat Santosh/Astha (6-4) in the state-ranking tournament’s mixed doubles category. Khan, a former 10th-ranked Asian player in the junior circuit is also participating in the mixed doubles and men’s doubles categories in the tournament, which is being held on the tennis courts of Clube Tennis de Gaspar Dias and the Panjim Gymkhana in the state capital. In the men’s singles category quarterfinals, Ashwin…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The newly elected committee of the Goa Table Tennis Association (GTTA) embarked on a courtesy visit to the Honourable Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant, extending warm felicitations and fostering interactions on the table tennis scene in the state. Led by President Sudin Verenkar, the delegation included Secretary Christopher Menezes, Vice President Mayur Sawkar, Joint Secretary Nilesh Kirtani, and Executive members Kabir Pinto Makhija and Santosh Verlekar. During the meeting, President Sudin Verenkar extended heartfelt congratulations to the Honourable Chief Minister for the huge success achieved in hosting the 37th National Games in Goa. The committee commended the…

In Interim budget passed by Sitharaman No Tax Change, “Viksit Bharat” the Mantra, Presenting her sixth straight (but first interim) budget, Nirmala Sitharaman also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is working to make India a ‘Viksit (Developed) Bharat’ by 2047. New Delhi: There will be no change to income tax slabs, which have been reduced and rationalised, in the 2024 interim Budget, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Thursday morning, as she read out a statement of the country’s finances in a special session of Parliament. “I propose to retain the same tax rates for direct and indirect taxes,…

AERIAL VIEW It is with bated breath that the Union Budget is awaited every year, for it dictates if the middle class in the country will enjoy more savings or not. With high inflation and interest rates in the last few years, most people have been struggling to maintain their standard of living. Now, it is a ‘vote-on-account’ which has only one purpose to keep the government solvent for the first quarter of the current fiscal year. What’s worrying is that there is a budget deficit of Rs 18 lakh crores. This means that the government is borrowing for its…

Goemkarponn Desk CACRA: A worrying issue has been brought to light by Cacra fishermen, who claim that since 2014, the Goa Fisheries Department has not collected the corpus fund from non-motorized fishermen. A wave of dissatisfaction among fishermen has been sparked by this disclosure, casting doubt on the impartiality and openness of the department’s policies. The impacted fishing community is angry and in search of explanations when it was found that the corpus fund, which was meant for the welfare and advancement of fishermen, had been disregarded for almost eight years. Fishermen in Accra are now pressuring the Fisheries Department…