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Goemkarponn desk MAPUSA: A blast reported in a resto-bar in Mapusa in Goa may have been caused by a cylinder as per an initial probe, a police official said on Monday. The explosion occurred in the eatery in a residential complex in Dangui Colony in the early hours of Sunday, though no one was injured in the incident, he said. “Initial reports suggest it was caused by a cylinder. There were no injuries, as no one was on the premises at the time of the incident. Teams of forensic experts and bomb detection and disposal squads have sanitised the place.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A year after the state reported nearly a 50 per cent drop in the annual cashew yield, a unique hackathon, Hack-A-Cashew, is underway in order to put the spotlight on one of Goa’s most popular cash crops and examine novel ways and means to boost the cashew output in Goa. The one-of-a-kind hackathon is being conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Goa, with the Atal Incubation Centre at Goa Institute of Management (AIC-GIM) as a knowledge partner on the occasion of National Startup Day. ‘Hack-A-Cashew’ is currently inviting applications with innovative ideas and solutions to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Joining hands in sharing the joy of reading with every child, the Directorate of Education is partnering with Pratham Books to launch ‘Goa is Reading’, an initiative to promote reading in schools. This is supported by Indus Towers, one of the world’s largest telecom tower companies and India’s leading provider of passive telecom infrastructure, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility programme. The campaign will impact young learners across the state of Goa and will run in government schools, schools aided by the state government and private independent schools. The main objective of the ‘Goa is Reading’…

Human psyche often creates hassles when it comes to building wealth. Given the factors like volatility, corrections, consolidation and steep surge in the valuation of the underlying asset, it is typical human investment behaviour to follow a herd mentality. But the reality is that emotions-driven decisions often result in wealth erosion and not creation. For instance, when the stock market surge beyond the fundamentally supported levels, investors turn greedy. Either they keep investing fresh sums in the fear of missing out on the rally or remain invested despite uncomfortable valuations. And when the tide turns and markets correct, investors turn…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that lack of cooperation from the accused, arrested in drug cases, has hampered in-depth investigation. “Whenever any person found with illegal possession of drugs, an offence is registered under appropriate sections of law. The culprits are thoroughly interrogated and efforts are made to trace the source of drugs/ supplier. We have gone on level two and three in many a cases. However, during the interrogation accused person do not cooperate or disclose the source,” said CM Sawant He further said that there was suspicion of drug overdoze in four cases. However, Post…

Goemkarponn desk VERLEM: State governments Atal Gram Yojana to boost ecotourism encouraged the strawberry farmers of Verlem to grow Apple trees in their farms. “The State government initiated State driven Atal Gram Development Agency have encouraged the villagers to set up two more strawberry farms in the village, said Gaonkar, a strawberry farmer. Adding he said thr strawberry farming is a labour intensive crop a d is grown by women’s Self Help Group’s of Verlem. We as a family sometimes come to help them, he added. “This time we have cultivated Apple trees on the small area of our farmland.…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: Tense situation was witnessed at St Xavier’s College, Mapusa after members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhya Parishad (ABVP) held a protest demanding the installation of new Student Council members. With this protest, the classes were disrupted and police force had to be deployed. “St. Xavier’s College is known for its splendid performance and victories in the inter collegiate events. But over the past few years the overall performance of the college is downgrading and the reputation has gone down,” said ABVP They further said that Students’ Council forms the backbone of students for any grievances and students…