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  QUEO, a leading luxury bathroom brand from the house of Hindware Limited launched a new collection of luxury faucets and sanitaryware. The new range entails a complete portfolio of pristine faucets called ‘Forza’. While the opulent sanitaryware portfolio, includes a range of products series for Tankless EWC, One-Piece Water Closets, Wall Mounted EWC and Over the counter Basin. With this launch, the company aims to expand its offerings in the luxury bathware segment, a growing market with an increasing consumer demand for bathroom fittings with an exquisite design and superior built quality. QUEO by Hindware Limited embodies the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s Dabolim International Airport has secured the third position in the recently conducted Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Survey for the period April to June 2022. The survey was undertaken based on passenger satisfaction, business performance, and airport service quality. Varanasi International Airport secured first place with 4.96 points on a five-point scale. In the survey, Raipur scored the second position with 4.95 points, and Goa and Indore jointly secured the third position with 4.93 points. The Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey is the world-renowned and internationally established global benchmarking programme measuring passengers’ satisfaction whilst they travel through…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Secretary of Goa Legislature Secretariat Namrata Ulman, also the designated First Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act (RTI), will, on Friday, August 19th, hear the appeal filed by Adv. Aires Rodrigues, against the order of the Public Information Officer (PIO) at the Legislature Secretariat Mohan Gaonkar, declined to furnish the information sought by him. Adv. Rodrigues, on June 28th, had sought a copy of the file notings and correspondence pertaining to that two-day training workshop for MLAs held on 27th and 28th June at the Taj Vivanta and also complete details of the expenditure incurred…

Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Congress in Goa has asked BJP government to stop boasting of ‘Swayampurna Goa’ programmes, when it has shut down the Sanjivani Sakhar Karkhana, only sugar factory in Goa. Congress leader Mahesh Mhambrey on Wednesday addressed a press conference here and said that Goa was always ‘Swayampurna’ and will always remain ‘Swayampurna’. “Sanjivani Sakhar Karkhana has been shut, still BJP boasts of Swayampurna. They say 16 thousand liter water will be given free, but they loot through bills,” he said. “BJP is stressing on Swayampurna Goa. Our state was always swayampurna, and will remain swayampurna. During ‘Purumentachem fest’…

Goemkarponn desk Hyderabad: A man from Goa, Priteesh Narayan Borkar (36) of Anjuna Bardez, was arrested on Wednesday with Ecstasy pills, LSD blots and MDMA that he was allegedly smuggling into the city from Goa being seized. According to the police, Priteesh and one Manzoor Ahmed, also from Goa, teamed up and were procuring the drug from Thukaram Salgovkar, Vikas Naik, Ramesh, Steve, Edwin Nunis and Sanja Gowekar, all from Goa at low prices and selling the same in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Following a tip-off on Priteesh visiting Habsiguda to hand over drugs to local consumers, he was tracked…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: State Immunization Officer Dr Rajendra Borkar today informed that 56% of the COVID deaths in Goa have been among fully unvaccinated. “It is shocking to know that of the total 3956 total deaths, 56 per cent were fully unvaccinated. DHS is receiving a very poor response for the precautionary dose program,” said Dr Borkar. He further said that the third COVID wave is still not over and people here asking and questioning whether there will be a fourth wave. “The cases are still not zero. I must say we are receiving a lukewarm response to the precautionary…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: In what could be termed as the trailer of the Bollywood sequence film Dhoom, thieves wreaked havoc in Ponda taluka, striking temples, ATMs and shops. Posing a challenge to Ponda Police, the gangs of various thieves created havoc on the intervening night of 17 and 18 August. Police said that gold and silver ornament, including cash worth Rs 10 lakh, were stolen from Mahaganapati Temple at Khandola. The thieves broke open the front door, gained entry into the Sancto Sanctum of the temple and fled with silver and gold ornament on the idol. The incident occurred today…