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Goemkarponn Desk High Court has declared the OBC certificate issued to AAP ZP member Hanzel Fernandes by the Deputy Collector as invalid and void ab initio(having no legal effect from inception). Fernandes had contested the Benaulim ZP seat reserved for OBC category and won the same. “ The Deputy Collector’s caste certificates dated 05.03.2020, 12.12.2013 and 04.06.2010 declaring Respondent No.6 as belonging to the OBC category are declared as invalid and void ab initio,” states the order. The court also did not accede to request by Fernandes to stay the order for a period of six weeks. The court pointed…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar said the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary was notified in 1999 and the present BJP led Goa government is opposed to making it a tiger reserve as they are interested in mining in the area “They want to have wildlife safaris, build cottages inside the sanctuary, they are opposing to making it a tiger reserve as they are interested in mining in the area ” Kerkar said. Tigers have been observed in the Goa region of the Western Ghats over the years. Six tiger sightings were reported in Goa by the forest department in 2022. Although…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said the Pragyan rover’s Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscope confirmed the presence of sulphur in the lunar surface near the south pole, through the first-ever in-sity measurements. ISRO said the rover’s spectroscope also detected Aluminium, Calcium, Ferrous (Iron), Chromium, Titanium, Manganese, Silicon and Oxygen as expected. The search for hydrogen is underway.“Preliminary analyses, graphically represented, have unveiled the presence of Aluminum (Al), Sulphur (S), Calcium (Ca), Iron (Fe), Chromium (Cr), and Titanium (Ti) on the lunar surface. Further measurements have revealed the presence of manganese (Mn), silicon (Si), and oxygen (O).…

Goemkarponn Desk CURCHORM: Guardian Angel Higher Secondary School, Curchorem blanked St. Thomas High School, Cansaulim 5-0 to win the U-17 boys South Goa District Subroto Mukherjee Football tournament played at DYSA ground Dramapur, organised by Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs on Wednesday. In an exciting encounter, the teams started on an attacking mode and soon in the 15th minutes from the word go, Guardian Angel’s striker Alden Francis Aori opened an account and before the lamon break the boys were up with a comfortable lead of three goals through their strikers Bryden Fernandes and again through Alden in the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Shipyard Ltd and Kenya Shipyard Ltd on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding for capacity building and collaboration in ship design and construction, with the development coming on a day defence minister Rajnath Singh and Kenyan cabinet secretary for defence Aden Bare Duale held talks in Delhi to boost defence cooperation. Capacity building and defence industrial cooperation was discussed at length at the meeting, the defence ministry said in a statement. “The meeting was a testimony to the increasing depth in the India-Kenya defence partnership. Both ministers agreed that the defence relationship between the two countries…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) today held demonstrations against the “negligible” hike in minimum wages that affects 3 to 4 lakh workers in the state. Goa government had issued notification on Aug 11 to hike the minimum wages by Rs 100 after the gap of 8 years from Rs 307 to Rs 407. AITUC protested at Azad Maidan against the insignificant hike and demanded the withdrawal of what they called pro capitalist notification. Workers shouted slogans demanding minimum salary be increased to Rs 24,000 per month. The protest aimed to address a range of concerns, chiefly…

Goemkarponn Desk PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral said that PPP partner for new smart water meters will be shortlisted by December. Pointing out that leakage of non-revenue water in Goa amounts to nearly 40 %, PWD Minister Cabral said that Smart meters will help curb the leakage. He said the company taking up the project in PPP mode will get revenue based on the percentage of leakage they are able to plug. The smart meters will have facilities such as smart reading, smart flow control etc. Incidentally, the state produces nearly 600MLD of treated water each day, but significant amount of…