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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “Goa needs skill development institutions in various fields. The Government is contemplating upgrading Engineering Colleges and also the Directorate of Technical Education not just with infrastructure but also upgrading skill development,” said Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. He said his Government is making all-out efforts to develop the manpower of the State into skilled manpower with the help of IIT, NIT, GIM, BITS Pilani and other engineering colleges, Committee for which will be formed. “Futuristic skill development of the State man force is a must, he said. The Prime Minister has given a call for New India…

Panjim, June 2022: A team of five students from the Goa Institute of Management (GIM) have brought home laurels on a Global platform by winning the prestigious 2022 Flourish prize out of a total of 685 entries from all over the world. Explained Divya Singhal, Professor of General Management and Economics at GIM. “AIM2Flourish is a project of the Fowler Centre for Business as an Agent of Global Benefit at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management. Students from GIM conducted research, identified a business innovation, interviewed a business leader, and then submitted their stories with the UN…

AERIAL VIEW The Supreme Court directed the state election commission (SEC) to notify local body polls in Madhya Pradesh within two weeks without the other backward classes (OBC) quota while mandating all states to follow the triple test laid down for such reservation. The test involves the appointment of panels, gathering empirical data for quantifying the extent and backwardness local body-wise, and ensuring the quota does not exceed the 50% ceiling. “No reservation for the OBCs can be provisioned until the triple test exercise mentioned in a 2010 Constitution bench verdict is completed in all respects,” a bench of justices…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: In yet another blow to BJP-led government’s plan to postpone the panchayat polls, the Bombay High Court at Goa today dismissed State’s plea seeking time till September 12 to complete the election process. As such, the entire election process of the 186 panchayats will have to be done by August 12. The State Government had on Wednesday moved High Court with an application seeking 30 days additional time to conduct panchayat polls citing that the process will coincide with the functioning of the State Legislative Assembly, whose monsoon session is scheduled from July 11-August 12. It also…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: “Enough is Enough. Stop Wasteful Expenditure on Fighting Court Cases arising from Blunders & Stupidity of the BJP Government. Once again High Court turns down Government’s appeal to postpone Panchayat Elections. BJP has let down OBCs,” said Congress Working President & Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao after High Court dismissed the Goa Governments plea to grant another 30 days’ time to complete the Panchayat Election process. He said the BJP government deliberately did not take any initiative to compile the data to finalise reservations of Other Backward Class (OBC). “This was part of the BJP strategy to deprive…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: “Goa gets 160 inches of rainfall every year in all talukas, but within no time, it flows into nullah and then to the Arabian sea, but this is not affordable today for us as we face a shortage of water for drinking, Industries and other purposes,” said Water Resources Minister Subash Shirodkar. He urged the people not to waste their precious water in daily use but make maximum effort to save water. Stating that Jalshakthi Mission 2019 was started by PM Narendra Modi, he urged the students, farmers, and people to catch and conserve the rainwater where…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: With just a day left for the HC deadline to end to issue notification for Panchayat polls, the Advocate General Devidas Pangam has ruled out the possibility of challenging the HC verdict before the Supreme Court. “The HC has rejected our plea for seeking additional 30 days for conducting the election process. There are two reasons one is that on these grounds, and the other reason is that the state election commission had not filed any indirect petition,” AG Devidas Pangam said. He further said that the three days granted by High Court is ending tomorrow, and…