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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The students of V.M.Salgaocar College of Law (VMSCL), Miramar comprising the team of Mr. Joshua Camilo Noronha Dias from 5 th Year BALL.B., Mr. Clive Leroy Fernandes, Miss Raisa Mariette Pinto, Miss Lamisah Vasim Almeida and Mr. Sean Julian Gomes all from 3 rd year BALL.B. participated in the Asian Institute of Alternative Dispute Resolution (AIADR) Mediation and Negotiation competition and were awarded the 2 nd Runner up trophy. The preliminary rounds were held in virtual mode on 23rd and 24th September, 2023 and the only Indian VMSCL team was selected to participate in the subsequent rounds…

Every year on October 21 the grateful nation remembers sacrifices of ten valiant police personnel’s who died down their lives while defending the integrity of our motherland at Hot Springs (Ladakh)in Jammu and Kashmir. These Policemen were killed in ambush laid by heavily armed Chinese troops, who had violated Indian territory in Aksai Chin. Since the middle of 1959, the frontier had suddenly become active on account of transgressions by Chinese troops. However, on October 21, a Police party led by Karam Singh, DCIO, was ambushed by Chinese troops equipped with a automatic weapons and mortars. The Indians Policemen, who…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited (Glenmark Pharma), a research-led, global pharmaceutical company, has launched in India the first triple-drug fixed-dose combination (FDC) of the widely-used Teneligliptin with Dapagliflozin and Metformin. This FDC has been launched under the brand name Zita® DM, and it contains the DPP4 inhibitor, Teneligliptin (20mg), the SGLT2 inhibitor, Dapagliflozin, (10mg), and Metformin SR (500mg/1000mg) in a fixed dose. It must be taken once daily, under prescription, to improve glycemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes. On the occasion of the launch, Alok Malik, President & Business Head ‐ India Formulations, Glenmark Pharma stated, “India…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In a surprise and sudden move Loliem-Polem Sarpanch Pratiza Bandekar put in her papers to resign from the chair citing personnel reasons for the unannounced step on Wednesday. According to reliable sources, Pratiza personally visited the Directorate of Panchayat office in Panjim to put through her resignation letter on Wednesday. In her resignation letter she wrote that she is compelled to resign on account of her personal difficulties and she is unable to perform the duties entrusted to her hence the decision to resign from the post of Sarpanch of the village. When asked, Pratiza Bandekar informed…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Despite India’s stellar performance at the recent Asian Games in Hangzhou, where the Indian volleyball team surprised many, the sport will not be featured in the National Games 2023, which is set to commence in Goa from October 26. The decision, made by the ad-hoc committee appointed by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to oversee volleyball’s administration in India, stems from concerns about the fair selection of participating teams for the National Games. The ad-hoc committee, which was established in mid-June, faces a challenging task. The committee was responsible for both conducting the elections of the Volleyball…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that shack related issues will be resolved within two days. Sawant was speaking to the media on the sidelines of a government program. “There some small issues pertaining to environment ministry and tourism ministry. All will be taken on board and issue will be resolved within two days,” said Sawant Sawant also assured to reallocate shacks on Calangute and Candolim beaches and also agreed to revert the total number of shacks to eight on Ozran beach. The GCZMA has already granted its approval to erect 254 shacks along the beaches of…

AERIAL VIEW Environmental experts like Rajendra Kerkar say Mhadei is known to be tiger pockets and its inclusion under the management schemes of tiger reserve will help the future population of tigers to disperse into adjoining protected areas. The benefit also expands to revenue villages that come within the buffer zone as the concept of coexistence is proposed in these areas, Kerkar says. However, the locals are upset that once Sattari becomes a buffer zone for Tiger Reserve it will be declared as ‘Eco Sensitive Zone’ no mining activities could be carried out in the areas close to the core…