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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Congress Party is concerned about the Health of the People of Goa. After the Alert Citizens caught a Water Tanker carrying Sewage at Sancoale, We met Heads of various Departments such as PWD, FDA,WRD, Transport and GSPCB and were shocked to observe that none of these Departments had taken Cognizance of the Incident. Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant was stunned after we produced documentary evidence and video proofs before him proving complete failure of administration, stated Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Amit Patkar. Congress Delegation led by President Amit Patkar and comprising of Quepem MLA Altone D’…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: The government owned Carpentry Common Facility cum Production Centre in Idhar-Loliem is back in news over illegal tree felling in Canacona. According to sources, a team of Forest officials have reached the Carpentry Unit at Loliem to inspect the presence of unaccounted wooden logs lying dumped at Carpentry Unit. It may be recalled that allegations were rife that Canacona MLA and GLA Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar is accused of bringing in woods from illegally felled trees for illegal processing the same at the government owned Carpentry Unit. There were allegations that illegally proceesed Timber is moved away and…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a major decision, Goa government has decided to implement the reservation of 2% for SC, 12 % for ST and 27 % for OBC for the Post Graduate courses in Goa Medical College (GMC) Notification to reserve 40% seats in PG courses of Goa Medical College was issued yesterday. Govt has directed GMC Dean to send the proposal for reservation in PG courses to Public Health Dept for obtaining govt approval. The roaster for reservation will be prepared by Social Welfare dept. An expert committee under the chairmanship of Health Secretary had recommended the above reservations…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: In view of violation of Consumer Protection Act, 2019, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued orders against top five e-commerce platforms for selling car seat belt alarm stopper clips. The clips compromise life and safety of consumer by stopping alarm beep when not wearing seat belts. Headed by Chief Commissioner, Mrs. Nidhi Khare, CCPA passed orders against Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Shopclues and Meeshofor violation of consumer rights and unfair trade practice. The issue of the sale of car seat belt alarm stopper clips came to the notice of CCPA by the Department of Consumer Affairs…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Goa Government is committed to nurture a conducive ecosystem for start-ups and technology-driven enterprises. Sawant chaired a meeting of the Empowered Committee with respect to Start up and IT Policies. “The meeting focused on formulating strategies to foster innovation, support entrepreneurship and boost the growth of the IT industry in our state with the support of Central Government. Government of Goa is committed to nurture a conducive ecosystem for start-ups and technology-driven enterprises,’ said Sawant Sawant said that governmentt services will be home delivered to citizens through the Gramin Mitras by…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: The workers of Renbaxi Labor Union of Ranbaxy Pharma Company in Madkai Industrial Estate have gone on an indefinite strike against the company for their various demand. Their strike has been going on since past few days and entered today into 11 th day. The workers have gone on strike to express their protest against the fact that the company handed over the letter to more than 30 employees of the organization to join work at other States. The workers are mostly Goans and some are women’s and not affordable for them to join work at other…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A National Conference on Polar Sciences will be held at National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa during May 16–19, 2023. The conference will be inaugurated by Dr. M. Ravichandran, Secretary of the Ministry of Earth Sciences and would be attended by various experts in the field polar and ocean sciences. NCPOR spearheads the polar research activities which started in 1981 with the Antarctic expedition, the Southern Ocean expedition in 2004, Arctic research in 2007, South Pole Expedition in 2010, and Himalayan cryospheric research in 2013. There will be many plenary and keynote lectures by…