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Goemkarponn Desk BERLIN (Germany): Gayban Mulla handed Goa its seventh medal at the ongoing 2023 Special Olympics Summer Games in Berlin. The 20-year-old Mulla, a student of the Sanjay Centre for Special Education, Curchorem, bagged the bronze medal in the Mini Javelin Level C at the track and field competition being held at the Hanns-Braun Stadium. The Goan girl’s throw of 9.36 metres was enough to see her finish third best behind the UAE’s Asma Abdullah (9.9 metres) and Romanian Gabriela Mertescu (9.57 metres). Mulla started serious training in 2016 after showing a lot of promise in track and field…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Investors should consider investments which offer risk-adjusted returns. If risk management, a key to successful investment, is well taken care of in the portfolio, the only outcome is long-term wealth creation. Diversification and asset allocation strategies play a vital role in risk mitigation and thus are helpful in keeping wealth creation journey on track. Equity has an established history of generating significant wealth in the long run. For those who can’t track stocks on a regular basis but desire to benefit from growth equity offers, investment through equity mutual funds is the best way to create goal-oriented…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Aaron Farias and Anshuman Agarwal showcased their exceptional class, awe-inspiring skills and talent, solidifying their spots in the finals of the prestigious 7th YMCA Table Ranking Tennis Tournament. This season opening State Ranking tournament, held in collaboration with the Goa Table Tennis Association, is currently underway at the esteemed Indoor Stadium in Campal. Joining them in the finals on a day of sub junior and junior events were the promising young players Adeetya Bora and Divyansh Kashyap who competed fiercely to seal their final berths. In the much-anticipated Under 15 Boys Finals, Adeetya Bora is set to…

Goemkarponn Desk PONDA : Ponda is a famous for its temples and known as temple City but slowly it is likely to lose its identity because the number of liquor shops and illegal mini casinos are slowly growing in comparison to temples and tea hotels. To add to this casino like gambling which is expected far away from locality is almost reached at doorstep of Villagers at Curti Khandepar. In such incident locals shocked to learn about illegal casino operating for past three months without any fear of law. The Ponda police booked a 39-year-old individual named Praveen from Maharashtra…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) has decided to reduce the penalty interest rate on pending dues from 11% to 5% vide a one-time-settlement scheme. The aim is to help MSME units in the state to become financially stable and it was decided during the 385th board meeting. The one-time-settlement scheme is intended for units with legacy dues, which are otherwise very difficult to recover. Speaking soon after the meeting, GIDC managing director Pravimal Abhishek said the amnesty scheme is aimed at aiding the recovery of industries adversely affected by COVID-19. “A lot of MSME units in…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA – In an unfortunate turn of events, the Contractor who had bagged 4 Cr NH-66 1.2 Kn stretch of Gulem to Karmalghat Road, was stopped by Forest Department from taking up the works at Karmalghat Sharp-Curve, where a Mumbai youth has died on Monday, after a Car plunged off the unprotected road and fell down into the gorge below. The Contractor who was supposed to begin the works on Monday, after the road-widening works on the 1.2 km stretch of NH66 to remove the bottlenecks at Karmalghat and Gulem, had instead began his work at accident prone…

Goemkarponn Desk A Velsao youth Mifroy Costa has decided to take up cultivation of 2.8 lakhs sq mtrs of barren land around Velsao Lake, as a long pending wish to start agriculture and with an aim to inspire the youth towards farming. The Cultivation program was launched in Velsao on Wednesday at the hands of Cortalim MLA Anton Vas in the presence of ZP Merciana Vas, Pale Tolem Xetkaranche Association ( PTXA ) President Roquezinho D’Souza, Zonal Agriculture Officer Mahesh Kankonkar, Bakhale of Paradeep Phospates Limited ( PPL) and a large number of farmers and residents . Speaking to media,…