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Goemkarponn Desk NEW DELHI: Its a matter of pride as two Goan teachers Sudhir Suresh Pai and Nilesh Raya Rai have been awarded with the National ICT award. Sudhir Suresh Pai is teacher from S.S. Angle Higher Secondary School while Nilesh Raya Rai is a teacher from the Don Bosco Higher Secondary School. National ICT Award for School Teachers Ceremony was graced by the Chief Guest Minister of State for Education, Govt. of India, Annpurna Devi at Nalanda Auditorium, Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi. “Today, those teachers are being rewarded who accepted the challenge of time and circumstances, made…

Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: The Intruz (carnival) was celebrated traditionally in the Ambaualim village of Quepem. The locals say that they have kept this tradition and culture alive for the last several years and will continue to try to keep our tradition and culture alive. Juava Fernandes, a native of Ambaualim who took the initiative to perform in Carnival this year, said that the tradition and culture of Intruz (Carnival) in Ambavali village was started by his ancestors. “We have traditional and cultural arts like Kasali, Dhol, Tasha, Ghumat, Madale, traditional songs, music and traditional instruments, but this traditional way of…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The three-days ‘Intruz’ revelries came alive as the ‘Mell’, groups of youngsters began to visit house to house and play as part of traditional Carnival celebrations in Canacona. While the Carnival floats are mainly restricted to urban areas with the beginning of deliveries at Panjim on Saturday, the traditional Intruz celebrations began only Sunday, with some of the groups taking out ‘Mell’, soon after the Sunday masses. In Agonda, amongst the previous six groups, as many as five Mell’s were taken out from their respective ‘Mand’s’ located in their wards. The ‘Mell’ then plays at their respective…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Galgibaga also joins the Agonda Turtle Rehabilitation Centre to become the second Reserved Beach to have Olive Ridley hatchlings at its Nursery early Saturday morning. According to RFO (Wildlife), Anant Velip, the first-ever turtle nest, protected from 3rd January ‘2022 at Galgibaga, gave 54 hatchings so far, subsequently released in the sea. Incidentally, the first pit protected at Galgibaga Turtle Rehabilitation Centre had 117 eggs in the incubation process, and while only 54 eggs were hatched, some more are expected to be hatched within the next two days as the incubation period for Olive Ridley is somewhere…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: South Western Railway to run Train no. 17315/17316 Vasco Da Gama – Velankanni – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express. As per the information available, train no. 17315 Vasco Da Gama – Velankanni Weekly Express will leave from Vasco Da Gama at 09.00 hrs every Monday from 07th March 2022 until further advice. The train will reach Velankanni at 12.25 hrs on the next day. Train no. 17316 Velankanni – Vasco Da Gama Weekly Express will leave from Velankanni at 23.45 hrs every Tuesday from 08th March 2022 until further advice. Train will reach Vasco Da Gama at…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Canacona municipality is blamed for the dark spots at the Agonda-Canacona road (@ entrance of Garbage Treatment Plant road) with strewn garbage all around. Canacona Municipal Council (CMC) operates barricaded and locked gate across the Canacona -Agonda MDR road, from where about a 200 m road proceed to the CMC’s Garbage Treatment Plant (GTP), Dumane. The road entrance inside the barricaded gate (operated by CMC) towards the GTP plant is always littered with strewn garbage. Strong garbage stench from the GTP, besides the strewn garbage rants the atmosphere with strong foul smell, besides the stray cattle and…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco locals have questions about the movement of heavy vehicles from the busy city road despite the newly opened Varunapuri to Sada flyover. Traffic department authority revealed that some internal road connectivity to Port is still pending, and once it is completed, the heavy vehicle traffic will be diverted via the flyover route. Locals from Vasco are expressing surprise that despite a state of the art flyover recently inaugurated by the National Highway Authority, the heavy vehicles continue to ply from the Vasco city road. People in the past have also complained about the dust pollution accidents…