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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Airport Authority of India, Goa, has issued new protocols and guidelines to be followed for International Arrivals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new protocols will be applicable from today, Dec 24, 2022, till further orders. The passengers found to be symptomatic during on-arrival thermal screening shall be immediately isolated and taken to a designated medical facility as per health protocol. A sub-section, i.e. 2% of the total passengers in the flight, shall undergo random post-arrival testing at the airport on arrival. Such travellers in each flight shall be identified by the concerned airlines, preferably…

Goemkapronn desk MARGAO: A day after Go Forward President Vijai Sardesai castigated Benaulim MLA over Seafarer’s pension issue, the AAP MLA has now hit out at the former Dy CM. Taking to twitter today, Capt Venzy Viegas said”Goan seafarers’ long wait finally ends. Pension+arrears released today. #Thanks2AccountsDirector. ‘Lone MLA’ procured by BJP in 2017 is now trying to wash his sins. No Fot Fotting Fottingponna with Tarvoti. Now, we wait for technicalities to be sorted for permanent scheme.” Yesterday, targetting CM Dr Pramod Sawant and Capt Venzy, Vijai had tweeted, “HIS LIE IS IN WRITING! @DrPramodPSawant’s note on the #SeafarersPensionScheme…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The entire Canacona wore a festive look, while Catholics are all set to celebrate Christmas in a grand way after a gap of two Covid-riddled years. Chaudi, the commercial hub of Canacona, was abuzz with several visitors making a rush to make various purchases, including provisions, dresses, as well as decorations and lights. Shops and Establishments have done brisk business for a week now even many people were seen making purchases on the penultimate day (Friday). Some of the churches have scheduled early midnight masses, and related Church services have also made an out-of-the Church mass arrangements.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: During the upcoming three-day Sunburn Festival in Goa that starts on December 28, revellers will not be able to groove on songs like “Kala Chashma”, “Swag Se Swagat”, and “Zingat” as the Bombay High Court has passed an injunction order against the organisers – Percept – playing Novex communications’ music. Novex communications’ music holds copyrights to these songs, including a large number of sound recordings of established music labels like Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, Eros International Media Ltd, and Tips Industries Ltd, and is also an authorised agent of Yash Raj Films Private Limited. Furthermore, hotels, pubs,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane informed that only 53 Percent of Goa’s population is so far covered with the booster dose (COVID-19 vaccine). “The state government has urged the Centre to send booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.53 per cent of the population is so far covered with the (booster) dose,” said Rane. He further said that people should not panic but adopt COVID-appropriate behaviour in their day-to-day life. “The Centre has asked to put in place the required infrastructure by December 27, and random testing will also be done on passengers arriving on international flights,” he added.…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: Former Goa Congress President Girish Chondakar on Friday demanded the immediate sacking of Goa forest minister, Vishwajit Rane for failing to protect wild animals from the poachers. Vishwajit Rane has miserably failed to protect the endangered species and the forest at large. “I am deeply saddened with the news of a tiger and a leopard being brutally murdered,” said Chodankar and added that the Forest Minister should resign on moral grounds as he failed to take responsibility as a Forest Minister. The former GPCC President said that, on the contrary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi imports cheetahs from…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The advent of the digital age and the accompanying expanded reach through social media has helped art reach out to a larger and much more diverse audience, according to Sunaina Anand, co-publisher of the book ’20th Century Indian Art: Modern, Post-Independence, Contemporary’, which was released at the ongoing Serendipity Arts Festival 2022 in Panaji on Thursday. Anand, who also anchored a conversation between one of the book’s authors and art experts at the Old GMC complex in the city, also said that Indian art in the last few decades had solidified its position on the global map.…