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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced the Young Scientist Award named after Former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. CM Sawant addressed the gathering on the occasion of the 4th Manohar Parrikar Vigyan Mahotsav. “National Level Award named after Former CM Manohar Parrikar. The award will be given to a young scientist under 35 yrs age and will be an annual affair from the next edition of the Vigyan Mahotsav,’ said Sawant. He further said that he was happy to see that this event was on the verge of becoming the flagship event of the Department of Science and…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: A cake in the shape of a FIFA football that weighs more than 100 kg has been made at Miramar Beach in connection with the Qatar journey of Boche and his team to spread the message’ Football Addiction Against Drug Addiction. Boche (Dr Boby Chemmanur), Chairman and Managing Director of Boby Group and 812 Km Run Unique World Record and Guinness Record Holder for World Peace, has embarked on his journey to the Qatar World Cup with a golden statue of his soul mate- Diego Maradona, commemorating his ‘Hand of God’ goal. Football legend Diego Maradona’s golden…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Govt of Goa, in association with All India Deaf Arts and Cultural Society (AIDACS), New Delhi and Goa Association of the Deaf is organizing the 10th Miss and Mister Deaf India 2023, an annual beauty pageant for the deaf youth of India as part of the Purple Fest in the month of January from the 6th to 8th of January’2023. The event which will be held at the Gera School (TGS) Auditorium, Old Goa provides the deaf youth community of India with a national platform to showcase…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Alleging railway authorities are ignoring the rightful pleas of railway travellers. Canconcars are planning to march to the Konkan Railway Station, Canacona, to demand the immediate resumption of train Halts at Canacona Railway Station. “We pleaded to the Railway and other authorities to halt Express Trains/Long Distance Trains at Canacona Railway Station to facilitate easy railway travel for Canaconcars, but our demands have so far fallen on deaf ears,” locals said. They said the Railway authorities have shown scant or no respect for our representations of our feelings in state social posts on the failure of Railway…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The earth is losing one potential drug in every two years and the rate of extinction is hundred times faster than the natural process, experts said, making a strong pitch for focused and novel strategies for the conservation of medicinal plants as solely relying on awareness campaigns is not enough. Ten per cent of the 900 major medicinal plants in the country is under the “threatened” category, the speakers said at a session on ‘Conservation Needs of Medicinal Plants’ at the 9th edition of the World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) & Arogya Expo 2022 here. The December 8-11 conclave…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Monday morning said that he will take the message of PM Narendra Modi to establish a good connect with the people through community services. Salkar speaking to reporters, added that PM Modi’s visit and interaction with MLAs had motivated the BJP leaders to work towards the betterment of the people and the society at large. “Our PM Narendra Modi had arrived to inaugurate the Mopa international Airport, and though he came for a government function, he took time for interactions with the BJP MLAs and leaders where he gave us the advice…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Goencho Ekvott has demanded that the CM of Goa, Dr Pramod Sawant, stop double tracking in Goa and shift coal to Belekeri Port at Ankola in Karnataka as coal has no accrued benefits whatsoever to Goa. Goencho Ekvott and villagers of Velsao, Pale, Issorcim and Cansaulim organized a mega public awareness meeting opposing double tracking opposite the Velsao Panchayat building. This meeting was attended by Panchas of Velsao-Pale-Issorcim, Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim, Majorda-Calata-Utorda and Quelossim panchayats and condemned the Government for curtailing the voice of the people during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Goa. Fatorda MLA Vijay Sardessai…