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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Fifty personnel from the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF), an elite Government of India force deployed to conduct rescue and relief operations during natural disasters, are undergoing an intensive training programme in deep diving, handling of varied diving equipment, CPR, among other aspects of marine disaster management in Goa. The 45-day training programme is being conducted by the Special Rescue Training Academy (SRTA), Drishti Marine’s internationally accredited training agency. It has been scheduled at various locations, including Hawaii beach near Panaji, in the state’s rivers, freshwater bodies and abandoned mining pits. “The first pilot batch (sourced from…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Milagrina Mascarenhas emerged triple crown winner while Parag Chauhan, Dr Ankush Patil, Shamsudeen C.K, Betty Dourado, Manjiri Moktali, and Rupchandra Humraskar emerged double crown winners each, at the SAG State Masters Badminton Ranking Tournament held at Navelim. The championship, organised by the Goa Badminton Association in collaboration with the Sports Authority of Goa, was the conclusion of the Selection tournaments for qualification into the main draw of the Indian Masters Badminton championships scheduled to be held from the third week of March at Goa. Other prominent winners of the State championships were former State champions Pankaj Naik,…

Preethi Srinivasan, founder of Soulfree looks beyond physical limitations Inspires persons with disabilities and women to raise concerns to bring policy changes in India A freak accident in Pondicherry left her – quadriplegic, when she’d just started soaring high, as a national swimmer and state cricket player and excelling in academics. The ups and downs that came thereafter were deterring and unwinding, but Preethi Srinivasan still describes her tumultuous journey as successful. “I had an accident that left me paralysed below the neck at the age of 18. Back then, I did not have the maturity to deal with it.…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: It appears that Fire Mafia promoted by Anti-Environment BJP Government is in super active mode with Fires reported at Satrem-Satteri, Navelim and Quepem Hills, Cashew Plantations at Korgaon, Padel at Bethora and various other places in Goa. I demand a High Level inquiry of all the Fire incidents in Goa in last few days, stated Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. The cases of Fire incidents have spiked in last few days with Goa Fire Service Department getting 118 calls of dry grass and cashew plantation fires in just 48 hours. This is something abnormal and suspicious, claimed…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: In a warning to the drunk drivers on Goan roads, some vigilante youths in Canacona pulled –down a driver stopping him from driving a loaded Truck at Gulem before handing him over to the police for the conduct of medical tests. With an overwhelming increase of road mishaps and accidents on the Canacona section of NH-66 road, mostly involving inter-state Vehicles, some youths in Canacona stopped a driver noticed coming out of a Bar-n-Restaurant from taking on the wheels to drive on the highway at Gulem on Monday afternoon. According to sources, a haphazardly parked Cement Blocks…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai has today written to the CS of the state demanding Ram Navami be declared as a public holiday. Sardesai, in his letter to the Chief Secretary, said that “You must be well aware that this year Ram Navami falls on the 30th of this month and is declared a Restricted Holiday. Goa Forward Chief said that Given the reverence and devotion Lord Rama is held by the Hindus, and the enthusiasm in which celebrations and rituals are observed on that day, I feel that successive governments have not accorded the day of…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Forest Minister Vishwajit Rane today said that Indian Navy has assured to support and help to douse the fire at Satre in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary. “Indian Navy has assured to support and help to douse the fire at Satre in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary. APCCF & DCF have been issued directions to ensure the situation is controlled, ” said Rane. He further said there is a need to ensure forest protection; if need be, they have also been instructed to take the help of Collector North Goa and Fire Services to Control the spread of fire. Rane also…