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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa’s top seed and young rising player Aarush Pawaskar wins Silver at the ICSE School Nationals. The talented boy was part of Team Maharashtra & Goa Zone for the Inter ICSE school Nationals held at Padukone Dravid Centre of Excellence at Bangalore from 22nd Sept to 25th Sept. This team won their first round against Kerela, second round against UAE, and Quarters against MP and CG zone, followed by a win over UP and North East Zone in the semi-finals. In a highly exciting and entertaining Finals, Team Maharashtra and Goa Zone lost against Karnataka in a…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Rising star Goa’s Tanisha Crasto and her partner Ishaan Bhatnagar from Chhattisgarh won a Bronze medal in the Mixed Doubles event at the India Chhattisgarh International Challenge badminton tournament, which concluded recently in Raipur. Tanisha / Ishaan, who were seeded one in this tournament, registered a commanding 21-13, 21-14 over Hariharan Amsakarunan / S.S.Lakshmi Priyanka in the round of 16, followed by a 12-21, 21-19, 21-14 win over India International player Sumeeth Reddy B. and Shruti Mishra in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, Tanisha and Ishaan went down 15-21, 20-22 to the Thai pairing of Ratchapol Makkasasithorn…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola won the Inter-Collegiate Tennikoit Championship for Women organized by Goa University at Silver Jubilee hall, University Campus, Taleigao Plateau, held from 29th September to 1st October 2022. Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola defeated Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Quepem 2-0 in the finals. First singles Alpita Khedekar of Government College, Khandola defeated Sweta Gaonkar of Government College, Quepem, in straight sets 21-5 and 21-11. In second singles, Kalpita Velkaskar of Government College, Khandola defeated Doley Fernandes of Government College, Quepem 21-11 and 21-5. Mrs…
Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: the Shadow Council of Margao on Saturday alleged a major scam in the bio-remediation and transportation of the waste dump at Sonsodo. “It is definitely a welcome that the High Court has pulled up the Contractor, the MMC and the Waste Management Corporation for the delay in solving the Sonsodo issue. However, we apprehend that the government and the concerned authorities may misinterpret and misuse the directions of the HC by resorting to unscientific shortcuts at the cost of the environment and the public exchequer,” SCM Convener Savio Coutinho stated. With RTI information in his possession, Coutinho…
Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the fresh extraction of ore will resume in November 2023. “At present, the mining leases have turned into water bodies, and fresh extraction of ore will resume in November 2023,” said CM Sawant. He further said that fresh extraction of iron ore has stopped in the last four years. “Fresh extraction of ore will resume in November 2023 after the auctioning process is over and all the formalities are over,” he said. Sawant said that his government will fast-track the mining auction process and will put up more leases for auction…
AERIAL VIEW In 1969, on his birth centenary, the country decided to honour him by plastering his face on our currency notes. Indeed, it was a great honour, but Gandhi would never know what had been purchased by people trading the notes, which has his photo as a mark of honour. Instead of paying the token respect to the greatest soul, we need to follow his principles and create awareness in society. Mahatma Gandhi, as he was called, had taken eleven vows, which contain the essence of his teaching in its relation to India and represent a trend in the…