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Goemkarponn desk BAMBOLIM: The Goa University conducted the Inter Collegiate Judo Championship 2022-23 for Men from 20th to 21st September 2022 at the Jubilee Hall, Goa University. Over 88 athletes from various affiliated colleges participated in 8 different weight categories. Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola were the overall champions and P.E.S’s R.S.N College of Arts and Science, Farmagudi and V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar were awarded the joint runner’s up trophy. The Chief guest of the championship Dr. Francis Lobo, College Director of Physical Education and Sports, Rosary College, Navelim and Guest of Honour Mr.…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The upcoming edition of the under 17 women’s world cup, scheduled to be held between October 11th to 30th across three venues – Odisha, Goa and Maharashtra, will be the first FIFA women’s competition to be held in India. Expressing his delight at the launch event, Sawant said, “Everyone in Goa be it kids, youngsters or elders – everyone plays football. I personally would like to thank Anurag Thakur for giving us the opportunity to host the tournament in Goa. We aim to make the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup India bigger and better so that the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: 21st September is observed worldwide as World Alzheimer’s Day. The Rotary Club of Panaji invited Dr Amit Dias from the department of Preventive and Social Medicine at GMC and the founder secretary of the Dementia Society of Goa to deliver a Message of Hope on this occasion and throw light on the early signs of dementia. The message of hope is that research carried on in the world today, since the first description by Dr Alois Alzheimer’s, has revealed that dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, can be prevented. Even if a person has dementia, a lot can be…

Victor Hospital’s Cardiothoracic Surgery department headed by Dr. Shanmukh Hiremath, a full-time Senior Consultant and Cardiothoracic Vascular & Transplant Surgeon, is one of the premier heart specialty centers in the country. As one of the very few specialized units in Goa, the hospital routinely performs Total Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass surgeries and Redo Bypass surgeries. The Cardio Vascular Surgery Department is specifically responsible for the treatment of aneurysms, arterial blocks, peripheral vascular blocks, etc. As heart disease and heart attacks increase, they are becoming more complex with weak heart. A long-term cure for heart attacks will improve the quality of life of the patient…

Goemkarponn desk ANJUNA: Days after alleging that the Goa Police was not cooperating in the drugs investigation, the Hyderabad Police arrested another restaurant owner from Anjuna in the drugs case. While Curlies owner was arrested in the Sonali Phogat-related case, the Hyderabad police have arrested another restauranteur Steve D’Souza, who is the owner of the famous Hill Top restaurant. Anjuna police said that Hyderabad Police, led by Sreedhar Reddy of Detective Inspector of Police Osmania) University Police Station Hyderabad City, Telangana State, arrested two persons, John Stephen D’Souza @Steve, involved in Cr No 374/2022 Us 8c w 22(c). 27 of…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Dead body of a 27-year-old youth of Shrishthal is found floating in the Talpona river at Bhatpal on Tuesday evening. According to sources, the body recovered by police from the river at Bhatpal on Tuesday belongs to one Shekhar Velip of Nuvem -Shristhal. Velip, who was working as a delivery boy at an Online Shopee at Shrishthal, was reportedly missing for the last couple of days. His motorbike is found parked under a tree at Bhatpal, while his watch and his Mobile are found in the pocket of the short pant he was wearing. Questions are…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that vegetables imported from other states under government schemes would be stopped, and only local produce would be purchased once production is increased. In his remarks during the launch of the ‘Natural Farming’ programme, he said: “We are dependent on vegetables procured from Belgavi (Karnataka). We now ‘like’ the taste of outside procurement more than our traditionally grown here. This is a fact.” Under the Goa State Horticultural Corporation Ltd (GSHCL), around 1,300 vendors in the state sell vegetables. GSHCL purchases vegetables from other states and supplies them to these vendors.…