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Goemkarponn desk Ponda: Five males all in their 20s had their jeep dangerously caught in the river near Dudhsagar waterfalls when they decided to drive through. On reaching the halfway mark, the vehicle stalled. The swelling waters gushed in and they were unable to get out due to the force of the water. Drishti lifesavers on duty at Dudhsagar were alerted and rushed to aid in the rescue. Lifesavers Niraj, Devendra, Hanuman, Vithal and Shanu secured all and brought to safety. Efforts are still underway to assist with recovery of the vehicle.

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the State government is coming up with common processing clusters under SFURTI scheme for Paddy, Vegetables, Fruit, FOOD processing, coir, chilly and jaggery. “State government is coming up with common processing clusters under SFURTI scheme for Paddy, Vegetables, Fruit, FOOD processing, coir, chilly and jaggery,”said CM Sawant He further said Goa has intensive industry-academia connect with the presence of premier institutes like IIT, NIT, BITS, GIM, pharmacy colleges, engineering colleges that provide access to readily available talent for the ecosystem. “Goa is also well connected by sea and air. Government is…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Minister and Calangute MLA Michael Lobo today sought Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant’s intervention to stop the growing harassment meted out to the tourists, visiting the State, by the traffic police. Calangute MLA Michael lobo today had a meeting with CM Sawant over the issue of traffic police harrassing tourist and on the taxi issue. “Today i have seen that traffic police are simply harrassing the tourists who takes cars and bikes on rent for no reason. One tourist is stopped for atleats 5 times in a day. This is not how we treat our tourist. Tourists…

Goemkarponn desk Margao: South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha today accused BJP Government of playing with sentiments of people Goa by continuing the three liner projects of Double tracking, Tamnar, National highway against people’s wishes. “The BJP Government in center and state have failed to manage the COVID-19. Because of mismanagement many innocent have lost lives in country,” he said. Sardhina also accused PWD minister of not providing good roads due to which he says many gave lost lives. He also requested the PWD to immediately repair roads. “Government should start legal sand mining they have only given permission in Pernem.…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in its weather bulletin has said Goa will witness light to moderate rainfall for the next 48 hours. “Yesterday’s low-pressure area over Gangetic West Bengal now lies over southeast Jharkhand& neighbourhood. A trough from this system to Telangana across interior Odisha is seen between 1.5&3.1 km above mean sea level.” The IMD Said Further, Heavy rainfall (Rainfall>6.4cm in 24 hrs) is very likely at isolated places over North South Goa today. The forcast said that a new Low-Pressure Area is likely to form over Northeast & adjoining East-central Bay of Bengal around 24th…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the government is working on getting Geographical Indication (GI) tags for more Goan products, which will help Goan entrepreneurs involved in traditional businesses. “We are working on getting more GI tags so that those manufacturing ‘Feni’ and ‘Khaje’ as well as farmers such as those producing ‘Khola Chilli’ to have intellectual property rights of their products,” said CM Sawant. He further said that it will also enhance the visibility and guarantee the authenticity of Goan products in the international markets, thus opening export avenues for these items. “Altogether, it will boost…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has requested the leading industries to work hand in hand with the state government to Goa, an export hub, a model export State for the country. “We have to set a goal to enhance Goa’s export potential by finding new opportunities and entering new markets is being set. As we are the smallest State in India, we face unique development challenges due to our small population and limited natural resources like the availability of land, he said and urged to work hand in hand to make Goa an export hub, a model export…