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Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Amid restrictions on public movement, the three Ganesh Mandals in Ponda City have reduced the Ganesh festival to one and half days consecutively the second year because of the COVID19 pandemic. Thus the usual pomp and gaiety is missing this time also at Sarvajanik Ganesh Celebrations. However, in the household Ganesh Celebration, despite pandemic time, people appeared in the festival mood. Suddenly, many people flock to market for Matoli Bazaar and buy decorative and other essential items for celebration for the past two days ahead of Chaturthi Celebration on 10 September. In Ponda, people came out in…

Goemkarponn desk VALPOI: The government approved the Public Works Department proposal for a new water pipeline for Jharme, Dabe, and Maushi villages. Officials say that once the new pipeline comes, the drinking water problem of the villages will be solved permanently. To augment the water supply to Sattari villages, the government has approved Rs 4.91 cr proposal. The villages of Dabe, Maushi, Jharme in Sattari taluka were facing an acute shortage of water supply, and the proposal was submitted to the government long ago. Initially, a small pipeline was laid for these villages, but as the population increased, there was…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On the auspicious occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, Arvind Kejriwal, AAP National Convenor, and Delhi Chief Minister, will be hosting a Ganesh Aarti in Delhi, and Goenkars have been invited to participate in the same via their television sets. The Aarti will be televised for Goenkars on all Major channels at 7pm. The Aam Aadmi Party wishes Goenkars a very happy Ganesh Chaturthi and prays that Ganpati Bappa will eliminate all their obstacles and bless each household. The Aam Aadmi Party also launched an aartibooklet earlier this for the upcoming Ganesh Chaturthi festival. The booklet was launched in the…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa University (GU) slipped to 96th position in the first 100 universities at the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for 2021 declared today, whereas Goa College of Pharmacy ranked 56th. In 2020 Goa University had ranked 81st, while it ranked 93rd in 2019. Last year, the NIRF rankings were released in online format owing to the pandemic. “”The NIRF Indian rankings should not be considered as an end but the beginning of the improvement of quality in higher education,” said Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in his live webinar. The number of Indian institutes registered for the NIRF…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: The directorate of Education (DoE) has finally deleted the derogatory description of private doctors in an NCERT Social Science textbook for class VII students. Last week, an appeal was made to Director Bhushan Savaikar towards the unhealthy description about private medical practitioners and hospitals by the Goa Chapter of the Indian Medical Association condemning the write-up in the books. The said chapter says doctors in the private sector are engaged in wrong practices to make only profits. It also has a comic strip that brings out the difference in treatment at public and private hospitals in a…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Governor of Goa P S Sreedharan Pillai and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has conveyed heartiest greetings and warm wishes to the people of Goa, on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. In his message, the Governor said Lord Ganesh occupies a special place in the pantheon of Gods. He has been conferred the honour of first among the Gods. The Governor further says, Ganesh Chaturthi is thus a unique and popular festival promoting amity, special harmony and mutual understanding. The festival reaffirms our faith in the principle of unity in diversity. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi in…

Goemkarponn desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today announced that the state government will release compensation to families of COVID-19 affected from Monday. CM also said that govt has received 200 applications from families of COVID affected families. “I had made a promise of releasing the compensation by Ganesh Chaturthi. The compensation will be released to all the families by coming Monday,” said CM Sawant addressing the media. He further said that some families were facing difficulties pertaining to the forms and other documents, due to which the state government has made the process much simpler. “200 applications had been…