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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar has said that his department has decided to conduct state tap water testing to find any micro-plastic presence as reported in the study, which was released days before. “I have ordered to conduct testing of state tap water to find out any presence of micro-plastic. Samples will be taken and sent for testing either to Pune or Bengaluru,” said Pauskar. He further said that such a type of water testing facility was not available in the state, which was why he sent the samples out of state. “PWD has taken this issue very…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The State government will e-auction over two million tons of iron ore on August 27. This will be the 26th e-auction the Directorate of Mines and Geology will be conducting since 2015. The Directorate of Mines and Geology has been conducting since November 2015 e-auctions of the iron ore declared to be illegally mined and which is in its custody after the Supreme Court held that the deemed mining lessees expired after November 22, 2007. The extracted ore is lying at Cudnem, Sonus-Onvalim, Pissurlem, Vagus plant, Pale mine, Kotambi jetty, Collem and Cauvrem plant, the sources have…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane said that the estimate of the new Paikul bridge has now gone up from seven and a half crore to twelve and a half crore due to an increase in height. Rane said that the same has been approved and will be tendered next week. “The estimate of the bridge has now gone up from seven & a half crore to twelve & a half crore due to increase in height. Sidewalks will also be added to the bridge. The same has been approved and will be tendered next week,” said Rane. Rane…

Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: FOHO Coin was listed on August 15, a day that coincides with Indian Independence Day and the 50th Anniversary of the existence of Fiat currency. The launch will be a boost to democratizing real estate space across the globe. It was listed after a very successful IEO (Initial Exchange Offering) that saw a soft cap of 1.5 million exceed to over 2.2 million with great interest from private investors. FOHO Coin is the currency that enables the shift from fiat to digital currency for real estate, giving freedom from old ways in the real estate sector. The…

Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Social Worker and Youth Leader from Curchorem constituency, Amit Patkar, has taken up a unique Initiative for Curchorem’s senior citizens to conduct Free Medical Health Checkup in full-fledged Ambulance. The Free Medical Health Checkup Camp covers testing of blood sugar, monitoring of Blood Pressure, monitoring of Pulse and other basic ailments. On the First Day, the camp was held at Maad, Bansai and received a good response from the citizens that this will help them not travel much and get self-checked in this pandemic. Patkar said about this initiative, “Providing Health Care Facilities at the doorstep is…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: The national convention of the tribal community will be held in December at Adarshgram in Amone-Poinguinim, announced Sameer Uravan, national president of the BJP’s tribal front. Rajya Sabha MP Sameer Uravan, who is in Goa, told when he visited the residential school of Balram Shikshan Sanstha at Amone Poinguinim. He was accompanied by Goa Scheduled Castes and Tribes Commission chairman and former minister Ramesh Tawadkar, BJP’s Adivasi Morcha state president Prabhakar Gaonkar and others. At this time, he inspected the educational complex built at Adarshgram. Or Ministers from various states and office bearers and representatives of tribal…

PORVORIM: Shubham Ranjane and Shrikant Wagh are the new professional players to join Eknath Kerkar to be part of the Goa Cricket Association (GCA) Senior Men’s team for the 2021-2022 season, says a press release issued by Vipul Phadke, Honorary Secretary. Ranjane and Wagh have played First Class cricket for Mumbai Cricket Association and Vidharba Cricket Association respectively. Ranjane will enhance Goa’s batting and bowling depth with his display as a right -hand batsman and ability to bowl medium pace. He has played First-Class matches and was part of the Rajasthan Royals squad during Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019. Wagh,…