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Goemakrponn desk VASCO: The coast witnessed three rescues earlier today. The survivors were all-male, rescued in two separate rescue operations involving fishing boats by lifesavers from Team Drishti. A fishing boat capsized earlier today off the coast of Baina, throwing all 10 fishermen overboard. The incident took place at 14.30 hours. While others started swimming towards the shore, two males got caught into the current are were being swept into the sea. Drishti lifesavers present at the beach spotted the incident and rushed into the water towards the group of fishermen. All five lifesavers Yallappa Chalwadi, Hussain Halkeri, Anand Madar,…

Goemakrponn desk PAANJI: Balkrishna Busa, a poor parent fighting for his children’s rights, has finally won a case against the State Education Department. In the year 2014, both daughters were studying in the primary school by name Royal High School at Taleigao. Balkrishna’s wife, Mrs Geeta Balkrishna Busa, filed various police complaints before the Panaji police station against the Headmistress of Royal High School, Taleigao, for harassing her minor daughters during school hours by using filthy and abusive words. She had made them do unwanted things such as washing school toilets, forcing them to eat near the toilets, calling them…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: Two time MLA from BJP & has been Ex Minister of Industries, Social Welfare Department, Co-operative Minister Mahadev Naik today joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Naik joined the party in Delhi in a ceremony attended by AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre and Senior Party Leaders Satyendar Jain & Atishi . Naik is known in Goa for his service to the Bahujan Samaj in Goa. Mahadev Naik was a Cabinet Minister in the Laxmikant Parsekar Govt where he held the portfolios of Industries, Textile & coir, Social welfare, Co-operation & Handicrafts. Naik was also a 2 time MLA from…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: After Government had suspended admissions to the degree programme in mining engineering at Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi, from 2019-20, the GEC now is hoping to restart Mining Engineering degree programme from the year 2021-22. Mining Engineering Course was suspended following inadequate response from students after mining closure in Goa. However, as there are many job opportunities in changing scenarios, the GEC wishes to restart the degree programme from 2021-22. It may be recalled that the Mining Engineering education was started at GEC with the initiative of one mining company which had almost invested Rs 22 crore…

Goemakrponn desk PONDA: As the Ganesh Festival is one month away, the Goa Bagayatdar Sahakari Kharedi Vikri Sanstha Maryadit launched Whatsapp Service to shop for groceries and other items. GBSKVS Chairman and former MP Narendra Savoikar addressing media and office-bearers, said that from 6 August onwards, Goa Bagayatdar launched a scheme for customers to place groceries through dedicated Whatsapp numbers for every branch of Goa Bagyatdar all over Goa. Giving details about the scheme, he said the project has been named “Customers Whatsapp Goods Order” wherein the public or the customers can place an order for groceries along with goods…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said that no bio medical waste especially the Covid-19 Waste of home isolation patients and other hazardous waste has been discarded at Sonsoddo garbage dump without following the SOPs of the Union Government. Rane also said that the Health Department has not authorised any agency to dump the Covid waste at Sonsoddo dump. “No bio medical waste especially the Covid-19 Waste of home isolation patients and other hazardous wastehas been discarded at Sonsoddo garbage dump without following the SOPs of the Union Government. Also Health Department has not authorised any agency to dump…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Manipal Hospital Goa has successfully undertaken the first kidney transplant and the donor surgery was done by laparoscopy for the very first time in Goa. The surgical team was led by Dr. Deepak Dubey an alumnus of Goa Medical College and the Chairperson of Urology services across the Manipal Group. “We are elated to successfully perform the first kidney transplant in a COVID survivor in the state. The patient was diagnosed to have diabetic kidney disease and his wife was ready to donate for him. A set back was when he got Covid-19 infection which was managed…