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Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: An elderly couple died in a self accident that took place on Tuesday around 05.45 am at Navelim. The couple, namely – Joaquim Rodrigues, aged 72 years and Lina Albertina Joaquim Rocha Rodrigues, aged 74, along with their daughter Jessie Ciba Rodrigues aged 52 years and grand-daughter Venetia Noronha aged 16 years arrived from Dubai at 05.00 hrs at Dabolim Airport. The son-in-law, Santano Robino Noronha, aged 54 years r/o Tolleband Chinchinim, had hired a taxi, Maruti Eco, bearing No. GA-08-V-4207 driven by driver Benny S/o Martin Pereira, aged 54 years r/o Chichinim, to receive his family…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Vasco Traffic cell PI Shailesh A Narvekar said that the Swatantra Path in Vasco would be closed for all vehicular traffic for seven days between 3rd and 9th August in view of the annual Damodar Saptah festival in Vasco. Narvekar also appealed to the people to Co-operate with traffic police to ensure a smooth traffic flow. “The Annual Vasco Saptah festival, 2022, will be celebrated from 3rd August onwards. In view of this, we have made some traffic arrangements,” he said. He stated that the Swatantra path road will be closed for all types of vehicular traffic…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane said that projects like golf courses, film city and farmhouses will require Indian Green Building Council certification. “It shall also ensure that such projects shall be energy efficient and shall act as lungs for the areas in which they are located. We shall have an expert agency under whose guidance with their technical expertise, such projects shall be designed,” said Rane. He further said that the same shall be evaluated by the department through the consultants for which the board & the dept shall be taking assistance of reputed firm IGBC. It is…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Goa Tennis Ball Cricket Association has shortlisted the following girls & boys for the Final Selection Trials to select players for Pre National coaching camp to select Goa U17 teams for the 27th Sub Junior National Tennis Ball Cricket Championship to be held at Chennai from 15th to 18th August 2022. Girls: Urvashi Prabhu, Khushboo Gawas, Renuka Majik, Sanika Gaonkar , Rajnandini Pandey, Veda Majik ,Sarvangi Asnodkar, Manisha Gawas , Divya Gaonkar Prerna Choudhary, Sara Gawas Achal Tivrekar, Richa Gawas, Pratiksha Kerkar, Samiksha Anandache, Anushka Manerkar, Savanee Mhambre , Raee Vantekar, Komal Kerkar, Pratikshna Kerkar, Achal Tivrekar,…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: After denial of info under RTI, Adv Aires Rodrigues has filed an appeal against the order of the Public Information Officer (PIO) at the Goa Legislature Secretariat declining to furnish the information sought under the Right to Information Act (RTI). The appeal will be heard by Secretary Legislature Namrata Ulman, the designated First Appellate Authority under the Act. On June 28th had sought a copy of the file notings and correspondence pertaining to the two-day training workshop for MLAs held on 27th and 28th of June at the Taj Vivanta and also complete details of the expenditure…

NEW DELHI: The State of Goa has seen a 43 per cent increase in the GST collection for July 2022 as compared to July 2021. As per the information given by Union Finance Ministry, Goa has collected a revenue of Rs 433 cr in July as compared to Rs 303 cr last year during the same period. The ministry further informed that the gross GST revenue collected in the month of July 2022 is ₹1,48,995 crore, of which CGST is ₹ 25,751 crore, SGST is ₹ 32,807 crore, IGST is ₹ 79,518 crore (including ₹ 41,420 crores collected on import…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: From July to September, Goa will witness the harvest and sale of ‘Roen Alami’, belonging to Genus Termitomyces cultivated for 120 million years strictly by fungus growing and mound or ‘Roen’ building termites, the seasonal and overexploited wild edible mushrooms, which are being plucked from pristine areas, poached from state government wildlife sanctuaries and from private forests and sold on the roadside and these will appear in major markets at a premium price. These rare wild species play a very important role as a powerful biodegrading fungus in forest and grassland ecosystems, converting about fifty per cent…