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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: MGP President Deepak Dhavalikar today announced that Jit Arolkar will be contesting from Mandrem on MGP ticket. “Today we have declared Jit Arolkar from Mandrem. As of now MGP is going alone but might have some regional alliances if possible,” said Dhavalikar Addressing a press conference, Deepak Dhavalikar said the party is open to a pre-poll alliance with other like-minded opposition parties in the state. “The MGP has decided to adopt the policy of ”ekla chalo re”. But if the time comes, we may have a pre-poll alliance with other like-minded opposition parties, but not with the BJP,”…

PANAJI: Experts have said that the primary production underpins many ocean ecosystems services are under threat from climate change expert. “Net primary production underpins many ocean ecosystems services, but is under threat from climate change. Projections of potential changes in net primary production are poorly constrained,which raises challenges for predicting and managing future change,” the summary by NIO states It further states that the micronutrient iron is now acknowledged as a key driver of net primary production, carbon cycling and ecosystem dynamics across large areas of the ocean, but there are also large uncertainties around how the ocean iron cycle.…

Goemkarponn Desk DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to form guidelines for payment of ex gratia compensation to family members of persons who succumbed to Covid-19. The guidelines have to be put in place within 6 months, the Court said. “We direct NDMA to form guidelines for ex gratia compensation for family members of persons who succumbed to covid as per minimum standards of relief. The reasonable amount to be provided is left to wisdom of national authority,” the judgment stated. Pertinently, the top court held that that the mandate under Section 12 of…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The State government has said that Class X and XII data / Marksheet 2011-19 along with Goa University are now available on Digilocker. “Class X and XII data / Marksheet 2011-19 of Goa Board are available on Digilocker now. Goa University too has added to Digilocker. Diploma courses data available,” states the press note issued by DIP The information department has informed that more such data for technical degree courses will be added soon. DigiLocker is a “digital locker” service operated by the Government of India that enables Indian citizens to store certain official documents on the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa Medical College (GMC) Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar today said that as of now no one knows the severity of the Delta Plus Variant. “As of now no one knows the severity of the Delta Plus Variant but it seams like it is highly effective and also no body in Goa knows the behaviour of the virus,” said Dean Since the ‘Delta Plus’ variant has been found in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district adjoining Goa, “surveillance along the border has been stepped up”, State Government has taken adequate steps and has prepared to deal with the third wave of…

Goemkarponn desk SALIGAO: In a noble gesture, the youth of Saligao felicitated the team of waste management workers who help keep the village clean with daily collection and disposal to the treatment plant. The youth, led by social worker Ramesh Ghadi, Pradeep Parulekar, Kamlesh Dhargalkar and others felicitated the four workers Rama, Shayoon, Tar Ali and Ranzan Habib. Ghadi said the team who helps keep Saligao village clean and they are most dedicated workers. “They work tirelessly to keep the village clean. Early morning they go around our village to collect our garbage,” he stated. He said that while emptying…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has issued directions to all state governments and Union territory administrations asking them to focus on the five-fold strategy for effective Covid-19 management. The process of relaxing restrictions in the country as the cases go down, signalling the decline of the second wave, should be carefully calibrated, the home ministry advisory said. Laying out some key points to focus on as the unlocking process gets underway, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked the states to regularly monitor the districts with a high number of active coronavirus cases per million (10 lakh)…