Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Union Health Ministry has revised the COVID-19 management guidelines and decided against the usage of certain strong medicines for mild or asymptomatic cases of coronavirus. According to the new guidelines issued on May 27, the health ministry has written to the doctors’ community to drop drugs like hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, doxycycline, zinc, multivitamins etc from prescription. The government has retained only antipyretic drugs for fever and antitussive for cold symptoms. The ministry has even discouraged medical practitioners from prescribing unnecessary tests related to COVID-19 infection such as CT scan.…
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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The petition filed seeking disqualification of ten former Congress MLAs will be heard next week by the special divison bench of Bombay High Court at Goa, after justice Mahesh Sonal recused himself from hearing the plea. Congress president Girish Chodankar had moved High Court challenging the disqualification order passed by the Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, in April. Speaker had dismissed the disqualification plea. When the matter came up for hearing today morning, senior counsel Advocate Kapil Sibbal, appearing for the petitioner, pleaded for urgent hearing in the matter considering that the term of the current State…
Goemkarponn desk CURCHOREM: Within 24 hour of Goa celebrating World Environment Day after there was a huge destruction of hill at Taki Davodxet, village of Curchorem constituency. Alert citizens after learning about the hill cutting immediately complained to local police and panchayat authorities. A local Guru Gawas speaking to media said that there were no permission or intimation to the local panchayat about the hill cutting. He said the hill cutting was being carried out on a holiday just to dodge the authorities. “There are migrants behind this kind of hill cutting. As an alert citizens of my village I…
Goemkarponn desk PERNEM: Vidhya Vardhini and Vidhya Sankul Primary school, Tuem, Pernem celebrated World Environment Day on 6th June 2021 at the School premises, by presenting fruit bearing plants to the parents of the students of the primary school on 6th June 2021. Sanjeev Gadkar, Additional Commissioner, Goa Excise ,Govt of Goa was the chief guest along with Nilesh Naik, SAG Zone VI Incharge, Ponda, Sandhya Paliekar, Director of the school and others. Ranjita Nagvenkar, Teacher welcomed the guests and later Supriya Shetye,Teacher proposed vote of thanks. The plants were provided by forest department. The function was organised with Covid…
Goemkarponn desk BICHOLIM: Few research scientists from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Goa University has come up with a model which would help the farmers to pluck the coconuts from the trees and this invention has also earned first place at the national level. The drone based instrument is such that it goes up in the air and can cut the ripe bunches of coconut. The Goa university has worked upon this since last several years and the drone has been their second version of instrument. “This is our second version and the first version that we had…
Goemakrponn desk PANAJI: The Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA) has hailed the government decision of keeping Industries, constructions and agricultural activities during curfew. In a statement issued here, GSIA president Damodar Kochkar said said “Finally it Proved that Governments decision of keeping Industries, construction & agricultural activities on during curfew was the right decision.” “GSIA had suggested exactly a month ago that these activities are the backbone of our economy. To support CM‘s decision industry will take utmost care to see that COVID cases does not rise by keeping our factories open,” he said. He said that he is extremely…
• CESL signs agreements for over 30,000 vehicles with Goa for two- and three-wheelers • CESL has also entered in strategic relationships with Bharat Electronics Ltd, Fortum, JBM Renewables Pvt Ltd, TVS Motor Company for building the electric mobility ecosystem in the country Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL) has forged key partnerships on World Environment Day in an effort to further the deployment of electric vehicles in the country. Agreements and MoUs have been signed with state governments of Goa, and Kerala to procure over 30,000 two- and three-wheelers. This is the first entry to the…