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Unemployment RATE in India… States (India) May 2021 Delhi 45.6 Haryana 29.1 Tamil Nadu 28.0 Rajasthan 27.6 Puducherry 24.0 Kerala 23.5 Goa 20.6 Tripura 20.0 West Bengal 19.3 Jharkhand 16.0 Bihar 13.8 Andhra Pradesh 13.5 Jammu & Kashmir 12.1 Punjab 8.8 Chhattisgarh 8.3 Himachal Pradesh 7.8 Telangana 7.4 Odisha 7.0 Uttar Pradesh 6.9 Meghalaya 6.5 Maharashtra 5.7 Uttarakhand 5.5 Madhya Pradesh 5.3 Karnataka 5.3 Sikkim 4.2 Gujarat 2.3 Assam 0.1 Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The reduction in economic activities due to disruption of economic activities since March 2020 after the Covid-19 lockdown that forced thousands of businesses to scale down or…

Goemkarponn desk PANJIM: As the pandemic hits education hard, a seed has been planted to promote an online, informal centre for career, life-long learning and hobby courses in Goa. Called the Collaborative Learning Cafe, this is an initiative of friends of Jesuits of the Goa Province and is being launched this weekend, on Saturday, June 5, at 6.30. pm. Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary Anthony (Tino) de Sa, retired from the IAS, will deliver the inaugural speech titled A Career in the IAS: Prospects and Challenges.  This ismeant to also guide and inspire youth who might be thinking of a…

Goemakrponn desk Aam Aadmi Party has said that CM Pramod Sawant is only making misleading announcements and empty promises to fool the people. Spokesperson Valmiki Naik, addressing media today, said that Sawant’s stage-managed Statehood Day address was full of jumlas that were only intended to manage headlines and mislead the public. Naik said that AAP had demanded that Goa Govt follow the Delhi model in providing comprehensive financial relief to all sections affected by the pandemic and the related restrictions, whether covid victims, or Corona warriors, or the common man suffering from the economic crisis. Regarding the 2-lakh ex-gratia to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Amid a spike in the number of COVID cases, the Centre on Sunday announced that all monuments and museums under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will remain closed till June 15. These include around 3,693 monuments and 50 museums. “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, all the centrally protected monuments/sites and museums under the Archaeological Survey of India shall continue to remain closed till 15 June 2021 or until further orders,” the Union Ministry of Culture wrote on Twitter. Earlier, the ministry had kept sites and museums under the ASI closed till May 15. But later it was…

Goemkarponn desk New Delhi: The Centre has issued an advisory to states and union territories to encourage work from home for nursing mothers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has advised that such mothers should be allowed to work from home for at least one year from the date of birth of the child. In the latest measure taken to protect the interest of workers, specifically nursing mothers, during the pandemic, the government has issued an advisory to all the state governments/UTs to encourage work from home for nursing mothers, a labour ministry statement said. The advisory was issued under…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Directorate of Health Services (DHS) has begun vaccination programme for special category groups of autorickshaw and taxi drivers, yellow and black motorcycle pilots, persons with disabilities (PwD) and seafarers. “Priority will be given to parents of children who are below two years and co-morbid people in the 18-44 age group. In addition to this, autorickshaw and taxi drivers, yellow and black motorcycle pilots, persons with disabilities (PwD) and seafarers will also be given preference,” DHS State immunisation programme Chief Medical Officer Dr Rajendra Borkar said. Borkar said these vaccination programmes will be conducted at 37 centres of…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has said that final decision on HSSC examination wail be taken by today evening while stating that government is considering three options before them. Post CBSE class 12 exam cancellation, CM Sawant today had called for a urgent meeting with regards to conduct of HSSC exams. “Two options before Govt- either to cancel the exam or allow those wanting to answer exams & to go for internal assessment for those students who don’t answer; Both results to be announced together,” said CM Sawant He further said that the decision has to be…