The pendency of COVID19 cases seems to be increasing with every passing day with now reports arriving seven days after the swab tests being carried out. Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) Mayor Uday Madkaikar has fumed at the delay of Health department in declaring the results. Madkaikar said that one patient who tested positive from Mala seven days back, his six family members tested positive today. “The swabs were taken seven days back,” he said. This is not the first time Mayor is annoyed with the DHS as last time he had criticized them for not informing the CCP…
Author: Team Admin
The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) have written to the President of India Ramnath Kovind saying that instead of managing COVID19, the BJP government at the Centre is busy toppling elected governments in the States. “India is passing through a grave calamity, the Covid-19 pandemic in tandem with an economic disaster on one hand, and Chinese aggression on our boundaries on the other hand. At this juncture, it is the Constitutional and moral duty of the Government of India to utilize its resources and Constitutional machinery to tackle the grave situation at hand,” the letter submitted to Governor Satya Pal…
While reserving its comments on the new Education policy brought out by the central government, Aam Aadmi party said that the party would come out with its views after studying the policy properly in detail. At the same time, AAP Convenor Elvis Gomes lost no time in welcoming the decision to rename the ministry from HRD to education ministry. He said that Manish Sisodia in his public address to teachers in Margao Goa exactly two years ago, had demanded that it was time to change the name of the ministry from HRD to education ministry. “Manish Sisodia rated as the…
The soil from the auspicious Ram Rudreshwar temple at Harvalem Sankhali will be used for the foundation of the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya on August 5. The announcement was made by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on his social media handle. “It is a moment of proud privilege that the sacred soil from the auspicious Rudreshwar Temple – Harvalem, Sankhali Goa, will be used in the foundation of the #RamMandir at Ayodhya! I offered my prayers at the Rudreshwar Temple today.Jai Shree Ram!,” he wrote. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the Ram Temple slated to…
PANJIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Thursday stated that the new Education Policy approved by Union Cabinet will lay a strong foundation for building a new India. He tweeted “The New Education Policy as approved by the Union Cabinet under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi would lay a strong foundation for building a New India.” “I am glad that we are moving towards a knowledge and skill based education system with a holistic approach of developing our youth in this era of globalization,” he tweeted. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed India’s first new National Education Policy…
Dr. Lidita Khandeparker, Dr.Jagadeesan Loganathan and Dr. V.V.S.S. Sarma have been rewarded for exemplary works in their respective field fields by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. Dr. Lidita Khandeparker, of NIO Goa, receives Dr.Anna Mani National Award for Woman Scientist for the year 2020 For Dr. Lidita Khandeparker, Principal Scientist, This award recognizes her outstanding contributions in the field of aquatic microbial ecology, marine biofilms and their relevance in the oceans. The award carries an amount of Rs. 1, 00,000 and a citation. Dr. Lidita has made important contributions to understand the significance of microbes in the…
Sanjeevani sugar factory farmers withdrew their agitation as after Deputy CM Chandrakaknt Kavlekar promised to resolve their issues with the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Friday. On Thursday, the Sanjeevini sugarcane went on chain hunger strike alleging that the government was ignoring their genuine grievances and still not disclosed the future plans viz-aviz Sanjeevani factory. They said the government was giving only promises to sugarcane farmers . About 28000 metric ton of sugarcane was supplied by the farmers to the factory last year and payment has been released for only 30, while rest bill amount not paid said the farmers. Following this,…