A day after the State hit the highest 170 positive cases in the State, the government has finally decided to go for a complete three-day lockdown from Friday July 17 to Sunday July 19. Besides this, the government has also decided to impose Janta curfew everyday from 8 pm to 6 pm everyday. Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant made this announcement at the post Cabinet press conference. “The State will go under three-day complete lockdown from coming Friday to Sunday except essential services. The lockdown will begin from Thursday 8 pm Thursday and finish on Monday 6 am,” Sawant said.…
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Manipal Hospitals Goa performs the first ever Radio-Isotope Therapy and becomes the first centre along Konkan and Goa Region to provide Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine Services Manipal Hospitals Goa performs the first ever Radio-isotope Therapy. Manipal Hospitals Goa has been the only Hospital in the state to provide diagnostic Nuclear Medicine services since 13 years. With commissioning of Radioactive Isolation facility, it has now become the first centre along Konkan and Goa region to provide Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine services. High dose Radio-iodine treatment is used for treatment of Thyroid cancers after the thyroid surgery. This treatment helps to clear remaining small…
Porvorim MLA Rohan Khuaunte has urged the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant to revoke the circular asking the school team to attend offices which were violating the MHA and MHRD guidelines. “This is to bring to your urgent attention that the Directorate of Education vide its circular dated 23/06/2020 has issued directions to the teaching and non-teaching staff of all schools in the State to resume work from 24 June 2020 which blatantly contravenes the MHA Guidelines, MHRD Directives and the Central Guidelines on education,” Khaunte said in a letter to Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. He said that the…
Goa registered the highest single day spike with 170 cases on Tuesday while also witnessing another COVID death taking the toll to 18. Sixty seven patients also recovered on Tuesday. As per the Health bulletin, the are 2753 confirmed cases with 1607 recoveries. As on date the active cases are now 1128. The bulletin further says that 52 year old one male from Chicalim, Vasco, who was admitted at ESI COVID hospital, Margao with co-morbid conditions, expired today. Out of the 5550 samples tested, 1858 are negative, 170 are positive – 3522 reports awaited. At present the patients in isolation…
The State government has extended the date for filing of objections for the private forest upto 31, August 2020. A public notice issued by the Dy Conservator of Forests Kuldeep Sharma IFS, says, “the date of receipt of objections/ representations, if any, from the landowners, whose land has been preliminary identified as private forest by District Level Expert Committee for North and South Goa (Thomas and Araujo Committee) is further extended till 31/08/2020 in view of the COVID-19 scenario in the state.” It further says that it is informed to all concerned that the objections/ representations can also be submitted…
PORVORIM: The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE) on Tuesday through its academic council has decided to reduce 30 percent of the syllabus for students of class IX and Xll for the academic year 2020-21. The decision was taken at meeting held today the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE). Goa board chairman Ramkrishna Samant speaking to goemkarponn.com said that the Academic Council has given approval for 30 percent reduction in syllabus for students from Class IX to Class XII for the current academic year. “Academic council has given its nod for 30 percent reduction in syllabus…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday has demanded that the proposed amendments to the Panchayati Raj Act which the government has sought to pass without discussion in the assembly should be placed before the people. AAP has already taken a stand against amendments that will allow MLAs to attend gram sabhas. General Secretary of the party Pradeep Padgaonkar had recently said that legislators had cast an ‘evil eye’ on gramsabhas with a view to intimidate members into submission. Padgoankar said that it was learnt that the Panchayat Raj Minister was bringing major amendments to usurp the powers of the Panchayats…