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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Directorate of Health Services has informed that considering impending fourth wave and slow pace of vaccination it is decided to increase number of vaccination session in Government CVCs from once a day every week on thursday to three times a week on Monday and Wednesday and Friday. It is informed that Tika Utsav will be conducted for the above population across the state as done in the past with overwhelming response from Panchayats and selected representatives and NGOs. During the Tika Utsav, vaccination sessions will be held in the community at sites which are close to the…

Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: About 30 Job Card holders were provided with employment under MGNREGA Scheme to desilt and clean the Chapoli Dam and it’s surroundings generating employment to the unemployed from Shrishthal village. The move is seen as State governments successful implementation of central government’s Atmanirbhar Bharat Programme to make a Swayampyrna Goa. On Thursday, evening with the initiatives of BDO Anil Naik, BDO, alongwith Technical support team group of RDA and Water Resources Department, conducted special joint inspection of the work which is carried out for Desilting and cleaning of Chapolim Minor Irrigation Dam Canal and cutting of unwanted…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Mormugao Municipal Council councillor Vinod Kinlekar has been appointed as a member of a Telecom Advisory Committee ( Panaji) District of BSNL. Councillor Vinod Kinlekar (Pandey) said that he has been appointed as a member of a Telecom Advisory Committee Panaji District of BSNL. This will give him an opportunity to give suggestions, point out some issues pertaining to telecom services of BSNL. He said that BSNL was number one telecom company but after the entry of other private telecom players into the market, it came down. But now as per my information BSNL is likely to…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The High court squashed the 2019 notice by registrar of copyrights intimating that no such licence was required. In the recent judgement by the High court of Punjab and Haryana, one will require to obtain a licence for playing music or sound recordings in course of marriage or any religious function. The order is applicable for all over the country and will affect the hotels, the most. The affect will be majorly in Goa, as number of weddings and functions are organised. Novex communications, a copyright owner for sound recording of established music labels had approached the…

Goemkarponn Desk VASCO: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said that the Goa State Pollution Control Board will take water samples in respect to the tar balls issue. Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte visited the Arossim-Cansaulim beach to get the first hand information and to see the tarballs spillage on the beach which the people are complaining annually. “Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) and the beach cleaning staff has been given directions to collect the tarballs and the sea water samples from the beach to examine the contents from the sample. We will see the results of these sample,” said Khaunte He…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: The central government has allotted Rs 125 crores to MPT to develop Cruise berths and Tourism activities in Goa. Preliminary meeting to discuss Nautical and Cruise tourism development in Goa was held in MPT on Thursday. “In the meeting we aimed to discuss and to see the challenges and the objectives to improve cruise berths and nautical tourism in Goa, said Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte. He said that employment generation for locals, improvement in tourism of Goa for proper tourists etc are all things needs to be considered and for the same thing this preliminary meeting was…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said that Baina beach can be developed as model beach for South Goa. Khaunte along with Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar inspected Baina beach and Maimollem lake. “The aim of this site to develop for tourist is that it will generate revenue and will give employment opportunities to many local people with becoming a tourist attraction in town,” said Minister Later, Minister Khaunte and Vasco MLA Salkar inspected the Baina beach which they are planning to develop as a model beach in South Goa. Speaking to the reporters, Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte said that…