PANJIM: The Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today said that in view of covid pandemic, there is no clarity as to when the schools and colleges will reopen for the academic year 2020-21. Sawant today held live online interaction with students, who had recently cleared their board examination. Series of questions were asked to the Chief Minister during the hour-long interaction. The Chief Minister said that the government is waiting for guidelines from the Ministry of Home Affairs to reopen schools and colleges in the State. He said that the classes will commence in phase manner to start with Std…
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PANJIM: The state recorded 476 new positive cases on Friday and 245 recoveries alongwith two deaths were also recorded. 45 year old male from Mandur, admitted at ESI COVID hospital, Margao with co-morbid conditions expired today. 49 year old male from housing board Sankhalim, admitted t Goa Medical College, Bambolim with co-morbidities died today. The death toll has reached 93 as on Friday. Out of 3707 samples 2451 were negative, 476 are positive and 780 reports awaited. Panjim and Porvorim seems to be becoming the new hotbeds for COVID as Panjim has 188 cases and Porvorim 136. Active cases…
The Goa Housing Board has planned to construct 64 dwelling units dwelling units under PMAY in Xeldem-Quepem to provide good quality affordable housing to local Goans. The Goa Housing Board is designated as the implementing agency for affordable housing in a partnership component of “Housing for all by 2022” mission, under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (URBAN). The Board in an effort to make the project affordable has proposed for enhancement of FAR and exemption of fees, taxes payable to the approving authorities to the Government. In a press communiqué issued today by the Chairman, Goa Housing Board, Subhash Shirodkar has…
A short film produced by Kunharsh Production will be released on 15 August 2020. The film reflects two sides of women in society i.e. tolerance and resistance. The film focuses on empowerment of women and make them realise that it’s only them who have to protect themselves. The motive behind releasing the same on Independence Day is to initiate a step towards society where gender equality is still not a norm. The short film will be released on Kunharsh Creation’s official YouTube channel. The film is produced by Harshala Patil Borkar and directed by Kunal Borkar. Cast: Aadya Ganguly, Harshala…
Panjim:Stating that COVID-19 has dented the State economy, Goa Governor Satya Pal Malik today said that the State must cut wasteful expenditure and focus on resource mobilization to give stimulus and incentives to the industries, manufacturing and other job creating sectors. In his Independence Day message, the Governor also said that the Government should remove all the bottlenecks in resurrecting the agriculture sector, as the State is capable of becoming self-sufficient in agricultural production. “World over, Covid 19 has dented the economies very profusely. Goa is no exception. Its economy has also been hit by the pandemic,” Governor said. “The…
PANJIM:The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) will release special standard operating procedure (SOP) for its citizens to celebrate the upcoming Ganesh Chathurti festival, scheduled on August 22. CCP Mayor Uday Madkaikar today chaired a meeting to discuss and chalk out guidelines for restricting the crowd at the places of immersion and other directions within CCP jurisdiction. The meeting was attended by various authorities. Post meeting, Madkaikar told reporters that next week CCP will release its detail SOP, which will have to be followed during the festival celebration, especially at time of idol immersion. “The meeting has decided to…
PANJIM: As the COVID-19 cases continue to surge in the State, the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) today demanded that Health Minister Vishwajit Rane be sacked for being incompetent and be prosecuted for criminality. In a statement issued, GPCC President Girish Chodankar demanded that BJP-led government is responsible for COVID crisis and its failed management policies have worsened the situation. He said that the Health Minister should be sacked immediately and the criminal case be filed against him for willful exposure of Goans to COVID-19 virus. “The BJP should own up and admit to Goans for having lied to them…