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BAMBOLIM: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar today said that private investment will be called in organisation of International Film Festival of India from its 52nd edition in 2021. “Now it’s just Goa Government and Centre that organises IFFI, we are thinking of private investment will be called in organisation of International Film Festival of India from its 52nd edition in 2021,” said Javadekar He further said that IFFI holds a great importance and he was delighted because of the inauguration of IFFI Goa taking place during the COVID times. “IFFI51 has received more than 200 film entries despite…

PANAJI: Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur and Samiya Imad Farooqui along with four other Indians have confirmed Top-10 spots in the latest BWF’s world junior rankings announced recently.. Starting 2021 on a high, Varun moved four places ahead in the men’s rankings while Samiya took a six-spot jump as the youngsters achieved their career-best junior rankings and became World No. 2 The BWF rankings released earlier this week, especially in the women singles category, saw Indian domination with three more shuttlers-Tasnim Mir (4), Treesa Jolly (8) and Aditi Bhatt (10)-earning themselves a place in the Top-10. In the women’s doubles category,…

Samir Umarye/ Goemakrponn MURMUNE (SATTARI): AAP leader, Raghav Chadda, in a indirect dig at Pratapsing and Vishwajit Rane, said that some political party leaders in Goa are themselves the landlords and do not intend to transfer land to teh people. He also said that there is a need to transfer the land to the people not only in Melavli but in other parts is the state. Chadda was today speaking at Melavli in Sattari. “There are some politicians in a particular party who are actually the landlords in Goa. They will never transfer the land to the people but we…

Samir Umarye/ Goemkarponn MURMUNE (SATTARI): Even though the residents of She Melavli expressed satisfaction over the government’s decision to shift IIT they have reiterated their earlier demands. Addressing a press conference the villagers told that they welcome the decision of the CM but told that they are not yet satisfied. They have stated that the land which is already in the name of IIT should be discarded and the villagers should get class I rights. They have also demanded that the cases against them should also be withdrawn. “We want that the government should transfer the land to us and…

PANAJI: Covid vaccination program commenced in Goa along with the rest of the country today. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar officially launched the vaccination drive at GMC Hospital. Multi Tasking Staff of GMC, Ranganath Bhojji, from Vade Succour was the first person in the state to be administered the Covid-19 vaccine in the state. CM Pramod Sawant who was also present at the launch informed that 700 health care staff in the state will be vaccinated at 7 centers across Goa today. GMC Dean Dr Bandekar informed that 4,000 GMC staffers, 2000 of whom are doctors and medical…

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will launch the pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive on 16th January, 2021 at 10:30 AM via video conferencing. This will be the world’s largest vaccination program covering the entire length and breadth of the country. A total of 3006 session sites across all States and UTs will be virtually connected during the launch. Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day. This vaccination programme is based on the principles of priority groups to be vaccinated and Health Care workers, both in government and private sectors including ICDS…

Porvorim: Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte on Friday praised the people of Sattari for their victory on IIT issue claiming that they have heralded the revolution in Goa. He also accused CM of repeatedly showing his “chicken feather plucker” attitude, getting inebriated with power. “The decision by State government over IIT at Melaulim is nothing surprising. The people of Melaulim have been demanding this for last 8-9 months,” Khaunte said. “We cannot forget that this is the same government which had forced police on the villagers, who were agitating to save their land. I am surprised over the timing of the…