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Goemkaponn Desk PONDA: MGP Supremo Sudin Dhavalikar today has strongly opposed to the IIT peoject at Melauli while also demanding to stop ongoing activities at site. “I am warning the government if they do not stop work by January 18 then all MGP karyakartas will come out in road to protest,” Dhavalikar warned Dhavalikar also has extended his support to the state-wide agitation call given by GAKUVED. “Government should not only scrap the IIT project but should also provide compensation of Rs one lakh to each agitating family. Demanding that the FIRs against the locals be withdrawn, ” said Dhavalikar…

V.I. Il’Ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute (POI), Russia along with CSIR- National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO), Goa & CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), Hyderabad will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Marine Sciences and Technology. The MoU will be signed virtually on 12th January at 11.00 hrs. by Dr. Vyacheslav B. Lobanov, Director, POI FEB RAS, Vladivostok with Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa and Dr. Virendra M. Tiwari, Director, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad in the presence of Dr. Pawan Dewangan, Dr. V. J. Loveson and Dr. Sanil Kumar of CSIR-NIO, and…

~Foreigner assists in rescue at Mobor; group of 05 find themselves stranded on an island in Palolem; 01 missing child reunited with parents while 01 medical intervention conducted ~ Panaji:Drishti’s lifesaving force which mans the coast rescued 19 individuals in the last two days across north and south Goa. These included several multiple rescues. The weekend also had the lifeguard team conduct a search and rescue operation involving a missing child who was reunited with his parents at Calangute beach. Earlier today Mobor beach saw a triple rescue involving 03 girls, two aged 14 and one aged 19, all hailing…

Panaji: In a tragic incident Union Minsiter for Ayush car toppled near Yallapura of Uttar Karnataka district. Journalist Utkarsh Singh broke the story saying “#BREAKING sad news coming in Central Ayush minister Shripad Naik car toppled near Yallapura of Uttara Kannada District. Minister seriously injured and his wife Vijaya Naik brought dead.” Sources said his personal assitant Ramdada Gume was also killed in the accident. Sources revealed he is being shifted to Goa Medical College, bambolim. What we know at 10 PM Accident happened at Hillur-Hosakambi village in Ankola taluk on Monday. The car diverted from the NH-63 to a…

Goemkaponn Desk PANAJI: Following Bird Flu Outbreak across 10 states, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant informed that state government has banned import of live birds and poultry products in Goa. “Following Bird Flu in 10 states we have banned import of live birds and poultry products including that of Maharashtra and Kerala,” said CM Sawant on sidelines of event in the capital He said that as of now no Bird Flu cases have been detected. “PM has also asked states to be on alert. Ban will remain in force for sometime or else it can create problem,” he said CM…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today informed that around 19,000 health workers across Goa both in governemnt and private hospitals to be administered with COVID-19 vaccine in the first phase of vaccination. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting today with Chief Ministers on the rollout, which begins across the country on Saturday. This was PM Modi’s first meeting with the Chief Ministers after two vaccines – Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and Pune based-Serum Institute of India’s Covishield – were cleared for emergency use by the drug regulator DCGI last week. “19,000 health workers across Goa both in…

PANAJI: Girish Chodankar will conduct ‘Tiranga Satyagraha’ by holding a march from Usgao to Shel-Melauli on Sunday, 17th January, expressing solidarity with the protesting villagers of Sattari taluka, whose peaceful and democratic protest has been dealt with brutal police action, torture and harassment. He will hand over the Tiranga, our national flag, a symbol of Peace, Equality and Brotherhood, to the villagers. He has appealed to the people from all walks of life from all over the state to join the march, keeping aside their political differences. “Let it be a People’s March”, said Chodankar, “as the BJP government is…