Goemkarponn desk Panaji: Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu will be on six days visit to the State from January 9-17, 2021. He will be the Chief Guest on the occasion of Goa Legislator’s Day to be celebrated on January 9, 2021 at the Goa Legislative Complex, Porvorim. The Vice President will also pay a visit to Institute of Hotel Management, Porvorim during his stay in Goa.
Goa, January 05: Mumbai City FC extended their unbeaten run in the Hero Indian Super League with a comfortable 3-1 win over Bengaluru FC at the Fatorda Stadium, on Tuesday. Goals from Mourtada Fall (9′), Bipin Singh (15′) and Bartholomew Ogbeche (84′) helped the Islanders remain unbeaten in their last eight games and climb to the top of the Hero ISL table. Sunil Chhetri (79’) scored late but it wasn’t enough to rescue BFC, who have now suffered three straight league defeats for the first time ever. Bengaluru made just one change from their previous encounter as Deshorn Brown came…
Panaji: Following criticism from various quarters over the huge rates, the State Government has finally capped the rates for COVID19 testing. As per the new rates notified by the Health department the fully automated RT-APCR (Gene xpert/ Abbot system) will cost Rs 2430. The semi-automatic RT-PCR (TruNat) has been capped at Rs 1400, Conventional RT-PCR (open ended system) Rs 1188 and Rapid antigen system will cost Rs 580. The above rates are inclusive of aample transportation and other costs and shall be unifoem for both government and private hospitals.
The chief minister Dr Pramod Sawant said that he will take review of the scuffle that reportedly took place between police and Melauli villagers, earlier today, after the government officials visited the site to undertake demarcation of IIT campus. Sawant told reporters that he will review the situation and accordingly will comment. Responding to yet another question, Sawant said that he is ready to hold talks with protesting Sugarcane farmers. He said that government has already told the farmers that we will give written assurance on compensation towards damaged crops. The chief minister also urged the protesting farmers to hold…
Panaji: Chief Minister, Dr. Pramod Sawant said that the Government is making all efforts to give a facelift to Aguada Jail to restore the historic monument for posterity, keep the legacy of freedom struggle alive and also attract tourists. Chief Minister chairing a meeting to discuss about the Adaptive Reuse, operations and maintenance of Aguada Jail at Paryatan Bhavan today said that the Government will renovate all the historic monuments and preserve historic places which will serve as study centres for the young generation and students. Deputy Chief Minister, Shri Manohar Azgaonkar; Minister for DRDA, Shri Michael Lobo; Chairman, Goa…
Margao:Deputy Chief Minister, Shri. Chandrakant Kavlekar said that Government will strive hard to bring innovation in Agriculture Sector, contributing towards prosperity of the farmers in the State. Shri. Kavlekar was speaking on the occasion of Farmers Mela organised by Directorate of Agriculture at Shirant, Deulmoll Quepem today. Dy. CM Shri. Kavlekar who also holds the Agriculture portfolio stated that, Directorate of Agriculture is tirelessly working towards streamlining the Schemes meant for farmers to reach out to the beneficiaries at a larger scale. He informed that Agriculture Department intends to simplify the subsidies based Schemes for Purchase of Agriculture Machinery/equipments for…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa today reported 80 new covid-19 positive cases. While there 70 recoveries & 1 death reported today. As per DHS bulletin, the active cases now stand at 860, the total deaths are now 744 while the samples tested in the last 24 hours is 2022.
