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ICAR- KVK- North Goa, celebrated Kisan Diwas on 23.12.2020. Director, ICAR- CCARI, Dr.E.B.Chakurkar in his welcome address wished the farmers and asserted the need to follow scientific methods to improve productivity. Five farmers were felicitated for their contribution in Agriculture and allied sectors. Farmers were also given vermibeds to start composting.In the technical session, topics like Farmer Bills, Vermicomposting, Post Harvest Technology , Poultry and nutrient management were covered for the benefit of farmers . Around 40 farmers attended the program. The National Farmers Day in India is also known as Kisan Diwas is celebrated every year on 23…

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Pernem Police station staff conducted an awareness drive among the local public regarding Do’s & Dont’s of Covid-19 on the eve of Christmas. As per PI Jivba Dalvi with the aim of creating awareness among the general public regarding COVID-19 Police staff dressed up as Santa Claus gifted chocolates and informative pamphlets and Mask to public who were not wearing masks. PI Dalvi informed that the sole aim of the drive was to create awareness among general public regarding COVID-19 virus.

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Panaji: In a major boost to the Goa Forward Party (GFP), the former-chairperson and present councillor of Ponda Municipal Council Venkatesh Naik on Wednesday resigned from party membership of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and also as a Ponda BJP Mandal Committee member. Soon after, the councillor joined the Goa Forward Party in the presence of working president Kiran Kandolkar and vice-president Durgadas Kamat. “I am not happy with the current functioning of the party at local level,” said Naik in his resignation letter addressed to BJP State President.

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Aam Aadmi Party while condemning the callous attitude of Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant asked him to immediately release the payment due to handicapped persons registered with the government under the Dayanand Social Security Scheme. AAP convenor Rahul Mhambre pointed out that the 12,000 persons with disability registered under the Dayanand Social Security Scheme with the government have not been paid the dole they were due to for the last four months and said this is not only disgraceful but also cruel to the affected persons. He pointed out that dole under DSSS is given to the poorest of…

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Aam Aadmi Party has strongly condemned Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant’s approach of cherry picking people for harassment and while likening him to the Salazar of yore of the Portuguese era demanded that he open up a forum where people could willingly register themselves as participants in whatever perceived crime the government is contemplating. AAP leader sandesh Telekar said the act of the Railway Police Force in filing a First Information Report only against protesters including him even though there were hundreds of other people present at Arossim on the fateful day is akin to Salazar’s policy of nitpicking people…

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Panaji: Teh Goa State Co-operative Bank has brought the door-step banking to the village of Revona in Sanguem taluka, which will benefit the beneficiaries of Griha Aadhar, DSSS etc. A pPIB press release says that Usha Ramesh, GM, OIC accompanied by Vasant Savardekar, DGM and Ajay D. Nayak, Manager visited Rivona village, Sanguem block, South Goa on 18 December 2020. The visit was facilitated by Ulhas B. PhalDessai, Chairman, GSCB and his team of officials. The mobile ATM van besides furthering financial inclusion through financial literacy messages, it provides a banking counter, withdrawal facility through ATM and other basic banking…

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