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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: World Racketlon Champion and Goa’s former State champion Ashutosh Pedenekar and Goa’s star player Anura Prabhu Desai were among those who were felicitated by Goa Badminton Association (GBA) during the GBA Annual Awards Function hosted by Ponda Shuttlers at SRK Farms, Khandepar on Sunday. Arjun Fallary, who represented India at Sub Junior Asian Badminton championships – 2019 in Indonesia, Kanji Brothers Sandeep and Kamlesh, Amit Kakkar and Vishal Vernekar and Dr Sicletica Rebello and Dr Satish Kudchadkar, who have done Goa proud in Masters categories, were presented with Outstanding achievement awards for winning medals and laurels in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Teachers can impart thorough and proper guidance to students about their career to excel as per their capabilities, especially those from rural areas who could not secure career-oriented education due to lack of proper career guidance, said Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. Dr Sawant was speaking at a function organized in the city to celebrate and confer State Teachers Awards 2021. Through the Directorate of Education, the State Government celebrated 60th Teachers Day 2021 with pomp and fervour and felicitated the Teachers with State Awards 2020-2021 at the hands of the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister said…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has announced that Goa has almost completed 100% vaccination of eligible citizens with first dose. “Goa has almost completed 100 % vaccination of the eligible citizens with first dose. The eligible people is approximately 11.4 percent considering 10 percent error,” said CM Sawant speaking to media on the sidelines of a govt function Sawant further said that the New Education Policy will be implemented in the coming academic year and will be completely implemented by 2030 for school education and 2040 for higher education as per the provisions of the National Education Policy.…

SURAJ NANDREKAR/ Goemkarponn PANAJI: Even as the suspense over Siddhi Naik’s death case continues, the role of teh police and the doctors has come under a cloud of suspicion. While almost 25 days after the death of 19-year old Siddhi, working in Porvorim, the police have no clue. The father has officially lodged a complaint with the Calangute police of murder. He has substantiated his claim with observation in the postmortem report, which was conducted under the supervision of Dr Andre Fernandes. Now interestingly, based on the father’s complaint and a subsequent letter from Calangute police, the Goa Medical Colege…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: With just less than a week left for the Ganesh Chathurthi festival, the officials of the National Highway (NH) from Balli to Gulem in Canacona, inspite of complaints from locals, have not even bothered to cover the washed out patches of the road leaving it in a most deplorable state. The NH66 road stretch from Balli in Quepem up to Gulem in Canacona since last more than six months is in a pathetic condition, and the NH66 officials didn’t even make an attempt to cover the potholes which have attained the size of craters at some places…

While COVID19 was there since March 2022, many politicians have come out now wanting to help Goans with groceries and other things during the Ganesh festival. And why not? This is just an appropriate or fitting time for the politicians to distribute groceries with elections to teh Goa Legislative Assembly just around the corner. Truckloads of groceries are being distributed in every constituency by the sitting MLAs, Ministers and aspiring politicians. One wonders where were these people when people were really suffering? Why did they not feel right to help people in troubled times? Ganesh Chaturthi was there in 2022…

Goemkarponn Desk Panaji: In a Press Conference in Panaji AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre announced office bearers for the party in Goa. The party has been growing on a daily basis in the state and many Goenkars are seeing common purpose with the party and have been joining them. The AAP just yesterday also opened up an office in the Velim Constituency. The following positions were announcedMahadev Naik who recently joined the party from Shiroda is the Senior Vice President.  Valmiki Naik,  Capt Venzy Viegas, Sandesh Teleikar Dessai join Adv Surel Tilve & Adv Pratima Coutinho as Vice Presidents. Shri…