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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Delhi Chief minister and Aaam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal today arrived in Goa to give a boost to the party’s campaign ahead of assembly elections next year. AAP is contesting elections in five states in 2022, including Goa, Uttarakhand and Punjab. Ahead of his two-day visit, Kejriwal said that Goa wants change and honest politics and there is no shortage of funds. “Goa wants change. Enough of parties buying and selling MLAs. Enough of dirty politics. Goa wants development. There is no shortage of funds, only shortage of honest intent. Goa wants honest politics. See…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Goa Unit, today in its weather forecast, has issued an orange alert with heavy to very heavy rainfall till July 15. “The development of Low-pressure area off north Andhra Pradesh­-south Odisha coasts, east­-west shear zone running roughly along Lat.18°N between 3.1km& 5.8 km above mea sea level and Another Low Pressure Area, formed over south Gujarat & adjoining Northeast Arabian Sea, has strengthened the monsoon currents over Goa coast,” the IMD said The IMD has issued orange alert till July 15 after which yellow alert for July 16 and 17. As per IMD…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Heavy rains along with gusty rains lashed Goa on Tuesday morning, leading to several roads and slowing down traffic across State. The southwest monsoon crossed 50 inches mark in the Coastal State with over 53 inches of rains since June 1, slightly above normal average. The showers that started late last night continued till morning, leading to waterlogging at several locations. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Goa observatory has put the State on Orange Alert till July 15, wherein State is likely to receive heavy showers. The development of low-pressure area off north Andhra Pradesh­-south Odisha coasts,…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party continuing their agitation against online classes have demanded immediate stop to the classes till all infrastructure is in place. “We would like to draw your kind attention to the confusion that is prevailing in the state as regards to the Implementation of Online Education System,” the memorandum submitted to Ponda Dy Collector said.. The MGP said that as an immediate measure to control the spread of Covid-19, most educational institutions have been shut since long time. It is still difficult to predict when schools, colleges and universities will reopen. “Teachers and school administrators…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: As cliched as it may sound at this point, but boy has the EV revolution started in India and how! While we do have a national EV policy (FAME II, anyone?), state after state has introduced their individual EV policies as part of an endeavour to further encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in their regions. The latest such effort comes from the state of Goa, which recently announced that it will offer subsidies to 11,000 electric vehicles every year for the next five years. According to an ETAuto report, the state government’s decision is a part…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights held a review meeting with Child Welfare Committees of North Goa and South Goa on 12/07/2021 in the conference hall at Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa. The joint meeting was organized to make an assessment of the current child protection system and identify gaps for providing better interventions for children in Goa. After the introduction of the Commission Members and Child Welfare Committee, North Goa and South Goa, Mr. Peter F. Borges, Chairperson of the Commission, in his presentation emphasized the importance of the strength of the character and following…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat has said that there needs to be accountability and responsibility on every elected representative towards people and revolutionary steps need to taken to put an end to defections. “There needs to be accountability and responsibility of every elected representative towards the people. Time has come to take revolutionary steps to put an end to the defections. I am taking the first step to bring in the change by moving a resolution in the Goa Legislative Assembly demanding significant changes in the Anti-Defection Law to permanently put an end to defections from one…