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Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that the entire rural Goa is with Bharatiya Janata Party and the recent ZP polls has proved that. Addressing a press conference at Mormugao, Sawant said that he expects even the urban Goa to support the party for development and stability. “Our government under my leadership and our party under presidentship of Sadanand Shet Tanavade, has reached with our schemes to the poor and needy. That is one of the reasons why our MLAs have been able to get their panels elected in the municipal polls even though they…

Goemkaponn Desk MARGAO: Students of Class 10 and 12 today protested at Margao demanding cancelletion or postponement of board exam in view of rise in COVID cases. Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHE) said that both Class 10 and 12 exams will be held as per schedule. Students have said that currently holding exams is very dangerous as the virus is fast spreading in the state. “We request the Goa CM and Goa Board to rethink and postpone or cancel the exam,” students said “Class 10 and 12 exams will be held as per schedule there will…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: As a part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat 3.0 package, the Central Govt has launched the Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY) to incentivize creation of new employment opportunities during COVID-19 recovery phase by providing financial assistance to employer of establishments registered with EPFO to recruit unemployed persons including giving re employment to those who rendered unemployment during the Pandemic. i.e between March ,2020 to September 2020. Under The Atmanirbhar Bharat Rozgar Yojana (ABRY), Central Government will pay both the employees’(12% of wages) and employer’s (12% of wages) share of contribution payable under the EPF & MP Act, 1952…

Goemkaponn Desk DELHI: All centrally protected monuments, museums and sites under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been closed with immediate effect till May 15 due to the surge in coronavirus cases in the country, the Union culture ministry said on Thursday. An order to this effect was issued by the ASI, and it was tweeted by Culture Minister Prahlad Patel on Thursday evening. “Due to the prevailing Covid-19 situation, it has been decided to close all centrally protected monuments, sites and museums under the ASI with immediate effect and till May 15 or until further orders,” the ASI…

Panaji – Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant is frustrated with the imminent defeat of Chairperson Yeshwant Madkar in the Sankhali Municipal Council in the No Confidence Motion moved by the Opposition Councillors has now stooped to a new low by serving a fresh notice to Councillor Raya Parsekar and asking him to appear for hearing at 12.30 pm at Vasco charged GPCC President Girish Chodankar. After the High Court of Bombay at Goa gave relief to Councillor Rajesh Sawal and allowed him to vote on no confidence motion which is fixed on Friday 16th April at 2.30 pm, the Chief…

DELHI: In view of a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases across India, the Central Government on Thursday decided to postpone the NEET-PG medical entrance exams. The National Board of Examinations (NBE) was scheduled to conduct the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test – Postgraduate on 18 April. The next date of the NEET-PG medical entrance exams, which will decide the fate of an estimated 1.7 lakh medical aspirants, will be decided later, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said today. Taking to Twitter, Dr Vardhan wrote, “In light of the surge in COVID-19 cases, the Government of India has decided to…

DELHI: The Editors Guild of India on Thursday urged the Union government to declare journalists as frontline workers and ensure priority vaccination for them amid a rise in coronavirus cases. “News media is included in essential services. Therefore, it will only be fair that journalists be given this cover of protection, especially in the face of the number of infected rising to astronomical levels,” the statement said. In a statement, the Guild said news organisations have been relentlessly covering the pandemic, elections, and other current affairs in an effort to ensure that the flow of news and information to readers…