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New Delhi: The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India will be sent for approval to the regulator Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) by a government-appointed panel of experts. The Serum Institute of India (SII) is making the vaccine Covishield developed by Oxford University and pharma major AstraZeneca, while Bharat Biotech has partnered with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for its Covaxin. The meeting of the expert panel is going on. The two groups had made presentations before the panel on Wednesday. Pfizer had sought more time to present their data. The centre is…

Panaji, Goa: With the Nuvem constituency and villages in Nuvem, spearheaded by its MLA Wilfred Dsa joining the Kitchen Farming and Kitchen Gardening venture mooted by Project Goemcho Goenkar, a new green revolution is in sight very soon in Goa. “Our target is to take the Kitchen Farming and Kitchen Gardening concepts to at least 50 villages in January 2021 itself. It’s been 5 days since we embarked on this project. It was launched on Christmas Day and we are proud to say that the response is encouraging,” said a spokesperson for Project Goemcho Goenkar. In 5 days, households in…

Margao: The Konkan Railway Police arrested three person, all native of Ghaziabad, who had committed theft of mobiles worth rupees five lakhs. The police recovered 23 mobiles worth Rs 5lakhs. The Konkan Railway police said the accused were supposed to escape Goa by train. The 23 mobiles were stolen from a shop in Baga, Calangute during Christmas and New Year night. The arrested are Mukesh, son of Bhagwandas Singh, aged 25 years, Mazhar Mohammed Ahmed, 33 years and Nizam Babu Khan, 32 years.

Margao: The Goa BJP unit is ready for municipal polls if they are held on political, the party State president Sadanand Shet Tanawade said on Friday. “Goa BJP is all ready for elections on party line. It’s upto government and Election Commission to decid on whether to take municipality elections on party lines,” he said. Tanawade said the recent results of Zilla Panchayat shows eight per cent of rural population is with BJP. “We are ready for the 11 municipality and one Corporation election. BJP will win comfortably,” opined Tanawade. Speaking further on the agitations and protests, Tanawade said the…

Panaji: Following Goemkarponn expose of New Year Party at the Sunburn Club two days after the owners were granted permission to remove perishable items from the premises, Environment Minister said that the club would be demolished if any illegality was found. Goemkarponn.com on Thursday exposed how the GCZMA connived with the owners of Sunburn Club and allow the sealed club just in time to host New Year Party. Cabral, replying to queries on the issue, said that GCZMA allowed club to be de-sealed on humanitarian grounds as there were perishable items inside. “GCZMA gave permission on humanitarian ground as there…

Panaji: Even as the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has assured that the State will not pursue the cannabis issue further, Law Minister Nilkesh Cabral said that he does not see anything wrong if the cultivation is for medicinal purpose. The cannabis cultivation issue kicked-up a storm after the Health department moved a file to permit cannabis cultivation in the State for medicinal purpose. “I do not know why people are opposing cannabis cultivation. If cannabis can be beneficial for medical treatment then why not use it?” he asked. He said the Health department had proposed growing of cannabis under…

Goemkarponn Desk PORVORIM: Power Minister Nilesh Cabral today informed that the department recovered Rs 113 crore from defaulters through the One Time Settlement (OTS) Scheme. The Power Minister also announced that the OTS Scheme has been extended for one more additional month that is upto January 31st, 2021. Addressing the media, Cabral said that many defaulters have taken advantage of the OTS Scheme and as of now power department has recovered Rs 113 crore. “Department has now extended the OTS scheme for one more month till January 31st, 2021; i urge all defaulters to come and take advantage of this…