GSSTFDCL OFFICE INAUGURATED IN MARGAO BY GOVIND GAUDE
MARGAO Minister for Tribal Welfare Govind Gaude inaugurated South Goa office of Goa State Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation Ltd (GSSTFDCL) at Old Collectorate building today. Chairperson of Goa Commission for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prakash Velip, GSSTFDCL Chairman Durgadas Gaude, Tribal Welfare Director Venancio Furtado and GSSTFDCL Managing Director Sandhya Kamat were present on the occasion. Speaking on the…
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AS WE WEEP FOR OUR BABIES
Charlene Farrell As the nation stands gobsmacked at the news of rape after rape, we hang our heads in shame for it is our duty to keep our children safe. It is our fault that we have to hear hours of narratives of the most hideous kind. Year after year, we sit, waiting for things to change and yes, change…
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OUR BIRTHRIGHT
NIKHIL JACOB Freedom was always a multifaceted term; it evolved in paper and spirit every time man learned and understood the changing demands of the century. Freedom was sought right from ancient times and still is a demand, but the only variable was the enraging situation that called for such a demand. This situation was the consequence of either a…
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GOA: SHELPE IN SATTARI GETS FILTERED WATER FIRST TIME SINCE LIBERATION
By Our Chief Reporter Valpoi (Goa) The village of Shelpe in Sattari taluka is not in Bihar. It is very much in Goa and it took almost more than 50 years after Portuguese left to get basic need ‘filtered water for drinking.’ The locals hail Valpoi MLA and Health minister Vishwajit Rane for his efforts to end…
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GOA: MEDIA INTERACTION MEET ORGANISED BY NATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR TOBACCO ERADICATION
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) and Consumer Voice, Delhi organized press interaction meet on April 6, 2018 at Goa International Centre Goa. The purpose of this meet was to discuss various pressing issues related to tobacco use and how media can play an effective role in tobacco control. Tobacco kills over 7 million people each year, and, if current…
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KNOWING AUTISM
TEAM TNV April is Autism Awareness Month and April 2 is World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD)—a day aimed at spotlighting Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). There’s no medical detection or cure for ASD—but across the country groups are working to educate the public on the disorder. Autism is an issue that is slowly gaining more understanding and WAAD is designed to celebrate the…
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GOA: AAP WOMEN’S FRONT PETITIONED SOUTH GOA SP FOR A FULL FLEDGED WOMEN POLICE STATION
MARGAO (GOA) The Women’s Front (WF) of Aam Aadmi Party Goa, on Monday petitioned the Superintendent of Police, South, demanding a full fledged women police station (WPS) in South Goa. The delegation of women members led by AAP Goa leader Rajeshree Nagarsekar, in their petition titled, Travesty of Women Police Station (WPS), WF sought to seek redressal of multiple problems plaguing the facility housed…
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GOA: FACILITATION CENTRE FOR MAHARASHTRA PATIENTS OPENED AT GMC
By Our Chief Reporter Panaji (Goa) The patients from Maharashtra who are enrolled under their state government’s medical insurance scheme would be able to take free treatment at Goa medical college and Hospital, near here. State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane today opened a facilitation centre for the patients at Goa Medical College and Hospital…
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GOA: The Procrastinating Mind, the questioning heart
CHARLENE FARREL I have a confession to make. Today, this is how I shall begin… I waited for the last possible moment to pen down this article. There, I said it and yes, I am ashamed too. This time of the year always gets like this for me. Being a teacher, the exams are going on, the reports need to…
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GOA: GOA’S OWN PAD WOMEN AND THEIR STORY OF STRUGGLE, SUCCESS
Mulgao (Goa) When Akshay Kumar starring movie Pad Man was released in the theatres this week, the excitement was palpable in the small town village of Mulgao in Bicholim taluka, 45 kms away from here. A group of women who have following the footsteps of Tamil Nadu based real pad man Arunchalam Muruganathan are all…
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