MHADEI WATER DIVERSION; BATTLE THAT GOA WILL NEVER COMPROMISE UPON
The latest victory of Mhadei Bachao Abhiyan (MBA), who spearheaded the movement against Karnataka and Maharashtra’s move for diversion of water from Mhadei river-located in the Western Ghat region- in the Supreme Court, is evident that Goa is on a right path in its battle to protect its river and its water. Karnataka, which had proposed construction of 11…
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GOA: NOTE INDIA HAILS DECISION OF SC TO UPHELD GOA’S AMENDMENT TO PUBLIC HEALTH ACT
Panaji (Goa) Country’s leading anti-tobacco organization – National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) – has hailed decision of supreme court to upheld the amendment made in public health act by then Manohar Parrikar led government. The amendment to the Public Health Act was made by Parrikar led government in the year 2004 banning the sale of gutkha and tobacco items. The…
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GOA: VEDANTA SESA GOA OFFICIALS BOOKED FOR DEATH OF ENGINEER UMESH PRADHAN AT MET COKE DIVISION
Bicholim (Goa) Police have booked three senior officials of Vedanta Sesa Goa company holding them responsible for death of Engineer Umesh Pradhan. Engineer Umesh Pradhan (31) had died after allegedly falling accidently while on duty on September 3 at 8 p.m. at Met Coke Division of the company located at Amona village, 30 kms away from here. Bicholim police which is…
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THE POWER OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
DELIA DA COSTA We must face the fact that the person who invents this technology has put in his hard work in inventing it. But, the person using it becomes lazy and makes his life easier. There is a power failure. The television is not working, the phone battery is dead, and the refrigerator is proving to be useless. And thanks…
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ONE YEAR OF JIO
365 days in a life of a start-up seems to be of insignificant. Perhaps, this is not the case with world’s biggest start-up called ‘Jio. Jio’s significance felt from day one, when country witness huge queue for a Jio SIM cards. Within 170 days, three letter word ‘JIO’ rocked the digital segment with fastest acquisition of 100 million subscribers base,…
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SWINE FLU HITS STATE HARD; NINE DEATHS IN EIGHT MONTH
Panaji (GOA) Total nine people died while another 189 tested positive for the H1N1 virus or swine flu in the State since January this year. In 2016, no deaths were reported due to swine flu. Statistics available with the Directorate of Health Services show that since January 1 to September 1, 2017, 707 samples were sent for testing out of which…
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DECLARE SALIGAO VILLAGE AS ‘HERITAGE VILLAGE’, MINISTER JAYESH
Panaji (GOA) Minister for Housing and Saligao MLA Jayesh Salgaoncar has demand that the Saligao village be declared as ‘heritage village’. Salgaoncar today meet Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar demanding that Saligao village be promoted for heritage village tourism. “The village has preserved the heritage. The Saligao’s Mae de Deus church known for its gothic architecture is one of its biggest attractions,” Minister…
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GOA: CSIR ORGANISES THREE-DAY CAPSULE EXHIBITION AT NIO DONA PAULA
PANAJI (GOA) The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research will be organising a Capsule Exhibition across the country as a part of the CSIR platinum jubilee celebrations to make the multitudes of people acquainted with the contributions of CSIR in various fields. The venue for the three-day exhibition, starting on September 6, is CSIR — National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula. …
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GOA: COASTAL CIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH AND SOUTH GOA WILL BE COMPLETED WITHIN ONE YEAR: AJGAONKAR
PANAJI (GOA) A high level meeting was convened by the Department of Tourism and chaired by Minister for Tourism, comprising of coastal taluka MLAs and village panchayat sarpanchs who today unanimously resolved to complete all tourism related infrastructure development projects under Swadesh Darshan within a period of one year. While the first phase of the Coastal Circuit Development Plan covering beaches of North Goa will be completed within the…
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GOA: SCM WARNS MMC FOR POOR CONDITION AND MAINTENANCE OF MUNICIPAL VEHICLES
MARGAO (GOA) The Shadow Council for Margao (SCM) while criticising the Margao Municipal Council for wastage of public funds on wrong priorities, today exposed the highly deplorable state of the municipal vehicles and the affairs of the maintenance section. The SCM, displaying images of the sorry state of municipal vehicles, criticised the council for seeing priority in purchasing of new luxury…
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