Panaji, November 12, 2017 … The Goa Commission for SC/ST has decided to organize a seminar for Government servants belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on  November 12, 2017 at 3.00 p.m to 5.30 p.m. at Auditorium Hall, institute Menezes Braganza Hall, Panaji Goa. Minister for Tribal Welfare , Shri Govind Gaude, Tourism Minister, Shri Manohar Ajgaonkar, Chairman of  Goa State Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation Ltd. Shri Durgadas Gaude will be present on the occasion.

       The main aim of the seminar is to make awareness of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 and Maintenance of Roster in Government offices.  

 Panaji :: November 11 2017 … Chief Minister Shri. Manohar Parrikar today felicitated Special Children from Disha School for Special Children(DSSC), Panaji, National Association for the Blind, Goa State branch, Santa Cruz, Sanjay Centre for Special Education, Porvorim and Lokvishwas Pratisthan, Ponda, who have excelled in Swimming under the ‘Learn to Swim’ program by Sports Authority of Goa (SAG). EDC Chairman Shri. Shri. Sidharth Kuncalienker and SAG Director Shri. V.M. Prabhudessai were also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister congratulated the special children, their parents and teachers and SAG for their efforts. “By providing an opportunity and good training, special children can bring laurels in every field. They can perform better than others. Government has a very positive attitude towards the talent and capabilities of divyang. I am sure, they will make the state proud with their achievements,” he said. He also said that Government will take steps to encourage special kids in the field of arts and sports.

          The Chief Minister later felicitated the special children by distributing special swimming kit. He also felicitated Ms. Gayatri Dessai, student of DDSC for winning two Bronze medals at Special World Olympic, Athens 2011 and two Bronze medals at Special Asia Pacific Regional Games, New Castle 2013.

          Smt. Sandhya Kalokhe, Principal of DDSC  also spoke on the occasion. Shri. Albert Durado, program co-ordinator compered the function and also proposed the vote of thanks.

Panaji: November 11, 2017  …. The Governor, Dr (Smt) Mridula Sinha chaired the 21^st State Managing Committee meeting of Special Fund for reconstruction and rehabilitation of Ex-Servicemen at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula, recently.

Financial assistance, scholarships, increase of daughter’s marriage grant, Armed Forces Flag Day celebrations and collection were some of the issues discussed during the meeting.

The committee deliberated on various issues and the members also offered various suggestions.  

Shri. Krishnamurthy, IAS, Captain Richie Ranjan, Chief Staff Officer, FOGA, Air Vice Mshl G Gomes, VSM (Retd), Smt. Sanjeevanee Kutty, IAS, from the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence, New Delhi, Air Cmde P.K Pinto, AVSM (Retd), Brig Brijesh Dhiman, ADG, Directorate of Resettlement Zone (South),    Smt Anjali Sehrawat, IAS, Collector, South Goa among others attended the meeting.   

Panaji: November  10, 2017The Governor of Goa Dr. Smt. Mridula Sinha was honoured with the late Udayraj Singh Memory Award at a function held at Patna, Bihar. The award is being presented in the memory of Late Udayraj Singh the former editor of “Nayee Dhara” a 68 years old publication.

          The Governor of Bihar Shri Satpal Malik was also present on the occasion .

          Speaking on the occasion Shri Malik said, liberty, equality and brotherhood are the ideals of our Constitution, our literature is centric on this ideals. The literature of Dr. Smt. Mridula Sinha enriches the Indian culture, he said.

          Smt. Mridula Sinha spoke on the theme, “ Women’s contribution in folk literature”.

          Earlier the son of  Late Udayraj Singh welcomed the dignitaries. The editor of Nayee Dhara Shri Shivnarayan Singh compered the function.

Panaji: November 10, 2017  … The Minister for Rural Development, Shri Jayesh Salgaonkar was the Chief Guest for the function of Goa Saras 2017 which concluded recently.

On the occasion, Shri Salgaonkar felicitated the winners of various competitions held in connection with Goa Saras.

Shri Salgaonkar appreciated the work of various self-help women groups for having participated and displayed various exhibits at the fair. He stressed the need to encourage self-help groups and at the same time informed that the Department has plans to organise a fair at South Goa.

Director of DRDA (District Rural Development Agency), Shri Vasudev N Shetye welcomed the gathering. Rupa Chari compered the function.   

Panaji :November 9,2017 …. The General Body Meeting of North Goa Zilla Panchayat was  held in the Secretariat  Porvorim today.  Smt. Ankita Navelkar,  President North Goa ZP chaired the meeting. The meeting discussed various issues such as Tour, Developmental works, felicitation of meritorious students, purchase of chairs, bill of CCTV cameras etc. Minutes of last meeting were also  approved  by the meeting.

Shri Vasudev Korgaonkar, Vice-President, Shri Gupesh Naik,  Smt. Shrimati Mandrekar, Shri Arun Bankar, Smt. Saraswati Wadkar as members  Smt.Ruhi  Redkar Chief Executive Officer  and others attended the meeting.

Panaji: November 8, 2017 … Chief Minister Shri. Manohar Parrikar today inaugurated a workshop for Scientist and Journalists at National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Dona Paula. The workshop is based on ‘S & T Communication Strategies and approaches with a focus on The Indian Ocean: Economic and Geostrategic Significance’ and is organized by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi from November 7-10, 2017.

Speaking on the occasion the Chief Minister congratulated the CSIR and called the workshop as a wonderful and unique exercise. “I consider myself a technocrat. As I am an engineer by profession, I use technical aspects while managing various administrative and political tasks in my daily routine,” he said.

Stating that such workshops are essential for journalists, he mentioned that integrity is the core of any profession.  “In journalism, integrity is not only about faithful reporting. It is also how you report an incident for the benefit of the society. In order to analyze a report, a journalist needs scientific thinking. Hence, scientific knowledge, when properly understood by media, is a boon to the society.”

Every magic can be scientifically explained. India has a big coastline and if with proper planning and utilization, we can grow in terms of natural resources. All these aspects should be scientifically explained to the public; hence, this workshop is a golden opportunity for all the participants,” he said.

Director General of CSIR Dr. Girish Sahani, Director of NIO Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Senior Journalist Shri. Rajendra Prabhu, personnel from various national media and NIO employees were present on the occasion.

Smt. Bala Prabhu compered the function while Dr. Randeep Mukhopadhyay proposed the vote of thanks.