PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said that collaboration and investment by industry conglomerates like Tata Sons will offer great opportunities for Goa. Sawant on Saturday met Tata Sons group chairman N Chandrasekaran, Noel Tata and other CEOs, to boost investment in Goa. Industries minister Mauvin Godinho and chief secretary Puneet Kumar Goel were also present at the meeting. Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA) played a key role in arranging this meeting, with a clear agenda of inviting the mother industry to boost MSME growth, Sawant said. The chief minister said that opportunities in all sectors like IT, aviation manufacturing, retail, hospitality, training centres for hospitality, and soft skills were discussed at the meeting. “Goa possesses immense potential in industry development and employment generation,” Sawant said. The CMO said that Chandrasekaran promised to immediately plan an internal meeting with their top CEOs to promote new businesses in Goa. Jobs in retail, IT, hospitality discussedSawant said opportunities in sectors like IT, aviation manufacturing, retail, hospitality, training centres for hospitality, and soft skills were discussed. “Goa possesses immense potential in industry development and employment generation,” Sawant said. The CMO said Chandrasekaran promised to immediately plan an internal meeting with their top CEOs to promote new businesses in Goa.
PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said that collaboration and investment by industry conglomerates like Tata Sons will offer great opportunities for Goa. Sawant on Saturday met Tata Sons group chairman N Chandrasekaran, Noel Tata and other CEOs, to boost investment in Goa. Industries minister Mauvin Godinho and chief secretary Puneet Kumar Goel were also present at the meeting. Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA) played a key role in arranging this meeting, with a clear agenda of inviting the mother industry to boost MSME growth, Sawant said. The chief minister said that opportunities in all sectors like IT, aviation manufacturing, retail, hospitality, training centres for hospitality, and soft skills were discussed at the meeting. “Goa possesses immense potential in industry development and employment generation,” Sawant said. The CMO said that Chandrasekaran promised to immediately plan an internal meeting with their top CEOs to promote new businesses in Goa.
Panaji: Agriculture minister Ravi Naik on Thursday said that if the industries department permits, he is ready to bring salt production under the agriculture department to enable traditional salt producers to avail of various government schemes. Salt production presently falls within the ambit of the industries department. Naik said he would speak to industries minister Mauvin Godinho in this regard and about the issues salt producers face. Regarding damage to crops due to unseasonal rain, the agriculture minister said he has asked officials to assess the damage and ensure that farmers are compensated for the losses. He also said some MLAs have made representations to him about crop loss, and added that it is the state’s duty to help farmers.
PANAJI: Agriculture minister Ravi Naik on Thursday said that if the industries department permits, he is ready to bring salt production under the agriculture department to enable traditional salt producers to avail of various government schemes. Salt production presently falls within the ambit of the industries department. Naik said he would speak to industries minister Mauvin Godinho in this regard and about the issues salt producers in Pernem, Tiswadi and other talukas face. Regarding damage to crops due to unseasonal rain, the agriculture minister said he has asked officials of his department to assess the damage and assure that farmers will be given compensation as per the losses. He also said some MLAs have already made representations to him about crop loss and added that it is the state’s duty to help traditional farmers.
Staff ReporterPanajiThe District and Sessions Court, Panaji has rejected the anticipatory bail of the third accused Maninder Singh Attri, inspector from the income tax department, Panaji in connection with alleged sexual harassment of a womanemployee. Earlier the court had granted conditional anticipatory bail to the two other accused Aditya Verma and Deepak Kumar, both inspectors from the incometax department.Last week the Panaji police had registered an FIR against the three inspectors for allegedly sexually harassing, stalking and outraging modesty of the woman employee.Following the complaint lodged with the police, an offence was registered under Sections 354, 354-A, 354-D, 509 and 506 (ii) of the Indian Penal Code. Referring to the complaint, the police had said
Panaji: The three inspectors from the income tax department Panaji, Maninder Singh Attri, Aditya Verma and Deepak Kumar have filed anticipatory bail applications before the District and Sessions Court, Panaji in connection with the case of alleged sexual harassment of a woman employee.The matter is likely to come up for hearing on Tuesday at 10 a.m.The police had registered an FIR against the three inspectors for allegedly sexually harassing, stalking and outraging modesty of the woman employee.In connection with the ongoing probe, the police had sought CCTV footage from the office of the Income-tax department located at Patto-Panaji.
Panaji: Goa’s tally of active Covid-19 cases is at 67 with eight new cases and eight recoveries on Wednesday. A total of 567 samples were tested with a case positivity rate of 1.4%. There were nil hospitalisations and nil deaths and the state’s recovery rate is at 98.4%. On Tuesday the directorate of health services appealed to people to wear masks and complete their vaccination in preparation of a possible fourth wave.
Panaji: Goa reported 12 new Covid-19 cases on Monday. All 12 opted for home isolation. There were nil hospitalisations and nil deaths. A total pf 659 cases were tested, with a case positivity rate of 1.8%. The active count has risen to 56. tnn
Panaji: Goa reported 12 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the active tally to 56. There were no deaths and nil hospitalisations reported. A total of 659 samples were tested with a case positivity rate of 1.8%. Six persons recovered over the past 24 hours. The recovery rate standa at 98.4%. Over 2.4 lakh persons have tested positive, 31,420 hospitalised and 3,832 died since the beginning of the pandemic in the state.
PANAJI: Goa reported four new cases on Friday and nil deaths and hospitalisations. A total of 691 samples were tested and the case positivity stood at 0.58%. The weekly district positivity rate was above one percent for both districts. Between April 29 and May 5, case positivity was 1.81% for South Goa and 1.4% for N Goa where majority of the tests were RT-PCR tests. On Friday, active cases were at 50.
Panaji: Parts of Goa received light to moderate rainfall late evening on Wednesday as a ripple effect of Cyclone Asani in the Bay of Bengal. The India meteorological department (IMD) earlier forecast scattered light rainfall activity over the state for May 11. “The trough was passing close to the eastern coast of the country, and its movement has caused wind patterns to change over Goa. The lower levels of the atmosphere were getting westerly moisture incursion, whereas the middle troposphere was getting moisture from the eye of the cyclone as well, leading to the light rainfall activity over Goa,” IMD scientist, Rahul M said. There were no instances of lightning or significant windspeeds that could have damaging effects that were reported. The system is slowly moving away, as a result of which, the windspeed is expected to weaken, IMD said. “The light rainfall activity will continue for two more days owing to the ongoing phenomenon,” Rahul said. The maximum temperature recorded on Wednesday was 32.6C, thus showing a fall from the past 24 hours. On Tuesday, IMD had recorded maximum temperature of 33.2C. There is no drastic fall in maximum temperatures expected beyond this, IMD said.
Panaji: No direct or severe weather impact of the cyclonic storm Asani is expected over Goa, the India meteorological department’s (IMD) current observation reveals. The presence and movement of cyclone Asani may result in light rain over the south western coast of the country in the next four to five days. The deep depression over Southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over east central Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours. It is very likely to continue to move Northwestwards till May 10 and reach Westcentral and adjoining Northwest Bay of Bengal off North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts. Thereafter, it is very likely to re-curve north-northeastwards and move towards Northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast,” the IMD forecast reads. The Bay of Bengal will see a change in wind patterns as a result of which the IMD has issued fishermen’s warnings for five days in the region. “Only a slight change in lower level winds is expected. Due to the winds being westerly at the lower level, there will be moisture incursion over Goa along with cloud formation. As a result, isolated light rain is expected from May 10 onwards,” IMD Goa scientist, Rahul M said. The rain-like conditions along with cloudy skies are expected to prevail for four to five days from then. Changes in temperatures are also very likely. “A fall in maximum temperature is expected from May 10, based on latest observations and numerical weather prediction outputs,” Rahul M said. No warning has been issued for fishermen for the Arabian Sea or the Goa region.
