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[Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup!
[Goanet] Rash overtaking, overcrowding main causes of road mishaps in Goa.
[Goanet] 01 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
[Goanet] NEWS: Dipping fortunes force BJP comeback to Hindu hardline
[Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team
[Goanet] Course on using earthworms for processing of organic waste
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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 17:23:30 -0700
From: "Marlon Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup!
In an historic achievement, Germans took the first three places in the world cup
tournament. Brazil like many of its S.American neighbors, whose population mainly
consists of descendents of escaped Nazi war criminals, gas chamber operators and human
guinea pig experimentalists were lucky to beat their motherland in the finals.
In the other match, the Turkish soccer team whose team consists of descendents of
illegal immigrants who eventually gain permanent residency in Germany, beat their
Korean hosts for the 3rd place.
Looking forward to the 2006 world cup in homeland of football.
:)
Marlon
Germany, 2006 World Cup champions
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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 09:07:10 +0530
From: Goa Desc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Rash overtaking, overcrowding main causes of road mishaps in Goa.
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Rash overtaking, overcrowding main causes of road mishaps in Goa.
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The Minister for Transport, Mr Pandurang Madkaikar proposes to make an
awareness drive
to educate the people about traffic sense, for reducing road accidents in
the state.
Mr Madkaikar said he was handling the traffic problems on priority basis
and the government would spend an amount of Rs 60,000 every year
on traffic training alone to achieve this objective.
The minister was speaking at the function organised at Kala Academy today
to distribute certificates to the university students who had participated
in the Student Traffic Volunteers Scholarship (STVS) scheme.
The training under this scheme was conducted by the
Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE), recently.
Mr Madkaikar informed that there was a gradual drop in the number of road
accidents
in the state during past two years.
"The irresponsible overtaking methods adopted by the drivers and
overcrowding of passengers
in the public transport vehicles are two main causes of accidents", he stated
and urged the public to co-operate.
IRTE, a Delhi-based non-government organisation (NGO) had invited applications
from university students from Panaji and Margao for participation in its
STVS scheme.
Later, the selected candidates underwent a comprehensive training programme
in traffic control, including on-road practicals, under the guidance of
Delhi traffic police,
Hyderabad police and Goa police. Altogether 21 students completed the course.
Mr Karnal Singh, DIG, Goa police stressed on the importance of education,
enforcement and road engineering, besides immediate aid to those injured in
road accidents.
The DIG, informing about the plans for traffic improvement, said
"We intend to appoint traffic wardens in the state. In addition two
committees,
one at the chief ministerial level with the involvement of ministries of
transport and health
and the other at the police level with the participation of NGOs, would be
set up
to monitor the traffic situation in the state".
A report prepared by the department of traffic has short-listed 77 accident
prone zones
in the state and due care would be taken to avert road tragedies on these
spots, he mentioned.
Mr Karnal Singh hoped that more of such traffic oriented programmes would
be conducted in the future.
Mr Rohit Baluja, president of IRTE spoke about various traffic control
facilities
made available in Goa, such as interceptor vehicles with laser-based speed
measurement mechanism, cranes, etc, which would make the state a safe place.
He also announced setting up of a traffic laboratory and organising
of International Conference on Professionalism in Driver Training Systems,
in Goa, on November 15 and 16, later this year.
Ms Arushi Baluja Sahi, project manager of STVS informed about the STVS scheme
and revealed that the volunteers would work for two and half hours a day,
either in the morning or evening, five days a week, during peak traffic hours.
They would receive a monthly stipend of Rs 750, she added.
Earlier, Mr Gurunath Kelekar, convenor of Movement for Amity Towards Roads
in Goa
(MARG), a state-based organisation dedicated to traffic awareness,
in his welcome address said that one observes a sharp rise in road accidents
during the months of June and July in Goa, due to the increase
in the flow of students and the advent of monsoon. Mr Kelekar also appealed
to the public to adopt disciplinary attitude on the roads to counter this
menace.
Mr Suraj Samant, one of the volunteers delivered STV pledge to the group.
Later, Mr Madkaikar distributed identity cards and certificates to the
volunteers.
A film on the training programme of IRTE was also screened on the occasion.
Mr P Srivastava, DIG, Goa Police and Mr Gurudas Juwarkar of IRTE
were present on the occasion. Ms Sarita Baluja compered, while Dr Ananda
Helecar,
director of education (IRTE), proposed the vote of thanks.
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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 12:11:56 +0530
From: "Joel D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 01 JULY: GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM NEWS CLIPPINGS
01 July 2002
FIRST MUMBAI-GOA ""BULLET TRAIN": Come December and the Konkan Railway
Corporation Ltd will unleash the first ever "bullet train" on the Indian
tracks. KRCL is embarking on a grandiose plan of introducing a special
train between Mumbai and Goa that can run up to 160 kms per hour. At this
speed, it will be the fastest ever train to run in India. (H)
OFF-SITE EMERGENCY PLAN DELAYED: Yet another District Collector stands
transferred from South Goa, but the much-delayed off-site emergency plan to
tackle hazardous chemical accidents remains to be adopted till date. In
South Goa alone, a total of six chemical industries are located within a
radius of 10 km in Mormugao. (H)
CALL RATE TO US DROPS: Three-rupee-a-minute calls that connect you to the
US have already landed in Goa. But, it seems, not enough people in this
expat-oriented and tourism-influenced state have woken up to the
possibilities that these offer. (H)
TRAINING CENTRE FOR BLIND SOON: In a bid to train visually impaired people,
an institution will be set up in Goa soon, which will also include an eye
clinic with eye donation centre under the same roof, according to Rozendo
Mendonsa, president of the National Association for the Blind, Goa branch. (H)
PRE-EMPLOYMENT SCHEME: The cabinet meeting scheduled at 2.30 pm today is
likely to approve funds towards payment of stipends for the Pre-Employment
Trainees Scheme. (GT)
LIKELY CENTRE FOR SIMPUTER: Goa-based modem manufacturing giant D-Link is
planning to move into the production of Simputer, the low-cost computing
device that has caught imaginations across the globe due to its untypical
approach of trying to make technology affordable to the common man.
(Frederick Noronha in Herald)
CONCRETISED ROAD FOR PANAJI: Panaji city will now have concretized roads a
la Mumbai with a systematic and well maintained drainage system, informed
chairperson of the Panaji Municipal Council Ashok Mogu Naik. (GT)
INCORPORATE GOSPEL, HUMAN VALUES: Addressing a function at St Xavier's
College in Mapusa, Archbishop Raul Gonsalves has highlighted the importance
of incorporating Gospel values with human values, while also stressing the
need for team work to meet the challenges of higher education. (H)
NUMBER PLATE COLOUR CODE: With the deadline for the change in colour system
for number plates coming to an end yesterday, the traffic police will be
busy working towards monitoring those who failed to abide by the rule. (GT)
INDUSTRY NEEDS BETTER INFRASTRUCTURE: Goa's Industries Minister, Ramrao
Desai, has indicated a possible shift in the government's role from merely
doling out industry sops and subsidies to effectively working towards
upgrading infrastructure. Addressing the annual general meeting of the Goa
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Desai urged Goa's commerce and industrial
community to shun the pessimism stemming from the challenges posed by
liberalization. (H)
HOUSEMAID HELD: The Mapusa police yesterday arrested a maid servant,
Parvati alias Paru Sonsekar, working at the house of one Nancy Lobo of
Vijaywada-Colvale on charge of robbing gold ornaments, cash and other
valuable items amounting to Rs.18,000. (GT)
FAKE NOTES: The Panaji Police apprehended one Manjunath Muchandi of Belgaum
for possessing 6 counterfeit notes of Rs.100 denomination. (GT)
BODIES RECOVERED OFF VEREM: Two bodies of unidentified male persons,
suspected to be of tourists, were found along the Betim-Verem coast
yesterday morning. (NT)
THE RICH HISTORY OF GOA UNIVERSITY: "A dream was fulfilled on 30th June
1985. It was the foundation day of the first university in the state of Goa
after Liberation. It took the leaders of the State, especially the
political establishment 24 years to clear the decks for Goa University. The
Govardhan Das Parekh Committee report in 1962-63 had favoured a separate
university of Goa beginning with the establishments of a Centre for
Post-Graduate Instruction and Research." (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT)
ORIENTATION COURSE ON EARTHWORKS: The Goa Foundation will organise a
one-day Orientation Course on the use of earthworms for processing of
organic waste (garbage) generated by hotels, companies, educational
institutions and municipal councils. The course will be held on 4th July
from 10.30 a.m. at the Department of Science, Technology & Environment,
Opp. Saligao Seminary, Saligao. It will feature presentations made by two
earthworm specialists, and visits to earthworm bins in Mapusa, Parra and
Panaji. For more details contact Nancy de Souza on 263305/256479.
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
FREEDOM FIGHTER DESAI EXPIRES: Veteran freedom fighter and former MLA of
Quepem, Dattaram Dessai (74) suffered cardiac attach early morning on June
30 and expired at his residence. He was connected with many social and
educational institutions in Goa. (NT)
KAKODE TOPS AT MBA EXAMS: Pravin R Pai Kakode from Margao secured first
rank at the MBA examinations conducted by St Joseph College of Business
Administration, Bangalore. GT)
S P O R T S
BRAZIL CHEERED: We watched Ronaldo score a golden brace for Brazil to lift
the World Cup title defeating Germany 2-0, at the Mapusa church hall, on
the large screen. It was almost like being at the football ground itself as
the excited youth, who had arranged the screening of the finals, cheered
every good move and booed at the misses. Typical of Goa, there was the
familiar "uush" too, even for Ronald when he failed to score. The girls
chanted "Brazil, Brazil" while the boys seemed to back Germany, probably
just for fun. And when the goals came, the jam-packed hall burst into wild
cheers. Elsewhere soccer fans began bursting crackers, and in Anjuna and
Chapora the football-crazy youth were seen moving around with the Brazilian
flags. (GoaNOW)
NAVELIM SPORTING IN SEMIS: Riding on a splendid second session display,
Navelim Sporting edged out CRC Chinchinim 3-1 to enter the semi-finals of
the 17th Fraxier trophy soccer tournament, organised by Young Strikers
Club, Benaulim, at Dando grounds. (H)
G R E E T I N G S
CONGRATULATIONS to Vea and William Fernandez in Reading, England, for the
safe delivery of a baby girl on 24th June. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
D E A T H S
30 June: Utorda: JOHN MENINO RODRIGUES, husband of Milagrina, father of
Eutoquiano/Lidia, Reuben/Antonette, Francis/Diana, Ulrique/Tina, Aurelius
Veena.
30 June: Agonda-Betul: PETER NAZARETH FERNANDES, husband of Romaldina,
father of Loyal, Lawry, Livea/Jose.
30 June: Porvorim: MELVYN PINTO, son of late Dr Luino/Aurea, brother of
Brian/Judy, Silvia/Reginald, Edwin/Angela, Allan/Claris.
G O A W E A T H E R
Temp: 28.2 deg C (82.8 deg F) at 7.30 am at Assagao.
Max temp: 31.3 deg C; Humidity: 78 per cent. (Panjim yesterday)
Rainfall so far: 1136.9 mm
Weather: Though the weather forecast showed torrential rains in Goa,
there are hardly any signs of such an inclement weather this morning. The
dry spell will probably continue today too.
Courtesy: H=Herald, NT=The Navhind Times, GT= Gomantak Times
Daily Goacom News Clippings also at: http://www.goacom.com/news
Website: http://www.goacom.com
Webzine: http://www.goacom.com/goanow
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Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:48:16 +0530 (IST)
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] NEWS: Dipping fortunes force BJP comeback to Hindu hardline
Dipping fortunes force BJP comeback to Hindu hardline
By Ajit Sahi, Indo-Asian News Service
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Slowly but steadily, Prime Minister Atal Bihari
Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making a considered switch to a
Hindu hardline, returning to a position it jettisoned four years ago.
Several crucial decisions the BJP has taken in the last two months were
guided by this touchstone, which aims to rejuvenate a party whose popularity
has floundered during this period as mirrored in successive state election
losses.
The BJP's turnaround has followed its dramatic resolution at a party
conclave at Goa in April where it aggressively rejected criticism of its
government in the western state of Gujarat over its failure to contain
anti-Muslim killings there.
The new party mood has virtually signified a reversal of its decision in
1998, when it eschewed its fundamentalist hue to seize power in New Delhi
with the backing of several secular political parties, after it emerged as
the single-largest party in the Lok Sabha but far short of a majority.
The latest decision underlining the BJP swivel is this week's appointment of
well-known hawk and Lok Sabha MP Vinay Katiyar as head of its affairs in
India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. The BJP is struggling to
regain lost ground in that state where it was virtually unrivalled three
years ago but where it was rudely ousted from power in February.
The BJP is also considering appointing Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Uma
Bharti, a sharp-tongued hardline politician, as head of its wing in Madhya
Pradesh, where the party failed to dislodge the Congress party in elections
in 1998.
The BJP is desperate to unseat the Congress government in the sprawling
central Indian state led by Chief Minister Digvijay Singh.
Both Katiyar and Bharti were the leading lights of a highly controversial
and nationally divisive Hindu campaign of 1989-92 to replace a 16th-century
mosque by a temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. They were mainly held
responsible for the mosque's demolition by frenzied Hindu mobs in December
1992.
Another indication of the BJP's return to a strong pro-Hindu stance is its
continuing political aggression in Gujarat, where it has been unrepentant
for Chief Minister Narendra Modi's failure to contain the anti-Muslim
violence. Around 950 people have died in the state since the end of
February.
Modi has earned the BJP's complete backing in the face of wide criticism
that he allowed the killings to occur and is shielding members of BJP
affiliates implicated in the carnage.
This week, the BJP kicked off a series of emotive propaganda rallies that
would traverse through 18,000 villages in the state, whipping up passions.
The BJP also wants to project a different image by making Home Minister L.K.
Advani Vajpayee's deputy prime minister.
Advani is widely recognised for espousing the belligerent Hindu nationalism
advocated by the BJP's ideological guide, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
(RSS), as opposed to Vajpayee's perceived image of being a moderate. Advani
was also a leading light of the Ayodhya temple movement.
"The party is at a crucial juncture in its political life," a BJP leader
told IANS. "The only way to rejuvenate the party is by returning to the
ideology that brought us the big political gains earlier."
The BJP's return to the Hindu hardliner roots marks the turn of a full
circle. The party rose from political ignominy in 1989, riding on a
pro-Hindu wave after it decided to back the Ayodhya campaign of the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad (VHP).
The BJP kept notching electoral successes thereon, emerging as the single
largest party in the 1996 Lok Sabha elections.
But since it was still perceived as an aggressive pro-Hindu party, it failed
to earn allies, and Vajpayee had to quit as prime minister in just 13 days.
After it returned as the single-largest party in the Lok Sabha in the 1998
elections, a much-chastened BJP announced it was putting its several
controversial demands -- most of them perceived as anti-minorities -- on the
backburner, to gain the support of secular parties.
Vajpayee thus became prime minister for a second time in 1998. Next year, he
led the coalition to victory again in Lok Sabha elections.
But in the last four years, the BJP's political fortunes suffered immensely
as it lost every state election and now rules only four states. Last month,
it returned to power in the tiny state of Goa but failed to win a majority.
Said analyst G.V.L. Narasimha Rao: "Voters evaluate parties on the basis of
their performances and not on their abilities to raise religious frenzies.
"I don't think the BJP is going to impress the voters by appointing this or
that person to head its wings in the states. Its record of governance is
what will ultimately matter."
- --Indo-Asian News Service
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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 13:38:07 +0530
From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team
I presume that The GoaNet team members themselves are not covered by the
rule that disallows subscribers to make 'commercial' postings. Fred can
advertise his own writing services. But subscribers cannot advertise their
services.
And don't tell me 'Free-lance' means not-for-payment!
Vive la difference!
Cecil
P.S.
Personally I have nothing against Fred advertising his services. He
deserves that concession for all the valuable and interesting content that
he posts on GoaNet free of cost. But the GoaNet team should clarify that
this 'advertise your services' facilty is open only to GoaNet Admin Team
members in exchange for their input, and not for normal subscribers.
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002
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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 09:50:49 +0530
From: The Goa Foundation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Course on using earthworms for processing of organic waste
THE GOA FOUNDATION
G-8, St. Britto's Apts., Feira Alta,
Mapusa 403 507, Goa, India.
Phone/Fax: 91-832-263305
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
30.6.2002
The Goa Foundation will be organising a one-day Orientation Course on the
use of earthworms for processing of organic waste (garbage) generated by
hotels, companies, educational institutions and municipal councils.
The course will be held on Thursday, 4th July 2002 and will begin at 10.30
a.m. The venue is the Department of Science, Technology & Environment, Opp.
Saligao Seminary, Saligao, which is supporting the programme.
The morning session will be devoted to presentations made by two earthworm
specialists who are actually working on the use of earthworms for
processing domestic waste.
After lunch, the participants will be taken to earthworm bins already in
operation in Mapusa, Parra and Panaji. The visit is to demonstrate that the
design of earthworm bins has been standardised and their operation is
without any nuisance to the surrounding environments. The course will
terminate after the visit to the Panaji earthworm bins.
There will be no course fee but a registration fee of Rs.50 will be
charged, which will be used largely for providing simple lunch and tea to
the participants. The fee can be paid at the venue itself.
Those who wish to register for the course should contact Nancy de Souza at
the Goa Foundation on 263305/256479. Due to space restraints, the number is
being restricted to the first 30 persons only.
Dr. Claude Alvares
Director
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The Goa Foundation is Goa's premier environmental monitoring group,
committed to protecting the Goan environment and the Goan quality of life,
through research, activism, public education and public interest litigation.
For information on the Goa Foundation, check out our website at:
http://www.goacom.com/goafoundation
For the most complete range of books on Goa, environmental issues, and
alternative books from India, check out the Other India Bookstore website at:
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Our phone numbers: 91-832-263305; 256479
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Goa, India
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