[Goanet]13 Oct 2003:GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 13 Oct 2003 FIRST CHARTER FLIGHTS LAND: The arrival of 592 tourists by two separate charters yesterday to a traditional welcome heralded the commencement of what is projected as a season of plenty by the tourism sector. The first flight Monarch touched down at 2.30 pm at the Dabolim airport with 360 tourists while 232 more landed, an hour later. (GT) WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BENAULIM: Mystery surround the death of a young Bengali woman, Anita Mandal, at Pedda, Benaulim. Police have registered a case of unnatural death, but are awaiting the post mortem report to take action. (GT) MARDOL RESIDENT COMMITS SUICIDE: Krishna Nath Naik (50) from Kuncoliem, Mardol, committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree behind his house yesterday. (NT) GOMANT VISHWA SAMMELAN: The government of Goa will organise Gomant Vishwa Sammelan, a convention of worldwide Goans under the aegis of NRI-Goa Facilitation Centre, on January 3, 4 and 5, 2004. The Chief Minister said that the basic idea to organise this type of convention is to cultivate a sense of belonging among the fellow Goans who are spread all over the world The basic stress would be on identification of core areas and having technical sessions on education, health care, tourism, art and culture, agriculture and industry. A monitoring committee will also be set up to tackle issues coming out of the deliberations. (NT) COMPUTERS FOR ALL: Minister for Power Digambar Kamat has said that under the cyberage scheme of the government each and every house in the State would be provided with a computer during the next five years. He was speaking as chief guest after inaugurating a seminar on Cyber Laws and Cyber Crimes organised by the Law Graduates Guild at Nanu Resort in Betalbatim yesterday. (H) PATENT LITERACY: It came out officially in an interactive session held by FICCI, jointly with GCCI at Hotel Taj, Goa, on September 30, that India is rushing ahead just to meet the WTO obligations. As a country with the worlds largest scientific, engineering and technical human resource pool, we have still not thought of a national policy exclusively to deal with the IPR and patents literacy Dr RA Mashelkar, Director General of CSIR, gave a new message to the audiencePatent, publish and prosper. This is easier said than done because only a microscopic section of scientists are trained to write patents. (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT) OFFENCE BOOKED UNDER GOA CHILD ACT: The first offence of child abuse after the enactment of the Goa Child Act, 2003, was booked on Saturday with the CID/Crime branch police arresting two persons in connection with the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl. It is learn that the incident took place at a bar owned by one of the alleged accused along the Mapusa by-pass. (GT) VERMI-COMPOSTING MAY BE THE ANSWER: Considered an effective way of processing any kind of waste through biological process, in Vermi-Composting, earthworms utilize waste resources as their feed and in the process convert it into value-added products called vermin-compost. Explains Mr HR Prabhudessai, incharge of VC programme at the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Old Goa, VC serve a dual purpose. It produces rich manure and also takes care of your debris. (H) AUTOMATIC SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR PANAJI: If the authorities are to be believed, Panaji will have an automatic, computerised and, what is more, stench-free Sewage Treatment Plant, of the type currently used in some European countries, before the onset of the next monsoon. The conventional labour-intensive plant, which was installed in the late sixties at Tonca to treat just 5.7 million litres of sewage will also be set up keeping in mind the need for the 30 years. (GT) CORJUEM KHAJAN LAND IN PERIL: The Podwal Tenants Association of Corjuem is faced with a liability of Rs.1,42,950 in the form of a loan which is to be paid to the Soil Conservation Department and which is pending for the last 18 years. Burdened as the Association is with the aforesaid liability, the Khajan land has been rendered unsafe since the bundhs are very weak and repairs cannot be undertaken due to shortage of funds. (GT) ABVP GROUP FOR AYODHYA: A batch of more than 100 workers of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad led by Pritish Desai will leave for Ayodhya tomorrow. The ABVP has appealed to the students to extend their support to the movement and proceed to Ayodhya and participate in the mass congregation of humanity on 17 October. (GT) FINANCIAL AID SOLICITED: Santosh and Sukanti Chodankar, daily wage earners from Amboi, St Mathias, Divar, have appealed for financial help for their 15-year-old son Swapnil Chodankar, who is suffering from ventricular sepral defect. The GMC has advised them to admit him in KLES Hospital, Belgaum, for surgery which requires an amount of Rs.2 lakh approximately. Those interested in helping may send their donations
[Goanet]13 OCT 2003: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS
GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS 13 Oct 2003 FIRST CHARTER FLIGHTS LAND: The arrival of 592 tourists by two separate charters yesterday to a traditional welcome heralded the commencement of what is projected as a season of plenty by the tourism sector. The first flight 'Monarch' touched down at 2.30 pm at the Dabolim airport with 360 tourists while 232 more landed, an hour later. (GT) WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BENAULIM: Mystery surround the death of a young Bengali woman, Anita Mandal, at Pedda, Benaulim. Police have registered a case of unnatural death, but are awaiting the post mortem report to take action. (GT) MARDOL RESIDENT COMMITS SUICIDE: Krishna Nath Naik (50) from Kuncoliem, Mardol, committed suicide by hanging himself to a tree behind his house yesterday. (NT) GOMANT VISHWA SAMMELAN: The government of Goa will organise Gomant Vishwa Sammelan, a convention of worldwide Goans under the aegis of NRI-Goa Facilitation Centre, on January 3, 4 and 5, 2004. The Chief Minister said that the basic idea to organise this type of convention is to cultivate a sense of belonging among the fellow Goans who are spread all over the world.The basic stress would be on identification of core areas and having technical sessions on education, health care, tourism, art and culture, agriculture and industry. A monitoring committee will also be set up to tackle issues coming out of the deliberations. (NT) COMPUTERS FOR ALL: Minister for Power Digambar Kamat has said that under the cyberage scheme of the government each and every house in the State would be provided with a computer during the next five years. He was speaking as chief guest after inaugurating a seminar on Cyber Laws and Cyber Crimes organised by the Law Graduates Guild at Nanu Resort in Betalbatim yesterday. (H) PATENT LITERACY: It came out officially in an interactive session held by FICCI, jointly with GCCI at Hotel Taj, Goa, on September 30, that India is rushing ahead just to meet the WTO obligations. As a country with the world' s largest scientific, engineering and technical human resource pool, we have still not thought of a national policy exclusively to deal with the IPR and patents literacy.Dr RA Mashelkar, Director General of CSIR, gave a new message to the audience-Patent, publish and prosper. This is easier said than done because only a microscopic section of scientists are trained to write patents. (Nandkumar Kamat in Glimpses-NT) OFFENCE BOOKED UNDER GOA CHILD ACT: The first offence of child abuse after the enactment of the Goa Child Act, 2003, was booked on Saturday with the CID/Crime branch police arresting two persons in connection with the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl. It is learn that the incident took place at a bar owned by one of the alleged accused along the Mapusa by-pass. (GT) VERMI-COMPOSTING MAY BE THE ANSWER: Considered an effective way of processing any kind of waste through biological process, in Vermi-Composting, earthworms utilize waste resources as their feed and in the process convert it into value-added products called vermin-compost. Explains Mr HR Prabhudessai, incharge of VC programme at the Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Old Goa, VC serve a dual purpose. It produces rich manure and also takes care of your debris. (H) AUTOMATIC SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT FOR PANAJI: If the authorities are to be believed, Panaji will have an automatic, computerised and, what is more, stench-free Sewage Treatment Plant, of the type currently used in some European countries, before the onset of the next monsoon. The conventional labour-intensive plant, which was installed in the late sixties at Tonca to treat just 5.7 million litres of sewage will also be set up keeping in mind the need for the 30 years. (GT) CORJUEM KHAJAN LAND IN PERIL: The Podwal Tenants Association of Corjuem is faced with a liability of Rs.1,42,950 in the form of a loan which is to be paid to the Soil Conservation Department and which is pending for the last 18 years. Burdened as the Association is with the aforesaid liability, the Khajan land has been rendered unsafe since the bundhs are very weak and repairs cannot be undertaken due to shortage of funds. (GT) ABVP GROUP FOR AYODHYA: A batch of more than 100 workers of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad led by Pritish Desai will leave for Ayodhya tomorrow. The ABVP has appealed to the students to extend their support to the movement and proceed to Ayodhya and participate in the mass congregation of humanity on 17 October. (GT) FINANCIAL AID SOLICITED: Santosh and Sukanti Chodankar, daily wage earners from Amboi, St Mathias, Divar, have appealed for financial help for their 15-year-old son Swapnil Chodankar, who is suffering from ventricular sepral defect. The GMC has advised them to admit him in KLES Hospital, Belgaum, for surgery which requires an amount of Rs.2 lakh approximately. Those interested in helping may send their donations by cheque or draft into the account of Sukanti Chodankar A/C
