[Goanet] Easy listening selection....April Showers....Al Jolson.

[Con Menezes]

 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX9PzUbP5tU

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[Goanet] Commonwealth Games Gold Coast Australia

[Con Menezes]

  Indian contingent video.   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpSRrRJ_4no

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[Goanet] TRAVELOGUE: India... Vacation travel guide video.

[Con Menezes]

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[Goanet] Extra-Smart City Shenanigans (Times of India, 7/4/2018)

[V M]

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/extra-smart-city-shenanigans-for-panaji/articleshow/63649961.cms

‘Dhedd Xanno” is a piercing Konkani term that comes to mind every time
a little bit more of the “Smart City” strategy and planning for Panjim
is revealed. The tiny riverside capital of India’s smallest state
commemorates its 175th year as the urban centrepiece of Goa in a
shameful condition of disrepair, with the achievements of generations
past literally crumbling to bits on the roadside. Meanwhile,
incredibly large sums are now set to be squandered on egregious,
totally unnecessary, site-inappropriate technology that ignores the
most basic needs of city residents and visitors alike. Instead of
improvements to quality of life, these extra-smart shenanigans will
benefit no one other than the usual suspects in a small coterie of
cronies.

The cruel irony is that Panjim embodies smart city planning in its
very DNA. It was the first rigorously planned and designed city in
India in the colonial era, the very first to be laid out in a grid
pattern with broad sidewalks on all streets. Its 19th century city
fathers took ideas for drainage and sanitation from Europe, and made
sure to create plazas and open spaces for the benefit of all
residents. All this ensured a famously gracious quality of life that
persisted all through the 20th century, but is now under considerable
assault. Anyone familiar with the colonial-era photographs of low-rise
flaneur-friendly Panjim cannot help being shocked and dismayed at the
current state of the roads and pavements, where simply walking in a
straight line is impossible and often hazardous.

The feisty London-based activist Carmen Miranda grew up in Altinho
overlooking Panjim in the 1950’s. Recently, she wrote on Facebook, “I
knew a Panjim that viewed from my house in Altinho, looked like a
coconut plantation, and where all the buildings and houses were below
the hight of a coconut tree by law. The transformation since 1950s is
huge, and not particularly nice...the holes, broken pavements,
garbage, noise, chaotic traffic, entire pavements surrounded and
blocked by motorbikes and cars. Panjim is decrepit, dilapidated,
crowded and dirty. It does not have to be that way. Incompetence in
the administration at all levels does not help this lovely city cope
well with the overwhelming growth of population. Yes, there are still
a few jewels surviving and reflecting our past history...but for how
long?

Miranda accurately nails down the most important issues facing the
city, each of which could easily be solved given the political will.
But matters like impassable pavements are not on the minds of
so-called “Smart City” planners. Instead it is all big-budget
electronics costing many millions of dollars. A city reeling from an
onslaught of garbage piled up on the streets and thrown in the river
is supposed to get a “technology-based solid waste management system”
that would fit “every household in the city with QR codes” to feed
data into an “integrated Command and Control Centre” where there will
be “minimal human engagement.” The rather ludicrous end result of all
this, we are told, is that the city will know whose garbage has been
collected.

Most absurd of all is another extra-smart plan to install at least 450
advanced digital cameras on Panjim’s lamp-posts (it’s doubtful there
are even so many lamp-posts) fully equipped with facial and
number-place recognition, in order to blanked one of the quietest and
safest cities in the world with ridiculously inappropriate
surveillance. This tender alone is estimated to rise above 250 crore
rupees. Where is the need? Why does Panjim need even one of these
military-grade cameras, let alone 450? How can the city justify such
expenditure, while ignoring the elementary needs of its citizens?
There are no answers here to satisfy anyone, let alone respect the
constitutional rules of democratic engagement. Dhedd Xanno, indeed.

[Goanet] THE GREATER PANAJI PDA MUST GO

[Aires Rodrigues]

In a democracy it is the will of the people that should always prevail. The
Town & Country Planning Minister Vijai Sardesai should immediately scrap
the entire newly formed needless Greater Panaji Planning and Development
Authority and lay to rest the issue which has rightly been agitated by
concerned citizens. It is no secret that this new PDA was created by Chief
Minister Manohar Parrikar out of political expediency only to reward and
accommodate Babush Monseratte. With Vijai Sardesai having now agreed to
exclude all villages Kadamba Plateau should also go. What remains is
Taleigao and it would be prudent to allow the locals through a Gram Sabha
to decide their way ahead. The Taleigao BJP Block has already strongly
opposed the inclusion into the PDA.



The people rightly have serious apprehensions about the Chairman of the
Greater Panaji PDA. Babush Monserratte in January 2005 was stripped of the
Town & Country Planning portfolio by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar for
having committed large scale and rampant illegalities in conversion of
land. Later due to his very controversial Regional Plan 2011 which led to a
huge uproar and public outrage, Babush Monserratte in January 2007 was
forced to resign as Town & Country Planning Minister.

Babush Monserratte has also committed very serious criminal offences
involving moral turpitude and stands charge sheeted by the CBI in the
Panaji Police Station storming case while the alleged rape case against him
is also pending probe before the Crime Branch. Besides his deep rooted
links with the land mafia, Babush Monserratte has huge land banks within
the jurisdiction of this newly Greater Panaji PDA. We cannot allow the
accelerated destruction and devastation of the remaining hills and fields
in these villages.



On the vexed issue of the Regional Plan it would be prudent for Vijai
Sardesai to constitute a five member committee of reputed expert Planners
to advise the government on the way forward.



The Town and Country Planning Minister should also consider undoing his
very flawed decision of appointing three Chief Town Planners for our State.
To ensure administrative efficiency and accountability it is imperative
that every department has one head. Two Deputy Chief Town Planners could
have been appointed one for the North and the other for the South.



I would like to remind Vijai Sardesai that our body organs can be
transplanted but the damage being done to our pristine hills and fields is
irreversible. Our invaluable heritage on the Kadamba Plateau is being
crushed right under his eyes.



Vijai Sardesai needs to rise to the occasion and act as a Statesman
otherwise he may never be forgiven for having willfully abandoned Goem,
Goenkar and Goenkarponn. Over to you Vijai bab.



Aires Rodrigues

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[Goanet] Health Report: The Longevity Factor.

[Con Menezes]

  
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[Goanet] Amkam Naka PDA Pidda Amkam Naka - Goemkar Against PDA rally at Azad Maidan pics and video

[JoeGoaUk]

 
 Rally held at Azad Maidan Panaji on 6.4.18.  Demands denotification of PDA in 
all villages, Amend TCP Act, Give Constitutional Powers to Villagers and 
scraping of Regional Plan 2021

Speakers
Prajal Sakhardande, Fr. Britto of Azossim, Victoria Mumy Fernandes, Rama 
Kankonkar, 
Roshan Mathias,  Cyriaco Dias, Claude Alvares, Sabina Martins, Tousif de 
Navelim, 
Avinash Tavares, Fr. Savio Fernandes, Mahesh Dattaram Naik etc

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2aVV0d0dA8 

Over 80 pics here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/39470723690/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk73/40566121244/in/dateposted-public/

[Goanet] Living with Pythons: Demystifying the Myths

[Iris gomes]

Living with Pythons: Demystifying the Myths
(Read the article at http://www.pruthagoa.com/living-with-pythons-demy

)

Herpetologist Nirmal Kulkarni works tirelessly through his 'Living with
Pythons' initiative to remove misguided notions about pythons, enabling the
young and old to appreciate this magnificent part of creation.
"‘The python is at the apex of the food chain of which it is a part,’ says
Nirmal, stressing that people need to accept that pythons and humans can
subsist in the same environment..."



Iris C F Gomes
Editor of Prutha (www.pruthagoa.com)

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 and the Xavier Centre of Historical
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[Goanet] Sad news

[Goans ofAmerica]

 Dear Friends,
It is with sadness we announce the death of Stanley Creado on 31 March 2018.

Husband of Rita Creado

Father of Clint Creado, Crystal Witherspoon, Mary Anne Paes, and Dawn
McCloskey

FUNERAL SERVICE

SATURDAY 07 APRIL 2018 MASS 9:00 AM

St. Catherine Laboure Church
3846 Redondo Beach Blvd.

Torrance, California 90504


Interment at Pacific Crest Cemetery following mass
2701 182nd Street

Redondo Beach, California 90278


Reception at Rice Morturary
5310 Torrance Blvd.

Torrance, California 90503

310-792-7599


May his soul rest in peace.

-- 
Warm Regards,
Sharel Figueredo
President
GOA LA

[Goanet] AIFF MEDIA ADVISORY: PRE-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE FOR HERO SUPER CUP ROUND OF 16

[Shoubhik Mukhopadhyay]

Dear Sirs,



Please find the pre-match press conference schedule for Hero Super Cup 2018
Quarterfinals mentioned below.



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*April 7:** Kingfisher East Bengal (12 PM) followed by Aizawl FC*


*April 10: Shillong Lajong FC (12 PM) followed by Mohun Bagan*


*April 11: FC Goa (12 PM) followed by Jamshedpur FC*


*April 12: Winner of the Round of 16 match dated 6th April (12 PM) followed
by Bengaluru FC*


*VENUE: KALINGA STADIUM, BHUBANESWAR*



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Please note that the Head Coach of the respective team will be accompanied
by one player in the pre-match press conference.


Head Coach and the Hero of the match will address the media in the
post-match press conference.


N.B.- Whoever has submitted the accreditation request for Hero Super Cup
2018, please collect the accreditation card from the press conference venue
during the pre-match press conference on the aforementioned dates.



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[Goanet] AIFF MEDIA ADVISORY: HERO SUPER CUP 2018 QUARTERFINALS SCHEDULE

[Shoubhik Mukhopadhyay]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find the Hero Super Cup 2018 quarterfinals schedule attached
herewith.



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[Goanet] PRESS RELEASE: Second Edition of Goa Sevens Premier League to kick off from April 28

[goa sevens]

 Sir,

Below, kindly find the press release for 'the second of Goa Sevens Premier
League'


Regards,
GSPL Media



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*PRESS NOTE*



*Second Edition of Goa Sevens Premier League to kick off from April 28*



*- 12 teams to participate in the league cum knockout tournament at Ambelim
Sports Complex from April 28 to May 15 -*



*APRIL 6, FATORDA:* Ambelim Sports Club and Goa Sevens Sports and Cultural
Association announced their second edition of the Goa Sevens Premier League
under the aegis of Goa Football Association (GFA), which will be played from
 April 28 to May 15.



After enjoying great success in the first edition, the Goa Sevens SCA and
Ambelim SC together have taken a step ahead to have a bigger and better
league this time around.



*Addressing the media, Goa Sevens Sports & Cultural Association President
Mr. Benjamin Silva said**, “The first edition of GSPL was a huge success
and it gives me great pride to announce that the second edition of the Goa
Sevens Premier league which will witness even more thrill as we have
expanded the league. This year we will have 12 teams, four more than the
previous edition”*



*“When we first launched the league, we didn’t expect it have such a huge
response. Initially we had a mix response having a slow start to the league
but as the league matches took off, the crowed joined in numbers,” said
Benjamin Silva at the conference hall, Nehru Stadium, Fatorda.*



*Speaking to media, Goa Football Association (GFA) Vice President South
Schubert Furtado said, **“GFA are always there for the development of
football and we support this initiative by the Goa Sevens towards the
development of football. We will provide all support they need during the
tournament,”*



*GSPL Vice President Joao Rebello *later revealed the League will also give
platform for women this year.  *“This year we will have women’s football as
well. We have already shortlisted 72 women footballers for the league who
will be placed in six teams. We will announce the teams shortly,” *said
Joao.

The women’s tournament will also be played in the league cum knock out
phase wherein the top two teams will battle it out in the final.



The tournament will be played in league and knockout phase at a neutral
venue –Ambelim Sports Complex. All the matches will be played under
floodlights.



Earlier GSPL President unveiled the league souvenir in the present of GFA
Vice President South Schubert Furtado, GFA members Arnold Costa, John
Silva, Jaju Silva, Tournament Co-ordinator Charlton Furtado, GSPL Vice
President Joao Rebello, GSPL Treasurer Wilfred Rodrigues and GSPL
Development officer Anthony Dias.



*Pic caption:* GSPL President Benjamin Silva with the GSPL souvenir along
with GFA Vice President South Schubert Furtado and other dignitaries at the
conference hall, Nehru Stadium, Fatorda.

[Goanet] NORAD: Military Radar Screens Were ‘Sabotaged’ During 9/11 Attacks

[Fidibus]

http://yournewswire.com/norad-military-radar-screens-sabotaged-911/

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[Goanet] Amchi Konknni

[Lino B. Dourado]

Amchi Konknni – 1 

Bejar; kimar; tentar (Tin veglimutram punn ekuch somzonni) Chuk aslear sarkem 
korchem. 

- "Tem pavtolem vegim. Bestoch 'bejar'zainaka"
- "Shut up man. Mhaka 'kimar'korinaka"
- "Hey solga. Taka 'tentar'kiteak korta?"

Lapitt Utodd' ddekar

*

Amchi Konknni - 2

Porvangi; raji; maniotai ( tin veglim utram punn ekuch somzonni) Chuk 
aslearsarkem/kollit korchem.

"Xevttim, kazar zaunktankam 'porvangi' dili"
"Ojap dista rakxinn avoi koxi 'raji' zali ti"
"Dotti vinem kazar zaunk bapaichi 'maniotai' asli"

Lapitt Utodd'ddekar.

**

Amchi Konknni – 3

Devchar; soitan; lusifer ( tin veglim utram punn ekuch somzonni) Chuk 
aslearsarkem/kollit korchem.

- Ekuch Rosto tiatrant,vhoddlo ‘devchar’ sasumaim asli.
- Ifernantlo ‘soitan’legit tika biyetalo khoim.
- Thodde uloitale, ‘lusifer’ ticho mavxe-bhav aslo mhunn.
Lapitt Utodd'dekar

[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: NEROCA PULL OFF COMEBACK WIN AGAINST KERALA BLASTERS TO REACH QUARTERFINALS

[AIFF Media]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find the report of Kerala Blasters FC v NEROCA FC on April 6, 2018.



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*NEROCA PULL OFF COMEBACK WIN AGAINST KERALA BLASTERS TO REACH
QUARTERFINALS*



*BHUBANESWAR: *NEROCA FC the side from Manipur who impressed one and all in
the 11th Hero I-League season to finish second on debut, got the better of
Kerala Blasters FC, who finished sixth in the Hero Indian Super League
(Hero ISL) table this season, 3-2, in the final *Round of 16* match of the
Hero Super Cup played at Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga stadium on Friday. The
Manipur side came back from two goals down to score three goals in 10
minutes to pull off yet another remarkable comeback in the Hero Super Cup.



*READ MORE:* https://the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=8893



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[Goanet] Assange works for the people – now we need to save him

[Fidibus]

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/422992-zizek-assange-cambridge-analytica/

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Re: [Goanet] Forget mining and prosper with agriculture

[Roland Francis]

Very pleasing eye-opener.
Roland.

> On Apr 5, 2018, at 11:26 PM, samir umarye  wrote:
> 
> By SAMIR UMARYE
> BICHOLIM: These farmers took up agriculture when mining stopped four years 
> back and say they are happy and earn more in their fields than the mining job
> 
> 
> He left mining some four years ago, when the first blow hit mining in the 
> state in 2013. He had a small piece of land. Instead of lamenting the loss of 
> mining, he thought of returning to the fields and cultivating rather than 
> wait for the mining to resume. Four years down the line he feels that he is 
> happy and is earning substantial gains in this profession. 
> 
> This is the story of Vishnu Naik from Maina Navelim who today lives 
> comfortable life – with farming. “For several years I was working with the 
> mining and some four years back when there was turbulence in mining I left 
> the job and resumed my age old tradition of farming.” Vishnu states. 
> 
> “I am doing this business for the past four years and it is profitable. 
> Almost throughout the year I cultivate some crop or the other and am earning 
> good amount. There is no effect of closure of mining on us and if everyone 
> turns to farming they would earn substantial amount,” Vishnu claims. 
> 
> It may be stated that Navelim is one of the villages where there is lot of 
> mining activities and Vishnu claims that not all are dependent upon mining. 
> “Money is not just in mining but even in fields there is lot of money. There 
> are few people who are dependent upon mining like the truck owners but we 
> also have fields which yield good returns,” Vishnu disclosed. 
> 
> Vishnu is not just one farmer but there are about 40 others in Maina Navelim 
> who are dependent upon farming. “We feel that more than mining, farming gives 
> good return as there is more profit and less loss,” Sadanand Naik claimed. 
> All these farmers get hybrid production and supply it to horticulture thereby 
> getting profit. 
> 
> “Throughout the year we are producing crops in these fields, including rice 
> during rainy season and chillis, brinjals, chawli, alsande and other such 
> crops during other seasons,” said Vishwambar Gawas who turned to farming 
> after working for a mining company for about 18 years. 
> 
> Gawas says that mining has an end and will stop at some point of time but 
> this is not the case with farming. “Farming is the only business that can 
> give income throughout the year. We would urge the government that 
> agriculture should be given first priority as it is related to everyone,” 
> Gawas said. 
> 
> Gawas regretted that several natural resources in mining area have died due 
> to mining. He claims that only if these natural resources are rejuvenated 
> there are hopes for people of Surla, Pale and other areas to get water.

[Goanet] Easy listening selection....April Love....Pat Boone.

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[Goanet] Press Release: Admissions Open for Sesa Football Academy Selections !

[carol]

Sir,

Greetings of the day!

The Sesa Football Academy (SFA) is all set to conduct selections trials 
for induction into the next batch of the academy. Below, kindly find the 
press release for the same.


Best,
Carol Mascarenhas

[Goanet] TRAVELOGUE: 36 hours in Medellin Columbia.

[Con Menezes]

  
https://www.nytimes.com/video/travel/10003654569/36-hours-in-medelln.html?playlistId=10003029080

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[Goanet] A Short Konkani film....The Tiffin Box.

[Con Menezes]

   
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkERFD4nwio

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Re: [Goanet] Forget mining and prosper with agriculture

[Bernice Pereira]

Excellent - best alternative, until the marauders take over the fields, like 
they are doing in north Goa. And they have a devious scheme. They collect all 
the debris from broken buildings and tell the truckers to dump them on certain 
tracks of field Late in the evening. The dumpers are very happy to get rid of 
this stuff.  Slowly this builds up  and next thing you know is that a small 
shop has sprung up there. The authorities are blind to all this.

Bernice Pereira




Sent from my iPhone

> On 06-Apr-2018, at 8:56 AM, samir umarye  wrote:
> 
> By SAMIR UMARYE
> BICHOLIM: These farmers took up agriculture when mining stopped four years 
> back and say they are happy and earn more in their fields than the mining job
> 
> 
> He left mining some four years ago, when the first blow hit mining in the 
> state in 2013. He had a small piece of land. Instead of lamenting the loss of 
> mining, he thought of returning to the fields and cultivating rather than 
> wait for the mining to resume. Four years down the line he feels that he is 
> happy and is earning substantial gains in this profession. 
> 
> This is the story of Vishnu Naik from Maina Navelim who today lives 
> comfortable life – with farming. “For several years I was working with the 
> mining and some four years back when there was turbulence in mining I left 
> the job and resumed my age old tradition of farming.” Vishnu states. 
> 
> “I am doing this business for the past four years and it is profitable. 
> Almost throughout the year I cultivate some crop or the other and am earning 
> good amount. There is no effect of closure of mining on us and if everyone 
> turns to farming they would earn substantial amount,” Vishnu claims. 
> 
> It may be stated that Navelim is one of the villages where there is lot of 
> mining activities and Vishnu claims that not all are dependent upon mining. 
> “Money is not just in mining but even in fields there is lot of money. There 
> are few people who are dependent upon mining like the truck owners but we 
> also have fields which yield good returns,” Vishnu disclosed. 
> 
> Vishnu is not just one farmer but there are about 40 others in Maina Navelim 
> who are dependent upon farming. “We feel that more than mining, farming gives 
> good return as there is more profit and less loss,” Sadanand Naik claimed. 
> All these farmers get hybrid production and supply it to horticulture thereby 
> getting profit. 
> 
> “Throughout the year we are producing crops in these fields, including rice 
> during rainy season and chillis, brinjals, chawli, alsande and other such 
> crops during other seasons,” said Vishwambar Gawas who turned to farming 
> after working for a mining company for about 18 years. 
> 
> Gawas says that mining has an end and will stop at some point of time but 
> this is not the case with farming. “Farming is the only business that can 
> give income throughout the year. We would urge the government that 
> agriculture should be given first priority as it is related to everyone,” 
> Gawas said. 
> 
> Gawas regretted that several natural resources in mining area have died due 
> to mining. He claims that only if these natural resources are rejuvenated 
> there are hopes for people of Surla, Pale and other areas to get water.

Re: [Goanet] India's Bandwidth Bonanza (Times of India, 6/4/2018)

[Bernice Pereira]

All thanks to Rajiv Gandhi and Sam Pithroda, computers were introduced in India 
and from there on the success started. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On 06-Apr-2018, at 7:31 AM, V M  wrote:
> 
> https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIGO%2F2018%2F04%2F06=Ar00800=CFE86429=text
> 
> Catapulting ahead of the rest of the world, India is now by far the
> largest consumer of digital data via mobile smartphones. Today, the
> country uses over 1.3 gigabytes (GB) per month. That’s more than the
> data usage of China and the USA combined, which is the result of a
> staggering growth rate over the past three years. Just last week, the
> Department of Telecom (DoT) posted on Twitter, “Average data usage per
> subscriber grew 25 times from 62 MB per month in 2014 to 1.6 GB per
> month in 2017.” In tandem, there is an equally spectacular rise in the
> number of broadband users, from 61 million in March 2014 to 325
> million in September 2017. We are experiencing a dramatic
> technological revolution, with far-reaching effects for every possible
> dimension of politics, society, culture and the economy.
> 
> Affordability is one main reason for the seemingly unstoppable surge
> in Indian data usage. Over the past three years, mobile internet
> tariffs have plunged over 90% to the lowest levels in the world, with
> a host of ambitious competitors bringing rates down to the range of
> just Rs. 4 per GB per day. This has translated into an explosion in
> demand. The DoT says, “Average data usage per subscriber grew 25 times
> from 62 MB per month in 2014 to 1.6 GB per month in 2017.” Now global
> content providers like Netflix and Amazon are readying themselves to
> exploit a potential goldmine. When the latter inaugurated its video
> services in India, more new users signed up in its first year than in
> any other country.
> 
> Nested right alongside this dizzying growth is another marvellous
> success story. That is the exponential buildout of mobile phone
> manufacturing in multiple locations. Just last week, the Indian
> Cellular Association wrote to Telecom minister Manoj Sinha and IT
> minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, ‘India has now emerged the second
> largest producer of mobile handset by volume.” While China still
> remains the dominant global player, India has quickly passed Vietnam
> and now accounts for 11% of global mobile production, which is an
> impressive jump from just 3% in 2014. Next year, the industry aims to
> achieve production of 500 million mobile handsets, with a value close
> to $50 billion.
> 
> The stunning story of Indian telecom stands out particularly starkly
> because so much of the rest of the heavily-touted ‘Make in India”
> policy campaign has sputtered unevenly, after the twin shocks of
> demonetization and the poorly implemented GST regime. While foreign
> direct investment is at record levels, including significant emphasis
> on manufacturing, an atmosphere of anxiety continues to reign. At last
> calculation (around six months ago) the value of stalled manufacturing
> projects in India was over $200 billion. Meanwhile, products made in
> China dominate countless market segments across the country despite
> transportation costs and tariffs upwards of 10%.
> 
> Here it should be noted that India’s fantastically cheap mobile data
> has not yet resulted in any appreciable improvements in the overall
> quality of service available. According to Ookla, makers of the most
> popular and accessible network speed tests, India ranks a lowly 67th
> in the world for fixed broadband speeds, and an abysmal 109th in terms
> of mobile internet speeds with an average of just 9 megabits per
> second (Mbps). For comparison, Norway (1 in the world) averages 62
> Mbps. Even right across the border, China ranks averaged 34 Mbps (26th
> in the world) while India is also behind Sri Lanka (82nd) and Pakistan
> (92nd).
> 
> Ever since the Internet became widely available to the public,
> analysts have predicted that this “information superhighway” would
> have the greatest impact in India. This is because decades of poor
> infrastructure development – physical, political, economic and social
> – could potentially be neutralized, in one great leap to digital
> technology. Policy makers have been talking excitedly about this
> possibility for decades, but nothing of the sort ever happened, as
> computer penetration remained negligible per capita.
> 
> Now, all of a sudden, everything is changing, and all we really know
> is this is a huge inflection point reverberating like an earthquake in
> the global marketplace. Last week, YouTube reported it has 225 million
> active monthly users from India. Indians on Facebook are the single
> largest national contingent. These are unprecedented events. Future
> generations are certain to point back in time to this precise moment,
> when hundreds of millions of young Indians came into the global
> marketplace, given 

[Goanet] Book reading on 10 April

[Archana Nagvekar]

Dear Friends,

*Out-of-Context* - The Book Club, invites you for a book reading and
discussion on the classic 19th century tale "The Sandman" by German
writer/composer E.T.A. Hoffmann.

Date and time : *10 April 2018 6:30PM onwards*
Venue : *Literati *Bookshop & Cafe, E/1-282 Gauravaddo, Calangute Goa
Open to all

"The Sandman" is a stark visual exploration of an uncanny world. The story
investigates themes of obsession and madness, emphasizing expressionist
imagery and theatrical style.
The story relates the life of the young student Nathanael, whose childhood
memories are haunted by a sinister old man.

*Gail Pinto* will present the book.

Please mark your calendar, and hope to see you there.

warm regards,

Archana

[Goanet] Forget mining and prosper with agriculture

[samir umarye]

By SAMIR UMARYE
BICHOLIM: These farmers took up agriculture when mining stopped four years back 
and say they are happy and earn more in their fields than the mining job


He left mining some four years ago, when the first blow hit mining in the state 
in 2013. He had a small piece of land. Instead of lamenting the loss of mining, 
he thought of returning to the fields and cultivating rather than wait for the 
mining to resume. Four years down the line he feels that he is happy and is 
earning substantial gains in this profession. 

This is the story of Vishnu Naik from Maina Navelim who today lives comfortable 
life – with farming. “For several years I was working with the mining and some 
four years back when there was turbulence in mining I left the job and resumed 
my age old tradition of farming.” Vishnu states. 

“I am doing this business for the past four years and it is profitable. Almost 
throughout the year I cultivate some crop or the other and am earning good 
amount. There is no effect of closure of mining on us and if everyone turns to 
farming they would earn substantial amount,” Vishnu claims. 

It may be stated that Navelim is one of the villages where there is lot of 
mining activities and Vishnu claims that not all are dependent upon mining. 
“Money is not just in mining but even in fields there is lot of money. There 
are few people who are dependent upon mining like the truck owners but we also 
have fields which yield good returns,” Vishnu disclosed. 

Vishnu is not just one farmer but there are about 40 others in Maina Navelim 
who are dependent upon farming. “We feel that more than mining, farming gives 
good return as there is more profit and less loss,” Sadanand Naik claimed. All 
these farmers get hybrid production and supply it to horticulture thereby 
getting profit. 

“Throughout the year we are producing crops in these fields, including rice 
during rainy season and chillis, brinjals, chawli, alsande and other such crops 
during other seasons,” said Vishwambar Gawas who turned to farming after 
working for a mining company for about 18 years. 

Gawas says that mining has an end and will stop at some point of time but this 
is not the case with farming. “Farming is the only business that can give 
income throughout the year. We would urge the government that agriculture 
should be given first priority as it is related to everyone,” Gawas said. 

Gawas regretted that several natural resources in mining area have died due to 
mining. He claims that only if these natural resources are rejuvenated there 
are hopes for people of Surla, Pale and other areas to get water.

[Goanet] AIFF REPORT: RED & GOLDS BEAT MUMBAI CITY TO REACH QUARTERFINALS

[AIFF Media]

Dear Colleagues,



Please find the report of Mumbai City FC v Kingfisher East Bengal on April
5, 2018.



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*RED & GOLDS BEAT MUMBAI CITY TO REACH QUARTERFINALS*



*BHUBANESWAR: *The Hero Super Cup’s penultimate *Round of 16* match between
Kingfisher East Bengal, who placed fourth in the Hero I-League and were
playing their first match of the tournament, and Mumbai City FC, who
finished seventh in the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL), played at
Bhubaneswar’s Kalinga stadium on Thursday, ended with the Kolkata outfit
getting the better of the Mumbai side 2-1.



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