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For the MPI, the data for Goa in the National Family Health Survey-4 and 5 was taken into account on the parameters of Nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, maternal health, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, assets, and bank accounts.

Goa Institute of Management, Sakhali, got a huge shot in the arm as a United Nations wing recently rated it among the four best in the world for imbibingsustainability conceptsinstudents.

At theUNprinciples for responsible management Education (UN-PRME) global forum held this week virtually from New York,GIMwasrecognisedfor its social impact andsustainabilityachievements. Only four of the 46 business schools from 21 countries that participated in the positive impact ranking (PIR) report achieved the top ranking.

The PIR is a rating conducted by students and for students. This is the second edition of the PIR report, where students worldwide assessed their business schools on how they perceive their positive impact in the world. PIR is the voice of students around the globe, and what is most satisfying for us is that our main stakeholders our students have acknowledged institute commitment towards sustainability, responsibility and impact, said Parulekar.

Cordoning off risk-prone areas along beaches, deployment of (AI) systems to monitor risk-prone zones, increasing awareness about safe swimming practices are some of the measures that are being rolled out to enhance beach safety. A paw squad, trained dogs will also assist in lifesaving measures.

The state-appointed lifeguarding agency will start with closure of risk-prone stretches and Swim with Lifesavers initiative in phase I. It is also readying a paw squad, to aid lifesavers in rescue and beach safety operations.

Swim with Lifesavers was launched in 2021 to create awareness about safe swimming and offer tips. The idea, he said, was to also encourage enthusiasts to respect the sea. A 60-minute programme offers a guided swim session which is open to all. Aurus is a self-driving robot while the AI-powered monitoring system, Triton, will augment life-saving capabilities on beaches

Theparents associationFORCE has demanded that the put in place a committee to decide on the plan for school reopening and future examinations, as the pandemic is showing no signs of relenting.

Convener Savio Lopessaid that the government has been caught napping. It waited till the eleventh hour to decide on the Class X public exams.

The government andeducation departmentshould have expected this situation and should have been prepared with an alternative. The same thing will be repeated next year also. The government/Education department has neither any plan norroadmapto go forward. A committee should be appointed as soon as possible to look into conducting of classes and exams, Lopes said.

Heritage starts with the smallest artefact and goes up to the most phenomenal monument, making it essential for everything that comes in between to be preserved for posterity.

However, beyond all the built heritage, it is the unbuilt heritage such as art, language, and literature that also requires to be preserved, said a group of panellists speaking on the formulation of a heritage policy for Goa on World Heritage Day.

Every language has a specific word that describes a specific phenomenon that is unique to that tongue. There are particular words that describe a particular space in a building or city. Language is knowledge that is transmitted from culture to culture, which is also heritage, said Rege.

Support for the in the ongoing stand-off with the tourist taxi operators continues to pour in, with the Goa Chamber of Commerce and (GCCI) and the Goa Technology Association (GTA) becoming the latest industry bodies to demand that the app-based cab serviceGoaMilesshould continue.

The State Government has offered to fund the design and rollout of a unique app-based service for the taxi operators, which they have refused to accept. The taxi operators are also reluctant to install digital fare meters.

Goa-based youth organisation, Abhivyakti Panaji, recently organised a national-level competition to raise awareness aboutbiodiversityand ecological conservation. The competition was held over 45 days and it saw participation from individuals from 18 states and union territories.

The photographs, memes and posters related to biodiversity and ecological conservation, which were shared by Abhivyakti Panaji on its online platforms, have generatedinterestfrom over 20 countries across the globe.

The programme Rashtriy Yuva Jagruti, was organised for the fifth year in association with the Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) from January 1 to February 19. It comprised competitions of photography and creating digital posters, reels, memes, monologues and micro tales.

TheNational Centre for Polar and Ocean Research(NCPOR) has left on a 30-day expedition in theIndian Oceanto researchmagnetic anomalies. Scientists on the expedition aim to acquire geophysical and geological data from the central Indian Ocean.

The scientists will be making use of a magnetometer that will be towed along with the vessel to collect the data. This data will be analysed during the research expedition.

The scientists on board the deep-sea ocean research vessel (ORV) Sagar Kanya have been fully vaccinated and have gone through a series of medical tests before undertaking the month-long voyage, to ensure that there are no obstacles during the process of embarking and disembarking the vessel during port clearance.
The vessel is a multi-disciplinary research vessel which was built in the 1980s in collaboration with experts from Germany.