The closing celebrations of the two-day Dia Mundial Da Lngua Portuguesa (Portuguese Language Day) was held recently atInstitute Cames CLP, Panaji.
Jos Lus Peixoto, acclaimed Portuguese writer and winner of prestigious literary Awards, whose works have been translated into twenty-six languages, was the guest of honour of this year’s celebrations.
Propelling theKonkani languageto notability in states that speak the tongue,Goa Universityis setting up Konkani study centres in Karnataka and Kerala, said the universitys vice-chancellor, Harilal Menon. He was speaking at the launch of the first-ever English-to-Konkani dictionary on library sciences.
There are people who speak Konkani across Kerala and in Mangaluru, Karnataka has many writers in the language, Menon said.
GU has already signed an MoU with Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Mangaluru, while an MoU with Sukrtindra Oriental Research Institute, Kochi, is going to be inked in the coming two weeks.
Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) intends to develop an eco-themeparkor amusement park, along with accommodation facilities, atMayemlake.
Mayem lake attracts thousands of tourists every year. And since an extreme adventure Sports facility, including bungee jumping, was introduced there in 2019, it has become even more popular.A senior officer said that they now want to develop a theme park there focusing on nature, which would be children and family-oriented.
Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) intends to develop an eco-themeparkor amusement park, along with accommodation facilities, atMayemlake.
Mayem lake attracts thousands of tourists every year. And since an extreme adventure sports facility, including bungee jumping, was introduced there in 2019, it has become even more popular.A senior officer said that they now want to develop a theme park there focusing on nature, which would be children and family-oriented.
While a cloud still hangs over the resumption of Goas crucial mining sector, the MormugaoPortAuthority (MPA) appears confident about the industrys future and plans to go ahead with the Rs 842 crore project toredevelopberth No.9and three barge jetties.
Highlighting the importance of the Prime Ministers Gati Shakti master plan, Jalota said that the Centre aims to bring down the cost with integrated planning with the overall objective to bring it down from 13-14% of the GDP to 7-8%.
MPA aims to take advantage of Goas river Network by launching ferry Services for tourists as well as locals. He said that two floating jetties have been commissioned at Panaji and Old Goa, which will be used for river cruises.
Drishti Marine, the state-appointed lifeguard agency, has introduced a self-driving robot Aurus, and Triton, anArtificial Intelligence(AI)-powered monitoring system, to augment its life-saving capabilities at popular beaches.
With Aurus, they will be able to better monitor the states expansive coast and manage crowds during peak hours, Awasthi said.
Aurus is a self-driving robot that has been developed to assist lifesavers by patrolling extensive non-swim zones and alert tourists during high tide, he said.
Both the AI systems will be operated by tech lifesavers stationed at thecentral control room. The team at the control room will decide the areas Aurus and Triton will patrol.
TheIndo-American Chamber of Commerce(IACC) has decided to capture the pain points and suggestions to improve in Goa. The Industry feedback will be collated and submitted to the new government after the February 14 Elections so that the government can prepare a roadmap to help local businesses.
The industry body will also submit a list of reforms that need to be implemented to promote industrial activity and private Investment.
Among the many factors being assessed, the IACC is asking local businessmen about the reforms that they envision, the timelines that they expect for government Services, redundant processes and compliances that need to be done away with and services expected from government departments.
The rising trend of non-Goans acquiring names and surnames of Goans has forced the government to amend theGoa Change of Name and Surname Act, 1990.
The start cabinet on Thursday granted approval for the amendments wherein the powers are now vested with the civil judge junior division and district judge to decide on name change applications. It necessitates that the applicants parents or grandparents births must be registered in Goa.
Earlier, the power was vested with either the sub-registrar or the chief registrar for births and deaths.
The government has received various complaints that non-Goans whose births are registered in Goa are availing the Services under the said Act, and changing their surnames to suit their needs akin to the names of Goans.
Sawant, who was speaking after launching the NISHTA 2.0 capacity building program for secondary teachers, said that it is necessary to conduct such training programmes for teachers from time to time as it will aid them while imparting Education and help them work towards the all-round development of their students.
The Goa government has constituted the Goa State Commission for Protection of Child Rights withPeter Borgesas its chairman.
The other members appointed on the commission are Pradnya Desai, Vaibhavi Gavade, Anita Tilve, Neelam Naik, Balaji Mayekar and Rekha DSilva.
The seven-member commission will have a tenure of three years, an order issued by Deepali Naik, director of the directorate ofwomen and child development, said.
Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has written to his Goa counterpart Pramod Sawant seeking at least at least one acre of land to establish a Kannada bhavan for the promotion of Kannada Art and Culture.
The Karnataka has decided to fulfill the long-pending demand of Kannadigas who live in Goa for decades, to have their own Kannada cultural bhavan at Goa. To accomplish the desire of our Kannadigas there, our government has made provision of grants in the state budget 2022-23. The Karnataka border area development authority (KBADA) is the nodal agency to implement this project, Bommai said.