NEWS UPDATES
90% of Smart City works complete, delay due to failure of contractor, Utility works left; People need to apply for new Sewerage Connection, few roads incomplete, will complete soon, taking precautions to prevent water logging: CM Sawant
Car meets with self accident on Western Bypass @Nuvem, 2 die on spot, 1 injured, shifted to GMC for treatment; more details awaited
Voting for 7th & last phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 underway; polling being held in 57 constituencies across 8 states & UTs
Legal Metrology dept cracks down on vendors selling foreign cigarettes across Goa; 46 shops inspected; cases against 10 for violating Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011
Utpal Parrikar inspects Smart City works; demands Inquiry & Audit of Smart City works, lots of work is left, they need to give proper deadline, contractors don't have proper Capacity & Technology to take up these works: Utpa
There is no going back from Tobacco once you start, it also leads to taking Drugs, Tobacco has reached schools, children have started smoking: Delilah Lobo , MLA
More women smoking due to e-cigarettes, smoking is also gateway to drugs, use of tobacco in Goa is at 9.8%: Dr. Shekhar Salkar, Oncologist
India's GDP growth at 8.2% in FY 23-24; was at 7.4% in FY 2022-23: NSO releases GDP data
Add'l Dist Magistrate N.Goa imposes penalty of Rs. 50k on M/s. R.G. Chandelkar & Sons (Manufacturer) @Kundaim for allegedly selling substandard Turmeric Powder (Chandelkar’s)
