Goa’s Food and Drug Administration has temporarily closed three government canteens PANAJI: Three canteens serving government offices in Goa have been ordered to stop operations after a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspection found serious structural deficiencies and poor kitchen hygiene, state health minister Vishwajit Rane said on Thursday.The action followed a surveillance drive covering…
Panaji: At Nanda lake, Goa’s only Ramsar site, the Old Goa-based ICAR–Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute (ICAR-CCARI) is working to revive indigenous fish populations by breeding native species in controlled facilities and releasing them back into the wild to strengthen natural stocks — an initiative known as fish ranching.In practice, indigenous fish are selected and…
Maruti, a differently-abled person in Little Angels, Chorao The home follows structured routines as many residents need continuous supervision and support Differently-abled residents doing permaculture at Chorao Maruti, a differently-abled person in Little Angels, Chorao The home follows structured routines as many residents need continuous supervision and support Differently-abled residents doing permaculture at Chorao Maruti,…
The dataset covers 178 genera, 839 species and 30 subspecies Keri: Two herpetologists have traced the origins of the scientific names of 1,047 reptile taxa from the Indian subcontinent in a study published in the 2026 issue of Zootaxa. The authors, Peter Uetz of Virginia Commonwealth University, USA, and Dikansh Parmar of the Leibniz Institute…
The club operators had approached the directorate challenging the action taken by the panchayat and subsequently obtained desealing orders Calangute: Four of the eight clubs in Baga sealed by the Calangute panchayat last week for various violations have received orders for desealing from the directorate of panchayats (DoP).The club operators had approached the directorate challenging…
Ponda: At Ponda Municipal Council’s weekly interaction on Tuesday, water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar directed officials to resolve all civic issues in the town before Ganesh Chaturthi. When former chairperson Shantaram Kolvenkar highlighted poor road conditions, including roads built less than a year ago, Shirodkar instructed PWD officials to fill potholes.BJP functionary Sushanti Kavlekar and…
Sancoale sarpanch Paulina Azavedo and deputy sarpanch Tulshidas Naik along with locals met WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar Vasco: The Sancoale panchayat has urged water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar to take up desilting of Bandolem lake ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi.Sancoale sarpanch Paulina Azavedo and deputy sarpanch Tulshidas Naik, along with residents, met the minister to press…
Tillari Irrigation Project Panaji: The Command Area Development (CAD) Board of the Goa Tillari Irrigation Project, which met on Wednesday, decided to expand the command area by adding 293 hectares. Water resources minister Subhash Shirodkar said after the meeting that 32 hectares will be left out of the command area.The CAD Board approved a proposal…
The vendors arrive before daybreak with produce grown on their small plots or foraged from the hillsides Margao: Women vendors from Quepem, Sanguem and Canacona who sell locally grown vegetables and wild tubers along the roadside opposite the South Goa district police headquarters remain in limbo, with no eviction for now but no permanent space…
Panaji: Material often treated as agricultural waste could soon become a valuable resource for farmers. ICAR-CCARI, Goa, has launched a pilot initiative at Keri and Priol in Ponda to explore the use of biochar in kulagar farms.Biochar is a carbon-rich material produced by heating biomass under limited oxygen. Unlike ordinary organic matter, which decomposes relatively…
