By Ramnath N Pai Raikar | NT

PANAJI: The independence of India was complete on December 19, 1961, once Goa was integrated with the Indian Union by ending the 450-year-old Portuguese colonial rule. It however took 14 years, 4 months, and 4 days for this integration, since the Independence of rest of the country; the delay, in turn damaging developmental prospects of Goa in more than one ways.

PANAJI: The CEO of Fomento Green & Waste Management Pvt Ltd, Mr Shridhar N Kamat, said students’ associations are the need of the hour to shoulder the responsibility from their seniors and pass it on smoothly to their juniors.

PANAJI: The state loses nearly 40 per cent of its rainwater due to natural discharge as against the recommended figure of 5 per cent, a study of its groundwater ‘Dynamic Groundwater Resources of Goa’ has revealed.

PANAJI: The Governor, Dr Shivinder Singh Sidhu and the Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat have extended heartiest greeting and best wishes to the people of Goa on the solemn occasion of the 64th anniversary of India’s Independence.

PANAJI: As the nation celebrates its 65th Independence Day, and as activist Anna Hazare is set to begin his fast on August 16, the state unit of India Against Corruption will hold a public rally at Azad Maidan at 5 p.m.

VASCO: Social activist, Ms Amita Naik Salatri has called upon women to fight to assert their rights and resist gender-based discrimination. She also asked women to stand up and say no to dowry.

CANACONA: Nearly 300 DSE high school teachers, drawn from some pockets of Salcette taluka besides Quepem, Sanguem and Canacona attended the one-day seminar on ‘Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) scheme’ which has been implemented by the schools in Goa.

PANAJI: The Health Minister, Mr Vishwajit Rane has said that the state government would review the mediclaim scheme and plug the existing loopholes so as to prevent its misuse. Misuse of the scheme has been costing the state an amount running into crores of rupees.

BY ABDUL RAUF BEIG | NT

PANAJI: With the aid of information technology, the state revenue department is working towards establishing connectivity and integration of the software between its offices and that of the sub-registrars, which would trigger mutation of the changes made in the records of land as soon as the changes of ownership, etc were recorded in the offices of the sub-registrars in the state.

PANAJI: Observing that medicine is an art of healing and has proximity to other art forms like music and painting, the noted Mumbai based rheumatologist, Dr Prakash Pispati on Saturday lamented that romance has gone out of medicine with the modern-day doctors even ignoring simple but effective diagnostic techniques like pulse checking, which represents the tactile arterial palpation of the heartbeat.