SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2024
CM takes solace in 50 per cent recovery rate, but cautions infections may rise during monsoon
Scores of youth take joy rides, buy alcohol, etc; South SP says there is likelihood of the shop owners who tested negative coming to the market to restock their shops as they have permissions to do so; Assures to investigate
Consumers, vendors fail to follow social distancing norms
Cops clueless on infection and its source
Panchayat seals internal roads leading to houses of infected people
Local attributes flooding to pending gutter construction work
With advisories from the Union government and the Ministry of Home Affairs not flowing in as regularly as they were in the recent past on how to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, State governments have been left on their own to devise new laws and methods to protect themselves.
It seems as if the government is trying to make up for the loss in commercial consumption by overcharging common men who are already facing dire situations due to loss in income; Concerned authorities need to look into sorting out this at the earliest
COVID-19 has hit Goa’s liquor and cashew nut business hard. The heavily tourist-dependent market has seen sales crash and many retailers are facing closure of the business. VIKANT SAHAY spoke to stakeholders to find out the ground reality
The potential of Goa as a shipbuilding hub was first identified by the then Director General of Shipping, Dr Malini V Shankar. The vision is now being nurtured by the present DG, Amitabh Kumar. The Konkan Maritime Cluster which was proposed to the State government by 22 MSMEs involved in various sectors of maritime has now grown to 49 in number. Chairman and managing director of the Konkan Maritime Cluster, Suraj J Dialani spoke to VIKANT SAHAY on how Goa can become the shipbuilding capital of the country
