Oct 2019

GOA First section of new Zuari bridge to open in December 2020   A section of the new eight-lane Zuari bridge will be opened to public only in December 2020, a whole year behind schedule. It was previously announced that a four-lane section of the under-construction bridge would be ready and opened in December 2019.   The … Read more 19.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA 530 foreign delegates from 52 countries at Vibrant Goa The Vibrant Goa, Global Expo & Summit 2019, to be hosted by Goa from October 17 to 19, will see 530 foreign business delegate participation from 52 countries. In addition, 2000 Indian business delegates will be in attendance at the summit. Rs Two crore has been … Read more 18.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa: New centre of excellence to focus on skill-building   The state opened a ‘centre of excellence for employability enhancement’, to provide skill improvement and entrepreneurship training to students from engineering colleges and other technical institutions. To mark the event, 163 MoUs were signed between Goa’s five engineering colleges and various companies. There are … Read more 17.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa: Mandatory ID cards for all school teachers soon   Soon, teachers in schools across Goa, including contract teachers, will have to compulsorily wear identity cards during their school duty hours. The directives have come from the central government and the state has already been sanctioned a grant to prepare the cards for 2,216 primary school teachers and … Read more 16.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Pramod Sawant proposes separate postal circle for Goa   Chief minister Pramod Sawant  asked the Centre to delink Goa postal region from the Maharashtra circle so that more Goans could avail of employment opportunities with India Posts. Presently, there is a small reservation for Goans in the Maharashtra region. But since Marathi is compulsory and Konkani is … Read more 15.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa gets its first oil spill collection vessel worth Rs 4cr   With an aim to contain oil spills in rivers, ports minister Michael Lobo launched M L Sharvani, the state’s first oil spill collection vessel, for the captain of ports.   To tackle an oil spill, the dinghy aboard the vessel will be loaded into the … Read more 13-14.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa University’s innovation cell gets four-star rating from HRD   Goa University’s Institution’s Innovation Cell (IIC) is among 22 institutes of higher education in Western India to have been awarded four stars in the ratings for 2018-19 released by the Union human resource development ministry (HRD). The HRD asked institutes to form the IIC to create … Read more 12.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Govt urges pvt sector to rope in apprentices   Even as Goa’s skill gap widens, the state government has found that the private sector remains reluctant to participate in the Skill India initiative, despite being the principal beneficiary of the programme.   Though there were provisions for fines to be levied on industries that did not participate, the … Read more 11.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Industry offers govt roadmap to revive economy The state government needs to simplify government norms and address bureaucratic anomalies if the private sector has to revive, industry leaders said in their key recommendations to chief minister Pramod Sawant. The inputs, which include the demand for a 50% reduction in road tax, came after Sawant … Read more 10.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Goa government launched 112 as a new integrated emergency number for police   TheGoa government launched112 as the new integrated emergency number for police, fire and medical emergency contact. This replaces the traditional dial number 100. The announcement was made by the Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawan. The services have been launched with the help of the Union … Read more 09.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs