Oct 2019

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’s grip on primary education sector loosens, private share at 35% for the first time The popularity of a government school education is on the wane in Goa. In 2018, 15 more government primary schools closed down and another 108 are headed down the same path, with an enrolment of ten or fewer … Read more 08.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA At 0.1%, Goa boasts lowest crime rate in India Goa is one of the best places in India to live in as the number of crimes has been the least among other states between 2015 and 2017, states the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) statistics. Crime incidents in Goa were just a fraction (0.1%) … Read more 24.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA ● Goa gets first hybrid renewable energy plant at Verna Goa’s first 50 KW wind solar hybrid energy plant has been installed at Pfizer Limited’s manufacturing unit at Verna Industrial Estate. In the future, Revayu Systems plans to install another 400 KW hybrid rooftop project for United Breweries Limited at Ponda. Revayu Systems has … Read more 26.10.19 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 ‘Industrial estates to be alcohol-free zones’   The industries department has cleared a proposal to declare all the 32 industrial estates in Goa as alcohol-free zones.   No excise licenses will be granted for bars and alcohol retail stores within the industrial estates.   The move to declare the industrial estates as alcohol-free zones is aimed at improving … Read more 30.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs

GOA Naik to support production of sanitary pads   Union Ayush minister Shripad Naik said he would try to bring the project to produce sanitary pads for Goa’s villages under the Member of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme.   He said he would try to bring the project under the MPLAD scheme, to attempt to give every panchayat atleast one … Read more 22.10.19 Goa (GoaPSC) Daily Current Affairs