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*** Why Goa is looking to go upmarket and banish Brits and backpackers - The Guardian ime state, the hedonistic hippy haven whose promises of sun, sand, cheap beer and drugs transformed it into a magnet for backpackers and budget tourists looking for an alternative to the Spanish costas. With the collapse of the ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFnURC2aQuecg9QBwjy60tcNiQ9_g&url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/01/goa-banish-brits-backpackers *** DID Super Moms contest:Goa's Cecille bags 2nd place - Herald Publications nterviews/Mithu-Chakraborty-from-Kolkata-is-first-DID-Super-Mom/articleshow/22422146.cms">Mithu Chakraborty from Kolkata is first DID Super Mom http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHJT1yCRfwhnoCCUWr4al1OZ9zSYQ&url=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/DID-Super-Moms-contest-Goa-rsquo-s-Cecille-bags-2nd-place/79256.html *** Ore exporters in Goa optimistic of retaining buyers - Economic Times decades of unblemished track records in exports would not have serious concerns in reassuring their established markets," Glenn Kalavampara, secretary, Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association told PTI. The companies ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFe1ZMjFwiMIhHP70glQDTRk7wjsQ&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/ore-exporters-in-goa-optimistic-of-retaining-buyers/articleshow/22415727.cms *** Goa set for Ganesh festivities - Herald Publications ay Ganesh Chaturthi with much gaiety and spiritual fervour from tomorrow. Installations of the Ganesha will begin from ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFcgV4Li89p0R4DvAsieszT_vQpDQ&url=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-set-for-Ganesh-festivities/79254.html *** Corp Bank SME meet in Goa - Hindu Business Line ndu Business LineCorporation Bank organised an SME (small and medium enterprises) expo at Margao in Goa recently. A bank release said here that 25 SMEs showcased their products at the expo. Around 150 entrepreneurs attended the SME meet organised as part of the ...<a class=" http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNH9wimpkVc9bDIk_jRVRfXaMAoHRw&url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/states/corp-bank-sme-meet-in-goa/article5107277.ece *** Goa property prices facing turbulence in age of bubbles - Times of India nd especially Goa-have long since departed from reality, when compared to per-capita income and every other ...<a class=" http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGamwGAyhhsxOwSkRTpYWExkOipcA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-property-prices-facing-turbulence-in-age-of-bubbles/articleshow/22406847.cms *** Goa to achieve water self-sufficiency by 2015: JICA - Times of India yberMedia While the forecasted demand of water in Goa by 2025 is 593 MLD (million litres per day), the total capacity of the water treatment plants in Goa will become 599 MLD by 2015, said A M Wachasundar, project director of the ...<a class=" http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGUyPk8poPaBXcF1CmRi3_32Zn4qQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-to-achieve-water-self-sufficiency-by-2015-JICA/articleshow/22424257.cms *** Goa NIT site in troubled waters - Herald Publications rald PublicationsPANJIM: Even as preparations for development of the National Institute of Technology Goa campus, backed by the State government is going ahead full steam, at national level the institute is in troubled waters, hit by problems of getting good quality ...<a class=" http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFzRPCs-PQjGG4i866PeMcYLLGWGQ&url=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-NIT-site-in-troubled-waters/79255.html *** Goa wins five IT-related awards - Times of India yberMedia research e-readiness assessment of Indian states 2013. An official press release by the department of information ...<a class=" http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFQV8o5OQq01e00lu_bdDX-dgE7jw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-wins-five-IT-related-awards/articleshow/22424168.cms *** Goa hikes area of SRI rice cultivation this year - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: With the SRI technique of rice cultivation yielding a bumper crop on about 150 hectares last season, Goa is set to take a quantum leap in SRI by targeting 1,000 hectare this year. P Tufani, director of agriculture told TOI that the SRI (system ...<a class=" http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFNaFpwRq5ad8WlNhfAz5OnewlvtQ&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-hikes-area-of-SRI-rice-cultivation-this-year/articleshow/22424134.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php