[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 2, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Congress MP against some RTE rules implemented in Goa schools - Economic Times ed state government not to implement certain rules of Right to Education (RTE) Act, which was passed by the UPA government. "Certain things which they (UPA) try to implement, they ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGM51MOLpMxf1cZvowtoIABzS6BFQ&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-mp-against-some-rte-rules-implemented-in-goa-schools/articleshow/20857591.cms *** Film city to come up in Goa in next three years: govt - Indian Express ity-to-come-up-in-goa-within-34-years-government-1372622947">Film city to come up in Goa within 3-4 years: Government http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEkH7pa-MfothidQVoyI7HAwLrpMA&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/film-city-to-come-up-in-goa-in-next-three-years-govt/1136132/ *** Don't invest in Sesa Goa: Ambareesh Baliga - Moneycontrol.com V18, "Unless the operations stabilise and the controversies are out of the way, then it does not make sense investing in Sesa Goa even at these levels. There could be some further downside.".http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHWL_6ezf0jdK32gkypGVWdLEWzvg&url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/stocks-views/dont-investsesa-goa-ambareesh-baliga_909015.html *** Shooting a film in Goa? First shell out hush money - Times of India mes of IndiaBehind the beauty of Goa as a destination for film shooting, a beast in the form of extortion to use a locale has begun to rear its head, film production experts say. In fact, such is the brazenness with which money is demanded that one worthy said ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNE_IpXxF4oBFSU2IyJgDZP_ppTQdw&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Shooting-a-film-in-Goa-First-shell-out-hush-money/articleshow/20856313.cms *** Kennel Kitchen eyes to expand its footprint in Goa - Economic Times overs to keep a check on the eating habits of their canine pet. "Our ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEIc4RXBVdrvhJB0fZMegI64sd27Q&url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/kennel-kitchen-eyes-to-expand-its-footprint-in-goa/articleshow/20861388.cms *** Passport centre for South Goa - Times of India ffice in Margao.http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHgBDfr6m8sANohg_FuGvTRNfxLWg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Passport-centre-for-South-Goa/articleshow/20852819.cms *** Mining ban an opportunity, not adversity, says Goa governor - New York Daily News w York Daily NewsPanaji, July 1 ” While the Goa government repeatedly blames the central government for neglecting the plight of over a lakh people rendered jobless due to the mining ban, Goa Governor B.V. Wanchoo wants industry captains in Goa to convert the ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHf1mIWVRYvaX4mt0Tajja-PXU2rA&url=http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/176fa66c9cb37468ee8ee3d8e40bf10a/mining-ban-an-opportunity-not-adversity-says-goa-governor *** New facilities in Goa for ESI card holders - Times of India pecialty treatment ESI hospital in Margao is expected to be commissioned in about four months, the ESI corporation is also set to open two new dispensaries in addition to the existing 10 dispensaries in Goa. Besides, the ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHRxi-XczfMTbW4Zn-vNCZwMsBMog&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/New-facilities-in-Goa-for-ESI-card-holders/articleshow/20852818.cms *** 18 women rescued from Goa prostitution den - Newstrack India wstrack IndiaPanaji, July 1 (IANS) Eighteen women, most of them from northeastern states and Nepal, were rescued after a raid on a Goa night club which doubled up as a prostitution den, police said Monday. Two people, including a pimp and the night club's owner ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHC2_XyR_Oc5YjNNIVSosAwBcPxOA&url=http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/07/01/300--18-women-rescued-from-Goa-prostitution-den-.html *** Kennel Kitchen eyes to expand footprint in Goa - Hindu Business Line ndu Business LineGitwako Farms (I) Pvt Ltd, which wholly owns popular dog food brand Kennel Kitchen, is expecting monthly sale of the product in Goa to 3,000 packets this year. Kennel Kitchen founder Awral Beri said here that the response for the product has been ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNF_os7lQkvcKk9ktV6LboJ8U3Ks3Q&url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/kennel-kitchen-eyes-to-expand-footprint-in-goa/article4869804.ece Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Marissa Coutinho Samake ... First Lady in Waiting (Devika Sequeira, Herald Review)
Marissa Coutinho Samake FIRST LADY IN WAITING... From Goa to Bahrain to the US and now Mali, in West Africa, where her husband Niankoro Yeah Samake is standing for next month's presidential elections. The trajectory of Marissa Coutinho Samake's life has taken her on a journey few could have dreamt of. In the heart of this sub-Saharan country with vast expanses of inhospitable desert overrun by Islamist militants till a few weeks ago, this is perhaps the closest we will get to chasing the dream of a Goan becoming the first lady of a country. With a degree in business management from the US, Marissa has been a huge asset to the Samake campaign. "She is uniquely positioned to advise and support me every step of the way. Her ability to remain neutral and see things from a different perspective is something that I find irreplaceable," Samake says of his "first lady", as he goes into overdrive to a poll that will be as keenly watched in Goa DEVIKA SEQUEIRA devikaseque...@gmail.com The UN will deploy its third largest peace keeping mission to Mali on Monday, ahead of the July 28 election in the troubled West African nation. Mali has been in turmoil since early 2012, and the ground realities seem to hardly favour a presidential election at this juncture. The bid to bring the African country back to democracy after months of civil conflict that escalated with the threat of northern Mali -- more than half of the country -- falling into the clutches of Islamist militants, is fraught with huge logistical and security challenges. In Kidal, in Mali's vast desert expanses in the north, temperatures had touched a searing 52 degrees Celsius last week, worrying UN officials that sensitive components in their mobile communications systems would melt, news agencies reported. The scorching heat in Kidal is the least of the challenges. Less than two weeks ago, Mali's chief negotiator Tiebile Drame camping out in neighbouring Burkina Faso managed to hammer out a deal with the Tuareg rebels to bring about a ceasefire that will allow Malian troops to return to Kidal. This paves the way for the nation-wide poll that the international community sees as crucial to keeping stability in the region. Taking advantage of the power vacuum in the capital Bamako after the March 2012 military coup in Mali, the nomadic Tuaregs, grouped under the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) had swept across the Saharan desert to create an independent region in north Mali in April last year. They still control the cities of Gao, Auguelhok and Kidal. Confronted with the real threat that the Tuareg rebellion was being hijacked by Al-Qaeda, France, with the help of Chadian forces, launched a military intervention in Mali in January this year at the request of the Malian president, to push back Islamist fighters. Many of them are said to have fallen back into southern Libya. One of Africa's most stable democracies till last year's coup, given its strategic location -- the largely desert country shares borders with Algeria in the north, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Guinea in the south, Senegal and Mauritania in the west, Niger in the east—Mali's return to peace is seen as imperative to stability in the region. A former colony Few people in Goa would have heard of Mali, 9200 km away on another continent. The two couldn't have been more dissimilar. Remote, landlocked, two-thirds of it covered by swathes of desert, Mali, one of the poorest countries in the world, is twice the size of France but so sparsely peopled, that it has a smaller population (just 15 million) than Mumbai. But Mali too was a former outpost of a European country. It gained independence from France a year before the Portuguese departure from Goa in 1961. In this sweltering desert, by a curious twist of fate, the Malian presidential election is possibly the closest we will ever get to chasing the dream of a Goan first lady of a nation. Marissa Coutinho and Niankoro Yeah Samake met at Bringham Young University, Utah, USA where he was pursuing a masters in public policy and she, studying for a business management degree. They married some eight years ago and have two children, Keanen,7, and Carmen,5. What sets Samake apart from the other nominees for the Malian presidency race, is his faith. In a country that is 95 per cent Muslim, the Samakes are the only Mormons. One would imagine that this alone would make the running that much harder. But in 2009 when Yeah Samake ran for mayor of Ouelessebougou, his hometown, he sailed in with a big vote. "Mali is a very open country and freedom of religion is one thing that Malians espouse. Yeah was voted mayor with 86 pe
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: The Indian Navy in Goa: Understanding the Finer Points (Rahul Basu)
The Indian Navy in Goa: Understanding the Finer Points By Rahul Basu rahulba...@gmail.com There is some confusion surrounding the Indian Navy's operations at Dabolim. A careful analysis of the Navy's present operations and its stated plans show that the Navy plans to vacate most of Dabolim airport within a decade at most. What may be left are the IL-38 maritime reconnaissance aircraft. History of the Navy at Dabolim The actual Naval Air Base at Dabolim is called INS Hansa. INS Hansa was set up in 1964. Let's look at the context for INS Hansa. INS Vikrant was commissioned in 1961. It is clear that after the China debacle in 1962, defence spending was stepped up considerably. The Mumbai airport, which was then being used for naval fighter training, was also seeing a rise in passenger flights. Dabolim airport was set up in 1955. Until Liberation, there were flights from Portugal by TAIP and TAP. However, the flights were not very frequent, at best once a day. Post Liberation, in 1964, there was exactly one civilian flight into Dabolim, a Dakota from Mumbai. Dabolim airport was used once a day, situated on the coast and at a superb natural harbour (Mormugao). It was a natural choice for setting up a new base, not too far from Mumbai (where the Vikrant was stationed). It is not clear whether the paperwork was done properly, etc., but the rationale at a national level is clear. It is easy to look back from 2013 to say that it was a not the right decision, but in 1964, it is hard to justify not using a good airport for the Navy when only one flight was landing each day. Present operations of the Navy at Dabolim >From a national security standpoint, Dabolim is currently a poor choice for a naval air base. There are thousands of foreigners flying in and out of the airport. That itself creates a significant risk of foreign surveillance, potentially even on foreign aircraft landing at Dabolim. Further, the large foreign population resident in Goa creates a situation where Naval officers can be lured into honeypot situations to give away national secrets. At INS Hansa, the Navy currently operates 8 squadrons. You can read about each of these squadrons in great detail here: http://indiannavy.nic.in/print/222 http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NAVY/Aviation/Squadrons.html Squadron Aircraft Role INAS 551 "Phantoms" Kiran Mk1 /2 / Hawk AJT Jet trainers INAS 552 "Braves"Sea Harrier Trainer Fighter trainer aircraft INAS 300 "White Tigers" Sea Harrier Fighter aircraft INAS 303 "Black Panthers" MiG-29K /KUB Fighter aircraft INAS 310 "Cobras"Dornier 228 - 201 IWMaritime patrol, electronic warfare INAS 321 "Angels"Chetak helicopters Search-and-Rescue INAS 339 "Falcons" Kamov 31AEW helicopters Airborne early warning INAS 315 "Winged Stallions" IL 38Maritime reconnaissance, anti-submarine warfare New Naval Air Stations near Goa * Karwar Airport is currently planned to be a small facility of 52 hectares (128 acres) with an airstrip serving helicopters and Dornier-228. This would require a runway of at most 1,000 mtrs. Since this is an integral part of Project Seabird, it has a high probability of fructifying. * Less well publicised is the fact that the Indian Navy has a very significant participation in the expansion of Sambra Airport at Belgaum. The plan includes the acquisition by the Indian Navy of 420 acres (Dabolim civil enclave is only 35 acres) and basing the MiG-29s (for INS Vikramaditya) at Belgaum for training purposes. If we look at the Navy's plans, we can see the following: * The Sea Harriers are scheduled for de-commissioning somewhere between 2015 and 2023. * MiG-29K will move to Belgaum. * It is reasonable to assume that the jet trainers, viz, the Hawk AJTs, will also move to Belgaum, along with the MiG29K. * The Dornier 228s will move to Karwar. * The helicopters (Chetaks and Kamow 31 AEW) will move to Karwar. It is clear that the only aircraft that may still operate at Dabolim is the IL-38 (and possibly its replacement, the Boeing P-8i Neptune). This would imply that most of the Navy's space at Dabolim will get freed up for Civil operations. * It is likely that since Belgaum will be able to handle B-737s/A-320s, it will be able to handle IL-38/Boeing P8is (the Boeing P8is are built on a B-737 frame). However, I have not been able to find out the runway length needed for these aircraft. This analysis is based on a few scanty pieces of information. However, it seems quite logical from a national security perspective. However, for security reasons, I don't think the Navy will confirm this publicly a
[Goanet-News] Goa news for July 1, 2013
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Goa to have film city in two years: Wagh - Herald Publications ity-to-come-up-in-goa-in-1372622947">Film city to come up in Goa in next three years: Government http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHUyGPJ0zlhYIGKuNNUJnTLWH9D-w&url=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-to-have-film-city-in-two-years-Wagh/76359.html *** Goa awaits Rs 162 crore National Games grant - Times of India n-aid. The planning commission released grants to the tune of Rs 82 crore in three instalments over the past four years, but ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGmNujAU9lzs0SgzYB3vXt7dmNNVg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Goa-awaits-Rs-162-crore-National-Games-grant/articleshow/20838658.cms *** Goa needs to attract new investment, says GCCI's president - Business Standard lected GCCI president Narayan Bandekar ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFRdo3JYPKpEGJ_zfmUf3uEXp-1Pg&url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/goa-needs-to-attract-new-investment-says-gcci-s-president-113063000636_1.html *** Politics over relief! Goa Congress says don't donate for Uttarakhand - India Today dILAIM&ned=us"> http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNEDp_fNPgWgxddHNgWLHzDJq51ekg&url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/goa-congress-says-dont-donate-for-uttarakhand/1/286037.html *** Beautician from Gujarat goes missing from Goa - Times of India ear old woman GeetadeviJain, a resident of Kanchannagar, Vapi, Gujarat, has gone missing from Goa. Her husband, JayantilalJain has filed a missing person's report with the Colva police in that regard. Police sources informed that Geetadevi, ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHi5OXBUkFJgzurl6HKWAV6Me3unA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Beautician-from-Gujarat-goes-missing-from-Goa/articleshow/20849499.cms *** Time limits for services fixed in Goa Public Services Act - Times of India ound delivery of public services) Act, 2013, the government has fixed between three to 30 days within which various government authorities have to provide citizens with the services they request.http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHhzyq3Tj8DaiFYbNXuM8pLj_j7Cg&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Time-limits-for-services-fixed-in-Goa-Public-Services-Act/articleshow/20823963.cms *** Goa's turtles versus tourism: Both losing out? - Zee News bIdCaM&ned=us">and more » http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGzAYlk0Ee57jvOytpTp0ksvKtTiw&url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/goa-s-turtles-versus-tourism-both-losing-out_858824.html *** BJP, Church bid to bring Pope to Goa raises hopes of new ties - The New Indian Express e New Indian ExpressThe church and the state are supposed to be natural opposites. However, the BJP's opposition to Catholic evangelism has not stopped its government in Goa from joining hands with Catholics to lobby with the Vatican to get Pope Francis to make a ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGsQJEY_psPM3s7TL07WDxaZIwTfQ&url=http://newindianexpress.com/nation/BJP-Church-bid-to-bring-Pope-to-Goa-raises-hopes-of-new-ties/2013/06/30/article1659977.ece *** Cancer cases highest in Salcete, stats reveal - Herald Publications rald PublicationsThe Goa Cancer Registry was brought about as a result of a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai and the Goa government. The Goa cancer registry's brief is to conduct official surveys, analyse the data and ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFFe468giIgXgsyMh-ccZLbqZtUOw&url=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Cancer-cases-highest-in-Salcete-stats-reveal/76360.html *** Stop projects not in interest of Goa - Times of India ade tragedy caused by rampant construction and destruction of the environment. Goans must wake up and smell the coffee. Is Goa ...http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNECzxKLEE6USHvm3lah6UMPR1lUWA&url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Stop-projects-not-in-interest-of-Goa/articleshow/20838361.cms Compiled by Goanet News Service http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Goanet Reader: Exploiting disasters, and the disaster of exploitation (Radharao Gracias)
EXPLOITING DISASTERS, AND THE DISASTER OF EXPLOITATION Radharao F.Gracias graciasradha...@gmail.com India dominated world hockey for about three and a half decades either side of independence. Today, we struggle even to qualify for major tournaments. Teams we used to rout in our glory days are now doing the same thing to us. Some years ago, a group of people -- mostly Indians in Britain -- were discussing the reasons for the decline. After hearing the various opinions, an Englishman who was part of the group disagreeing with them said, "Not at all. It is easy to see the reason, behind India's hockey decline". "What is that?" interjected another member of the group. "Oh" said the Englishman, "you see, when the Indians are awarded a corner, they convert it into a kiosk!" He was alluding to the tendency of immigrant Indians to set up kiosks in every conceivable corner of England. Ironically, two centuries earlier Napoleon Bonaparte had called Britain a nation of shopkeepers. But then Napoleon had not heard of the Banias. Right now, all attention is focussed on the catastrophe caused by unsettling weather conditions in the young north Indian state of Uttarakhand. News reports coming from survivors are disturbing. Those who are in need of urgent food and care are being exploited, by cynical local people. A bowl of rice, is sold at Rs600, a chapatti at Rs180 and a litre of water at Rs100 which in the words of Samuel Taylor Coleridge would be a case of "water, water everywhere... and not a drop to drink". We have not lost our shopkeeper mentality, even in the worst of human disasters. The situation seems to say, "Give Indians a disaster and they will convert it into a kiosk!" Compassion, mercy and charity (although not always adhered to) is the basis of every religion. I had learnt in school that the Shankaracharya had travelled all over the country in the ninth century to revive Hinduism and he set up mutts at Dwarka, Puri, Sringeri (I have been there) and Badrinath. The latter along with Kedarnath, is the epicentre of the present disaster. The area is holy and it is mostly pilgrims and local residents who were the victims. I am left wondering how in such a place there could be such complete lack of piety, compassion, charity and mercy, the bulwarks of all religion. Is this all that we see for the Shankaracharya's efforts, all those long years ago? There has been no report of any of the "nationalist and patriotic" organisation in the rescue efforts at least in the early days. Where exactly are the RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal or the Ram Sene? I suppose this disaster called for their efforts. I would not be surprised, if all these organisations make an appearance now, claiming post facto heroism. We have been witnesses to such dubious heroism by our "freedom fighters", many of whom were collaborators with the Portuguese but became freedom fighters after the Portuguese were dislodged. In the bargain it is the genuine freedom fighters who have languished and the frauds prospered. Perhaps, the Hindutuva brigade would have been fully active, if somehow the disaster was linked to the 'Jihadis'! We have witnessed on TV, the untiring efforts of our armed forces in rescuing the victims, under great peril to their own lives. Seeing the self-sacrifices being made by these brave-hearts, we are assured that our defences are in safe hands. Several of the defence personnel have died in the rescue missions but they have continued, undaunted. That is what patriotism, courage and valour is all about. And now, enter Narendra Modi. He rescues fifteen thousand Gujaratis, in forty eight hours! A world record perhaps! And by this dubious claim the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister has demeaned and undone the herculean efforts of our armed forces, under overwhelming odds. There is only one message from Narendra Modi, and that is: before he came on the scene, the armed forces were simply inefficient and incompetent and therefore the fifteen thousand Gujaratis had remained trapped! Is there any other interpretation possible? I was not unhappy when Narendra Modi was anointed the prospective PM by the BJP, here in Goa. The man appeared to be focussed and we certainly do not need another five years, of remote control by the Mambo Italiano. But then, within no time Narendra Modi has shown that Godhra was no aberration. In fact, the Godhra Albatross now hangs heavily around his neck. Consider; a man projected as the next Prime Minister goes in the disaster area and selectively rescues only Gujaratis. Does he not know that in matters of rescue, all that matters is humanity and there are no racial or regional identifications? After Godhra it was massacre the Muslims and protect the Hindus. In Uttrakhand, it is save the Gujaratis, ignore
[Goanet-News] Sounds of Young Goa...
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