[Goanet] MANAGING BIOMEDICAL WASTE IN INDIA - COVID-19 AND BEYOND

[Vikas Khanna]

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MANAGING BIOMEDICAL WASTE IN INDIA 

COVID-19 AND BEYOND

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021 | 3:00-4:30 PM IST

Four years after Biomedical Waste Management Rules were notified in
India, implementation has improved in certain areas but continues to
remain iffy on key parameters. COVID-19 has brought the need for
extremely careful handling of biomedical waste into renewed focus. Not
only has the quantity of biomedical waste produced in hospitals and
other healthcare facilities increased, but with large numbers of
people being quarantined at home, infectious waste has to be collected
and processed from residential set-ups
as well. Biomedical waste management is a tricky business; it has
become even more so in the COVID-19 times.

In CSE's latest publication, we highlight the current status of
biomedical waste management in India, the big wins, possible lacunae,
and set an agenda for the future.

We invite you to a webinar with experts from biomedical waste
management sector who will talk about initiatives and efforts in the
right direction towards biomedical waste management.

*NOTE: This is a free webinar for Waste management practitioners,
officials from central and state urban departments and municipalities,
urban and town planners, academicians, students, NGO representatives
and anyone who is willing to learn about biomedical waste management
practices in the country. All those who register will receive an
automatic confirmation. However, we request you to register yourself
at the earliest and reach out to us in case of any queries. 

For more information, please contact:

Siddharth Ghanshyam Singh,

siddharth.si...@cseindia.org 
,

Mobile: 9768902012

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[Goanet] The Going Ons In Washington and Goanetters

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

Vivian hangs his head in deep shame and AGONY. Those are his own words. I
empathize with him completely.

:::There is a danger that in our Generalizations we throw the baby with the
bath water. Viviian is not echoing the sentiments of the white hoodlums. ;;;

:Vivian earned his citizenship in a risky dangerous way.  He prevented
anarchy in one East African country;

I agree with him and empathize. Vivian states

" As a citizen of the United Sates of? America I hang my head deeply in
shame and agony, to see what is going on in Washington DC , the place I
called home for over 3 decades.? We Americans owe an apology to the entire
world for this terrible example that the world's leading democracy is
showing the world.



  There are many White and Black Americans who like Vivian hang their
heads in shame and and are worried what the mad man can do. ::: I have a
White American who as a protest against the Vietnam War volunteered to work
in Tanzania in our national Hospital, later went to Mozambique. His father
was a Capitan in the US Navy. ;;;

Eddie draws attention to the horrors of Vietnam War ...I wish he had
drawn our attention to the Vietnamese Girl..aflame with Napalm
colleagues in UCLA with me losing limbs, young couples not sure
whether they will ever see each other.

Just like eventually Nixon was nabbed so  too must Trump face the Music
Perhaps he should join his friend in North Korea.

 I pray that in the next few days Trump will simply lose his ability to
use his finger.

Adolfo

In the DAAR of Peace



God Bless America !



---xc

[Goanet] AIFF REPORTS: Hero I-League to get underway with clash of the debutants + Won’t be an easy outing against Aizawl FC, says RoundGlass Punjab FC coach Fleming + Chennai, Gokulam geared-up for

[I-League Media]

Dear colleagues,



Please find below today’s report.


Hero I-League to get underway with clash of the debutants


*NEW DELHI: *The 2020-21 season of the Hero I-League kicks-off with two
debutants squaring off at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in
Kolkata, West Bengal on Saturday, January 9, 2021, when Sudeva Delhi FC
play Mohammedan SC. While Sudeva Delhi FC is the first club from the
capital to play in the Hero I-League, Mohammedan SC qualified by being
champions of the Hero I-league Qualifier held in October 2020.



*Read more: *
https://i-league.org/hero-i-league-to-get-underway-with-clash-of-the-debutants/



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Won’t be an easy outing against Aizawl FC, says RoundGlass Punjab FC coach
Fleming


*NEW DELHI: *Aiming to throw their hat into the title contention right from
the kick-off of the new season, RoundGlass Punjab FC gear up to fight for
the win against Aizawl FC. The challenge, however, will be immense as
Aizawl FC have plans of their own to rewrite their Hero I-League winning
days and start the season on a positive note.



*Read more: *
https://i-league.org/wont-be-an-easy-outing-against-aizawl-fc-says-roundglass-punjab-fc-coach-fleming/



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Chennai, Gokulam geared-up for exciting clash in Kalyani


*NEW DELHI: *With a new season, comes new aspirations and new challenges,
albeit facing some old foes along the way. The opening day of the Hero
I-League sees Gokulam Kerala FC lock horns against Chennai City FC at the
Kalyani Municipal Stadium in Kalyani, West Bengal at 7.00PM IST on
Saturday, January 09, 2021.



*Read more: *
https://i-league.org/chennai-gokulam-geared-up-for-exciting-clash-in-kalyani/



--



Please find below some of our recent articles and videos.



*1. Great effort to bring football back, states AIFF General Secretary Mr
Kushal Das*



*Read here:*
https://i-league.org/great-effort-to-bring-football-back-states-aiff-general-secretary-mr-kushal-das/




*2. New normal, new year, new format for Hero I-League*



*Read here:*
https://i-league.org/new-normal-new-year-new-format-for-hero-i-league/



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[Goanet] Copies of "Balcão Tales: Short Stories from Goa" Now Available Online

[Leonard Fernandes]

Hello,

Copies of the new anthology of short stories, published by the Fundação
Oriente, titled "Balcão Tales: Short Stories from Goa". are now available
for sale online and at The Dogears Bookshop in Margao.

Here is the link to purchase:
https://www.thedogearsbookshop.com/shop/books/fiction/goa/balcao-tales-short-stories-from-goa/

Congratulations to the authors whose stories have been included in this
wonderful book.

Warm Regards,
Leonard

--
Leonard J Fernandes
CinnamonTeal Publishing  | Publishing Next
 | The Dogears Bookshop

T: +91-98503 98530 II E: leonard.fernan...@gmail.com

[Goanet] Schedule for Saturday 9th January 2021

[CCR TV]

CCR TV GOA
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Schedule for Saturday 9th January 2021

12:00 AM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

12:24 AM
Psalms  40 - Read by Alfwold Silveira

12:30 AM
Gift of Tongues - Talk by Sr Elsis Mathew MSMI

12:56 AM
Hymn - Holy Cross HS, Bastora

1:00 AM
Mass in Konkani for Friday

2:00 AM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

2:25 AM
Nokhetram - Michael Gracias chats with  Tiatr Team : Subject

2:53 AM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi - Fr. Eusebio Gomes interviewed by Daniel de Souza

3:38 AM
Always on Fire - Talk by Savio Mascarenhas

4:31 AM
Parish of the Week - Sancoale

5:37 AM
Our Father - Aramaic

5:42 AM
Vinoti - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

6:08 AM
On the Third Day  -  Toddy Tapping

6:42 AM
My Music Videos - Martyrinchi Rani - Ivor Dcunha

6:49 AM
My Music Videos - Argam - Ivor Dcunha

6:54 AM
Magnificat (English)

6:57 AM
Sokalchem Magnnem - Epiphany Uprant

7:00 AM
St Joseph Vaz - Novena 3 , Sancoale Konkani followed by Jivitacho Prokas

8:00 AM
Morning Prayer - After Epiphany

8:05 AM
Bhagiancher Niyall II - Br Malvino Alfonso  ocd

8:15 AM
St Joseph Vaz - Novena 3 , Sancoale English followed by Daily Flash

9:15 AM
Hymn - Sant Antoni Ixtta- Fr Seveille Antao OFM Cap

9:20 AM
Bhajan - To Amchaa Svami- Fr Glen D'Silva

9:28 AM
Music - Fatorda Youth followed by Povitr Atmeak Dispottem Magnnem

10:00 AM
Tell me a Story - Episode  4 - Departure From Paradise

10:06 AM
Poem - Bhavartacho Divo - Sant Juse Vaz - Sandhya Fernandes

10:10 AM
Spirit of Truth - Talk by Adv. F.E.Noronha

10:42 AM
Season of Creation -  Session 5

10:50 AM
Literally Goa  - Maria Do Ceu Barreto  interviewed by Frederick Noronha

11:18 AM
Intercessions (English)

11:30 AM
St Joseph Vaz - Novena 3 , Sancoale English followed by Daily Flash

12:30 PM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi  - Bosco Barreto interviewed by Daniel F. de Souza

1:00 PM
Song - We are the World - Cover

1:09 PM
Hymn - I Believe

1:13 PM
On the Third Day - Eps 4 - Vertical Gardening

1:40 PM
Patkache Kumsar - Talk by Victor Mascarenhas

2:06 PM
Bhokti Lharam - Bhag 14

2:12 PM
Magnificat (English)

2:14 PM
Wisdom Reflections -13 - Rachol Professors

2:37 PM
Youthopia - Chadel Nash Fernandes - Footballer interviewed by Sammy Coelho

2:56 PM
Museum - Sant Thome Varca 1/3

3:22 PM
Announcements - St Joseph Novena and Feast (Konkani)

3:30 PM
Divine Mercy Chaplet

3:38 PM
Skit - Voch Ani Tuvuim Toxench Kor - Tomazinho Cardozo -3rd Anniv

4:00 PM
Rosary - Joyful Mysteries

4:24 PM
Reflection on the Gospel - Dominicans

4:30 PM
Senior Citizens Exercises - 6

4:54 PM
Perpetual Succour Convent H.S., Navelim

5:00 PM
Praise and Worship -   Magno Menezes - SJVRC

5:30 PM
Khuim thanv hanv ailam? - Talk by Orlando D'Souza

6:00 PM
Angelus - English

6:02 PM
Mandos - Goychim Lharam led by Flossy Gracias- 3rd Annniv

6:18 PM
Intercessions (Konkani)

6:30 PM
Novena 2 Nagoa

7:30 PM
Saibinnichi Ruzai - Sontosache Mister

7:55 PM
Our Father - German

8:00 PM
Media Track - Episode 58

8:30 PM
Spiritual Freedom - A Talk by Alfwold Silveira

9:00 PM
Adoration 9 - St Anthony Church, Siolim

9:27 PM
Prayer for Vocations

9:30 PM
Ratchem Magnem

9:47 PM
Concert - Vem Cantar(2019) 12 to 15 yrs

10:35 PM
Announcements - St Joseph Novena and Feast (English)

10:43 PM
Amchi Bhas Amche Borovpi  - Bosco Barreto interviewed by Daniel F. de Souza

11:15 PM
Abundant Life - Public  Speaking - Prof Nicholas D'Souza

11:44 PM
What's Cooking? Season 2 Episode 5

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[Goanet] Impeachment is the alternative

[Nelson Lopes]

The 25 ammendment of USA constitution deals with sedition, treason  and
there are enough  grounds and evidence to take  action. Impeachment process
is an alternative to show allegiance to the constitution  and send clear
message  agsinst the insurrection  motivated by by the President. Even if
the time  is limited and there is no support  from Republicans the
movement  need  to be initiated  as only measures possible  to show
indignation .
Republicans may be on the horns of dilema to support the  strong measure
against their own President.If they do not support  it will send a ckear
nessage that they are supporting the conspiracy of seize of Capitol  Hill
and all the subsequent  acts that followed. Hence the emphaty of
Republicans  will be exposed as mere lip service
Even if half the country has voted  for Republicans  and not Trump there
will saner ekements amongst  the multitudes who will weigh the new
circumstances of chaos, seize ,tresspass abd vandalism,  disrespect  to
National pride and exposing values that America stands for globally
It will also show that he is the only President impeached twice during
tenure of one term in office Action must only seem to be done  but must be
done


Nekson Lopes  Chinchinim

[Goanet] [The Washington Post] Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol

[Roland Francis]

Hope this video is not blocked to readers by the WP paywall.

Video shows fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt in the Capitol
The Washington Post obtained video showing the chaotic moments before 
35-year-old Ashli Babbitt was fatally shot as rioters rushed toward the 
Speaker's Lobby.
By Jon Swaine, Dalton Bennett, Joyce Sohyun Lee and Meg Kelly

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/01/08/ashli-babbitt-shooting-video-capitol/

Download The Washington Post app.

Roland
Toronto.

[Goanet] Trump not a nuclear mischief threat.

[eric pinto]

Vivian need not fear, the turnip was neutralized early in his term. Republicans 
in Congressarranged for any order from him to launch an attack to be routed 
through the Joint Chiefsof the military. This was not a first, Nixon was 
ordered to surrender ALL his powers to Senator Smith who was placed in the 
White House. His forced resignation was delayed for a few months.

[Goanet] From the Church Steeple of Saligao to the Jungle in Africa

[Adolfo Mascarenhas]

.

Hi all netters, Goans brown, white, or blue/black  whether in Toronto,
Istanbul, Ndola or Timbuktu I hope I be permitted to  turn the Subject away
from the Misdeeds of a fellow called Trump and his Hooligans.

:::  Grandolfo needs help…I was reading the collection of Fr Nascimento J
Mascarenhas, who I hold in Great respect. Reading his collection on Saligao
:::Land of the Sal Tree::: I know something about the Sal river my friend
Jonson from Quepem is building a chapel

I was struck by what GALDINHO D’SOUZA did as a teenager ….he did the
impossible climb the steeple of the Church in Saligao…to impress a girl.

:::This fellow, GD for short went to Africa ….its a huge continent bigger
than India and China put together It turns out that this fellow CD was in
DSM. Mel D’Souza, who was with me in St Joesph’s Dar es Salaam and we
received Hold Communion in 1945, narrates how CD was always at the Goan
Institute, invariably  dressed in a White Suit and a Glass of Beer in his
hand ::

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[Goanet] New York City Cabdrivers - a CNN video

[Roland Francis]

Cab driving everywhere is decimated. First by the entry of Uber and the other 
electronic app companies and now by the pandemic and the steep drop in tourism 
which was a big revenue earner in New York City.

As a brief explanation:
To become an owner-driver in NYC you have to have a ‘medallion’ aka Taxi 
Permit. These medallions as they say in the video, were worth a million dollars 
in 2013 to buy or sell. They were transferable and drivers passed them on to a 
future generation or used it as a retirement asset or income.

What if you chose to drive a cab and had no medallion? You located a medallion 
owner who rented it to you. You bought your own car, drove it all day long and 
paid the medallion-owner anything from 3 to 6 thousand dollars. Then for the 
night shift another driver paid another fee (may not be as much as the day 
shift).

So you are an uneducated immigrant just landed in NYC and no hope of getting a 
job. Stories abound of engineers and doctors from other countries gravitating 
to cab driving. Despite the medallion rent, you made a living and could support 
a family.

In fact you did good and your medallion owner was an old man with no one to 
pass his medallion to. So you one day sat with him with the intention of buying 
it from him and because he liked you for all the money you gave him on time for 
years, he agree to sell it for less than the going price. You bought it from 
him for $800,000 and he agreed to allow you to pay him principal plus interest 
amortized for say 20 years just like a mortgage instead of one lump sum (which 
you didn’t have or couldn’t borrow). You got the medallion and he got a 
retirement income.

Now you could do what he did. Rent your medallion out day and night. Because 
what you earned now was less than what you had to pay your lender plus support 
your family, you took a job in a convenience store or somewhere, all the while 
knowing you owned (in a manner of speaking) an asset worth a million dollars.

And then Uber come and after that the pandemic. You cannot rent out your 
medallion because there is no business for the renter-drivers. As a double 
whammy, your medallion now sells for $75,000 while you still owe say 700,000 
having by now paid about a hundred thousand back.

So you commit suicide.

Now you know the predicament in which Indian farmers have been committing 
suicides in large numbers these past few years all over the country.

The reasons may differ, but the causes and the result remain the same.
 
https://fb.watch/2UJb5LMFwH/

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] Give Them A Drink!

[Roland Francis]

Only in the Express
 
With labour hard to find in the remote village of Ratir Kethi in Uttarakhand, 
locals would often promise other residents liquor instead of money for helping 
them out during weddings. But in December, driven as much by the money spent on 
this tradition as complaints of drunken brawls and domestic violence, Ratir 
Kethi passed a resolution banning the sale, distribution and serving of liquor 
at all religious and social events, including wedding ceremonies. 

Reminds me of the days in Goa when it was de rigeur to pay the help with money 
plus a little shot of Feni. Of course the shot wasn’t ‘little’ when they 
offered you their own coconut half-shell in which to pour, a container that 
could take as many as 4 shots.

Of course these guys in Uttarkhand just skipped the money and gave the drink. 
Cheaper and no need to look for the notes.

Roland.
Toronto.

[Goanet] TIMETO AXE ALL ROADSIDE ILLEGAL RELIGIOUS STRUCTURES

[Aires Rodrigues]

The Government must strictly comply with every Court order and cannot flout
any of it. Despite various orders and directives by the Supreme Court the
Goa Government has intentionally failed to demolish and clear roadside
illegal religious structures. No steps whatsoever have been taken by the
state government in this regard which is in clear contempt of Court. This
willful attitude of the state administration of conveniently and
selectively keeping Court orders in cold storage is deplorable.

The Supreme Court in September 2009 while ordering the demolition of all
roadside religious structures had directed that no unauthorized
construction shall be permitted in the name of temple, church, mosque or
gurdwara on public streets or , public places. But we see them continuing
to mushroom across the State. Further the Supreme Court in 2011 restrained
state governments from granting permission to install statues or erect any
structure on public roads, pavements and sideways and other public utility
places.

Concrete steps must be taken by the state authorities to remove all
existing illegal encroachments on the roads and to prevent new structures
from being erected alongside the roads which will only add to the existing
problem of traffic congestion. All these illegal religious structures along
the highway and state roads significantly restrict movement of vehicles
leading to long traffic snarls. This is a public hazard people have to
grapple with where unauthorized religious structures are obstructing roads
and inconveniencing the commuting public.

It is an irony that while on one side the government has been broadening
roads and pavements for the benefit of public, while many have taken the
opportunity to blatantly enlarge the already existing illegal religious
shrines.

It would be great achievement for the Goa  government  in this 60th year of
Goa’s Liberation,  the State is freed of all illegal and unauthorized
religious structures alongside  the roads and in public places.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

Re: [Goanet] 'Capital' Chaos (Anish Esteves)

[252Anish Esteves]

Capital Chaos

   The recent storming of Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. in the U.S. by so
called "Trump" supporters is very unfortunate.  However, what is more
saddening is the presence of our beloved Indian Flag. It is regrettable
that our flag is being used by elements to participate in violence abroad.
The rioting and violence is unacceptable and has no place in any democracy.
One hopes better sense prevails in the  future.

Anish Esteves
www.anishesteves.home.blog
@AEthejourno

[Goanet] Tarvotti konkani song by Frank Paroda

[Frederick Dsouza]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=EEqpm1_I89A&feature=share

[Goanet] Christmas special show by Norman Cardozo

[Frederick Dsouza]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kzlJ9j9bU6Q&feature=share

[Goanet] Goa News 9th January 2020

[Frankey Fernandes]

An exciting news filled week has just gone by and its all been covered in
our Konkani News presented by Frankey Fernandes from Melbourne.
Communal interference at Sancoale, the agitation by villagers of Melaulim
against setting of the IIT in their village, New Year celebrated with
hoards of desi tourists crowding our beaches with no care about Covid
infections, an illegal Sunburn, and the annual feast of the Three Kings and
more are all covered in this edition.
Please share this link with all your contacts, especially contacts in the
diaspora, who yearn for our Goan news.  Thanks

https://youtu.be/mz8MiRT3WX8