World Water Day – Let’s focus on the need to preserve water
Water. The most vital liquid in our very existence. On Earth, 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans. There are small percentages found in groundwater, in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland. Additional small fractions are found in other large water bodies. There is some in the form […]
Global warming is leaving our seas and oceans gasping
The world’s oceans cover approximately 70% of the earth’s surface. They have a strong, two-way relationship with the weather and climate. The oceans influence the weather on local to global scales, while changes in climate can fundamentally alter many properties of the oceans. Unfortunately, the issue of global warming is now a major cause for concern. […]
Lupin Labs in Goa gets warning letter from USFDA
Goa has a number of Pharma companies. Lupin Labs, Merck, Glenmark, Blue Cross, Abbott, and Zydus Cadila are some of the well-known names. There are also a number of smaller Pharma companies located in Goa. Together they bring in sizeable tax revenues to Goa. They also help counterbalance the belief that Goa’s economy is solely […]
Sula Selections ‘Globe in a Glass’ Roadshow 2017 comes to Goa
The first edition of the Sula Selections ‘Globe in a Glass’ event took place in 3 cities, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore last year and was a great success. This year the Roadshow travels to Goa on the 11th of November, then heads to Pune on the 13th and ends in Mumbai on the 15th. It […]
Finnair recently launched its operations in Goa
Finnair recently launched its Goa operations with a Press conference at the Taj Vivanta. Two officials from Finnair hosted the gathering – Arja Suominen, Sr. Vice President Communications and Corporate Responsibility, Helsinki and Desmond Chacko, General Manager – India. Beginning with just two weekly flights to and from Helsinki / Goa during the tourist season […]
Goa’s coal route – slicing deep wounds in the ecological heart of the state
Goa’s coal route spells doom. Over a four-month-long investigation, The Indian Express found that coal that arrives at the port takes three key routes, road, rail and river, that slice deep wounds in the ecological heart of the state. While the road route winds its way through major villages, the rail route chugs through Goa’s biodiversity […]
Will Narayan Murthy soon become a Mentor to Goan Startups?
Goa is giving all it’s got to become the country’s hottest Startup center. Only recently NITI Ayog selected Goa Institute of Management (GIM) to become an Atal Incubation Centre and gave a 10 crore grant for the same. Now, it seems that the Prince of Indian IT start-ups himself – Mr. Narayan Murthy – founder […]
The hills of Carambolim loose jumbo-sized cashew nut “botto”
Carambolim Housing Project replaces cashew farm destroying mother “botto” The hills of Carambolim in North Goa were famous for a special type of cashew tree locally known as “botto”. This tree was brought to Goa by the Portuguese. It produced large yellow, juicy cashew apples and cashew nuts. The jumbo-sized cashew nuts weighed 10 gms […]
Time to say Dev Borem Korum to taxis in Goa ?
Canada-based Goan, Mahesh Sardesai feels that Goa being one of the top tourism destinations in the country needs something more than the existing service of taxis in Goa to boost the state’s tourism economy. With that in mind, Sardessai started a petition – Chief Minister of Goa: Support Ola/Uber/Online Taxis in Goa. In less than […]
Goa banks to strike on Feb 28 in protest of demonetisation
Banks in Goa will be shut on February 28, as the bank employees will join a nation wide strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU). Goa Bank Employees’ Association has announced to support the one-day strike in protest against demonetisation and “ill-conceived” reform measures by the Union Government. UFBU is a forum […]
