log on to thegoan.net @thegoaneveryday SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2022 GOA 16 pages PRICE ` 6 O n-Topic Father’s day: Take pride in being a father! B eauty Moong Dal for healthy and glowing skin M ental Fitness Releasing ‘emotional baggage’ and tension that goes with it Julianne Ishler T he Healthy Goan Adenomyosis: It’s more than just a medical condition By Dr Emanuel Gracias C ar Review CITROEN C3: Bonjour Little Hatch By Ritesh Madhok H onest Tiatr Review By Melba Vaz, A V Fernandes and S Haldankar IN SHORT >> 139 more test +ve for Covid in State PANAJI: The State on Saturday reported 139 Covid cases, registering positivity rate of 11.76%. Single day Covid count of the State has now gone above 130 after four months. With 77 recoveries active caseload has crossed 700 mark and stands at 733. Bike borne robbers snatch gold chain PANAJI: Two bike borne chain snatchers relieved a woman of her gold chain worth around Rs 1 lakh at Curchorem on Saturday. The incident occurred while the woman was returning home after dropping her children to school. Blasts rip through Kabul gurdwara KABUL: Several blasts tore through a gurdwara in Kabul killing two persons, including a Sikh, and injuring seven others, while Afghan security personnel thwarted a bigger tragedy by stopping an explosive-laden vehicle from reaching a place of worship.  >> See pg 7 Farooq pulls out of presidential poll NEW DELHI: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah Saturday withdrew his name for consideration as the joint opposition candidate for the presidential polls, saying he would like to contribute in navigating of Jammu and Kashmir which is ‘passing through a critical juncture’. WEATHER >> Max: 31 C Min: 24.1 C Humidity: 91% TIDES Low: High: 08:04 21:26 01:42 15:16 The Goan (Playstore) PANAJI MARGAO GOA VOLUME VIII, NO.2 Instagram.com/thegoaneveryday RNI: GOAENG/2015/65729 2 3 8 6 P’yat administrators Repeat show: A vow to include to get BDOs’ help freedom struggle in curriculum Garbage raises stink in Margao again, bins overflow in several parts (Feature section Pgs 9 to 16) Facebook.com/thegoaneveryday GOA Goa needs to tap high spending tourists: Tourism Minister INDIA SPORTS Assam reels under floods, PM Modi dials Himanta Javelin star Neeraj Chopra wins at Kuortane Games Minister says complaints against administrators to be settled quickly WORK HAS BEGUN TO INCORPORATE RELEVANT CONTENT: CM CM’S R-DAY PROMISE THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI Another Goa Revolution Day has gone by and yet another promise from the dais of the official State function to commemorate the historic day was made on Saturday by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to include in syllabi of school children the history of Goa’s freedom struggle. Speaking at the official Revolution Day programme at the historic Azad Maidan, Sawant said, the historic documentation of Goa’s freedom struggle will be incorporated in the curriculum of schools from next year. “NCERT syllabus is getting changed next year. We are incorporating Goan syllabus along with it,” Sawant said, adding that it will include Chief Minister Pramod Sawant pays tributes to martyrs on the occasion of 76th Goa Revolution Day at the Martyr’s Memorial, Azad Maidan, Panaji on Saturday. information about contributions of the Azad Gomantak Dal, National Congress - Goa and other freedom fighters. “It will be part of the history textbooks,” Sawant further said. Sawant’s promise to include Goa’s freedom struggle in the history textbooks in schools is not the first time that such an assurance has been made publicly by a chief minister. Agnipath row: Govt offers quota in Defence Ministry n Protests spread to more States n Oppn for rollback PTI NEW DELHI The Centre on Saturday announced several incentives including reserving 10 per cent vacancies in its paramilitary and the defence ministry for Agnipath retirees and said it will look into any grievance about the new military recruitment scheme “with an open mind”, even as violent protests raged on in many States and Opposition parties stepped up pressure for a rollback. In Bihar, where a bandh had been called, a railway station and a police vehicle were torched, an ambulance attacked and security personnel injured in stone-pelting incidents on the fourth consecutive day of the agitation, while protesters vandalised Ludhiana railway station in Punjab and blocked roads and rail tracks in West Bengal, Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. Railways cancelled 369 trains on Saturday and passengers faced a harrowing time. Over 200 trains were cancelled a day earlier after the railways faced the brunt of the protests. The agitation also spread to southern states including Karnataka and Kerala, with aspir- Policemen try to snatch a burning effigy from a protester during a protest against Agnipath scheme in Kolkata. CENTRE’S BIG CONCESSIONS FOR AGNIVEERS „„10 per cent jobs in the Coast Guard and State-run defence firms to be reserved for Agniveers „„10 vacancies in CAPFs and Assam Rifles also be reserved „„3 years age limit relaxation for recruitments in CAPFs & Assam Rifles „„Employment opportunities in merchant navy for Agniveers from Indian Navy „„Six service avenues for induction by Shipping Ministry ants doing push-ups on roads to register their protest. The central government indicated that other departments too were working in the direction after several BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Assam announced various measures to encourage the youth to apply under the Agnipath scheme and assured them reservation. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur appealed to the youths protesting against the Agnipath scheme to shun violence and come forward for talks, asserting that the government is ready to look into their grievances. „„NCERT syllabus is getting changed next year „„We are incorporating Goan syllabus along with it and will include information about contributions of the Azad Gomantak Dal, National Congress - Goa and other freedom fighters „„It will be part of the history textbooks from next academic year Over decades several chief ministers have made similar promises at the Revolution Day (June 18) and Liberation Day (December 19) official functions, the most recent being in 2017 when the late Manohar Parrikar addressed freedom fighters and others at the same event at Azad Maidan.  This time however, Sawant claims work had already begun last year to add content in the text books.  “The State government has already started working on the relevant content to be incorporated in the syllabus since last year,” Sawant claimed. Meanwhile, speaking further, Sawant said historical documents related to Goa which are lying in Portugal, neighbouring Maharashtra and also the former annexes to Goa -- Daman and Diu -- need to be brought to the State. He also said, Goa now needs a new revolution >Continued on P5 THE GOAN I NETWORK MARGAO Asserting that the Panchayat Administrators will be in place only for a short tenure to ensure smooth functioning of the Panchayat bodies, Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho has said the Administrators will be supervised by the Block Development Officers. Saying he too will maintain overall monitoring of the situation, the Panchayat Minister said complaints, if any, against the Administrators, will be acted upon immediately. “If there are any shortcomings, we will act immediately for smooth functioning of the panchayat bodies. This arrangement is put in place just for a period of 3-4 months and not a permanent one”, he said, on the side-lines of the Goa Revolution Day programme at the Lohia Maidan, Margao on Saturday. Administrators will be told to devote more time in a Panchayat body if the situation warrants. But, people who have official work can meet the BDOs and get their grievances resolved” — Mauvin Godinho, Panchayat Minister Responding to questions from scribes whether the Administrators, some of whom are head clerks, and Junior Engineers of Power and WRD department have been trained to discharge the duties of the elected Panchayat body, Godinho said the Administrators will be executing the additional duties in addition to their normal duties. >Continued on P5 Power dept to DADDY DEAREST! recruit 255 ‘line’ helpers THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI The State government through the  Electricity Department has proposed to fill 255 positions of ‘Line’ helpers via direct recruitment. The Electricity department has advertised and sought applications for 255 Line Helpers but on a ‘temporary basis’. Aspirants are required to apply in the online mode only, through the  https://cbes.goa. gov.in up to July 4.  Details of recruitment process and the 255 vacancies, which are in the Pay Matrix Level-I can also be accessed on the Goa government website  www.goa.gov.in  as also on  www.goaelectricity.gov. in of electricity department. These are the same 255 posts that Electricity Department had initiated a process to fill up back in December last year via an advertisement it had issued on December 31.  That process, however, had to be abandoned as the Election Commission announced the schedule for the 2022  Assembly elections on January 10 last, well ahead of the January 14, 2022 deadline for applications.  However, aspirants who had applied then need not apply again as their applications will be taken into account for the new process, the advertisement said. Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture on the eve of Father’s Day at Puri beach on Saturday. ‘Master Plan 2041’ for Valpoi, Margao, Ponda by year-end THE GOAN I NETWORK PANAJI Plans are afoot to formulate 20-year master plans for the towns of Margao, Ponda and Valpoi and the State government has sought bids from qualified consultants to help make them. A tender floated by the Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) has sought bids for providing consultancy services related to the work of preparing these ‘master plans   2041’ for these three towns. These master plans, for the jurisdictions of the municipal  councils of these three towns  are to be formulated within six  months,  according  to the tender floated by GSUDA.   The terms of the consultant’s work require the bidders to conduct drone topographic surveys of the areas, identify utilities and formulate the master plans for these three towns by carrying out detailed site analysis and all other requisite groundwork. The integrated smart city plan includes a transportation and circulation plan, road networks, accesses to water-fronts and marinas, landscape character zones, amenities and programming, landscape framework plan including open spaces. >Continued on P5 15 Sattari villages on guard Brace for 5G! Data price to be cheaper than world against spurt in dengue T PTI THE GOAN I NETWORK VALPOI Health officials have been on alert as dengue cases have been reported in Valpoi town and 15 villages across Sattari taluka. According to sources, there are about 70 dengue cases recorded at the Valpoi Community Health Centre (CHC), but the number could be higher as many patients are reported to have visited private hospitals for treatment. Dengue cases have been reported in 15 villages spread across the seven panchayats of Mauxi, Nagargao, Savarde, Thane, Guleli, Khotoda and Bhironda, as well as in Valpoi town. A worker fumigates an affected area in Dhamse-Guleli.   Uday Sawant In May, dengue cases were first reported in KopardeMauxi (11), Satode-Nagargao (11) and Bhironda (8) and despite measures initiated by the health department, there has been a rise in the number of dengue cases and villages affected. Health teams have been visiting various affected areas and have been fumigating the places, while also conducting awareness drives among households, in a bid to curb the spread of dengue. Officials have claimed that dengue cases have been reported mainly in places where water is being stored and efforts are underway to ensure that water containers do not give rise to mosquito breeding sites. “It is very important for residents to fully cooperate in our efforts to tackle the spread of dengue. We are organising awareness camps in in many villages and residents are responding well to our guidelines on how to eliminate potential mosquito breeding sites,” said an official. NEW DELHI elecom minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said 5G deployment will commence in 20-25 cities and towns by the year-end, and indicated that India, with its current data prices significantly lower than global average, will continue to set rate benchmarks as new services are rolled out. The 5G deployment will start from August-September, Vaishnaw said. The minister said India is developing 4G and 5G stacks, and is set to bolster its position as a trusted source for the world, in digital networks. Speaking at ‘TV9 What India Thinks Today Global Summit’, Vaishnaw said that nations are keen to give preference to 4G and 5G products and ON HIGHER GROUND „„5G services will usher in high speeds about 10 times faster than 4G „„Will spawn new-age offerings and business models „„Govt to auction about Rs 4.3 lakh cr worth of airwaves „„Govt has given nod for setting up of captive 5G networks „„As much as 72 GHz of spectrum to be put on the block during the 5G auction „„New regulation in the offing to check unsolicited calls technologies being developed by India. To address the issue of unsolicited calls, an “important” regulation is in the works, which will enable KYC-identity name of a caller to be displayed, when someone calls, the minister informed. On 5G services, he said: “I can say with confidence that 5G deployment will start in at least 20-25 cities and towns by year end.” Asked about the pricing for 5G services, Vaishnaw observed that even today data rates in India are at about USD 2, against global average of USD 25. “We are already the lowest in the world, at least by a factor of 10X...10X we are cheaper than the world, that same trend will be in other areas too,” he said. As India prepares to usher 5G services, it has also developed 4G and 5G technology stacks. Outlining India’s resolve to match global strides in 4G and 5G, and to take technology lead in 6G, the minister said the world has taken note of the country’s progress, and shown serious interest in the indigenous technologies being developed. “The telecom network supporting mobile phones has to be a trusted network. India’s name is on the top of the list of trusted network providers. When India develops a technology, entire world is interested in it,” he said. It is pertinent to mention that 5G services will usher in high speeds -- about 10 times faster than 4G -- and spawn new-age offerings and business models. The government will auction about Rs 4.3 lakh crore worth of airwaves capable of offering fifth-generation or 5G telecom services, including ultra-high-speed internet, and has also given its nod for setting up of captive 5G networks by the tech firms. As much as 72 GHz of spectrum will be put on the block during the 5G auction, set to commence on July 26, 2022. On the issue of unsolicited calls, Vaishnaw said a new regulation in the offing will enable KYC name (as given in the mobile SIM application) to be displayed, when someone makes a call. The consultation process on this is currently underway. “Once industry stakeholder consultation is completed, this will be implemented all over,” he said.