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Gerard de Souza Mar 4, 2023

Believe it or not! A #Goa village that said no to alcohol!

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/goa-village-at-mopa-says-no-to-alcohol-101677923618648.html

Goa village at Mopa says no to alcohol

he resolution, which was adopted by the gram sabha (village council) on Sunday, resolved that the panchayat would not grant any licences for fresh liquor vends and would also ask existing vends to shut down

Hindustan Times

Gerard de Souza Mar 4, 2023

In #Goa with the administração having abandoned it's duties and responsibilities, it's largely down to the High Court to lay down the law...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/goa-hc-orders-crackdown-against-beach-parties-affecting-turtle-nesting-101677741882460.html

Goa: HC orders crackdown against beach parties affecting turtle nesting

Goa has around six turtle nesting sites to spot the well-known Olive Ridley Turtles. These sites are spread across four seashores in the south and north Goa and these seashores are acknowledged as ‘Turtle Beach’.

Hindustan Times

Gerard de Souza Mar 4, 2023

Big talk, no action... #Goa

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/goa-to-explore-using-abandoned-mines-for-pumped-storage-floating-solar-minister-101677855747447.html

Goa to explore using abandoned mines for pumped storage, floating solar: Minister

Earlier, chief minister Pramod Sawant said that Goa itself has an ambitious target to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050 for all sectors in Goa and devised an “energy action plan.”

Hindustan Times

Gerard de Souza Mar 3, 2023

Deus Mar 3, 2023

📢 A small contribution from MastIndia to the Fediverse.

What it does: Reads RSS feeds and automatically posts them to a Fediverse instance.

Background: Been working with Marvin for the last couple of months on Feed2Toot but it hasn’t served our purpose. He’s come up with a his own bot called Feed2Fedi. More enhancements/improvements coming up after keeping a watch on it. Of course, create issues with problems or ideas you have with/for Feed2Fedi.

The @indianewsbot 🤖 will from now be using Feed2Fedi instead of Feed2Toot.

Shamelessly tagging @Shashwati @srijit @gernalist @kochi to keep you updated

Link to bot: https://codeberg.org/MarvinsMastodonTools/feed2fedi

feed2fedi

Tool to make Fediverse posts from RSS feeds

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Gerard de Souza Feb 20, 2023

But is par for the course under the present dispensation... and not an isolated incident...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/goa-govt-s-move-to-quash-indie-carnival-celebrations-upsets-locals-101676620251624.html

Goa govt’s move to quash ‘indie’ carnival celebrations upset locals

The ‘tourist beach carnival– an annual affair since 2002 organised mainly by foreigners– was also forced to be postponed after the authorities denied the organisers permission, according to the locals

Hindustan Times

Gerard de Souza Feb 20, 2023

Pettiness scuttles unique and diverse #Arambol #carnival in #Goa, the first time in 20 years...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/organisers-disappointed-over-cancellation-of-arambol-carnival-in-goa-101676879500608.html

Organisers disappointed over cancellation of Arambol Carnival in Goa

According to the people and organisers of the event, while they were given no reasons to cancel the festival, it is understood that the move is part of a larger effort led by the government to shut down events that could rival the official state-organised events

Hindustan Times

Gerard de Souza Feb 20, 2023

A word of caution for those visiting #Goa.
Be very wary, don't make 'friends', and travel light.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/conmen-befriend-rob-japanese-tourist-of-9-2-lakh-in-goa-case-registered-101676866935403.html

Conmen befriend, rob Japanese tourist of ₹9.2 lakh in Goa; case registered

The complaint comes in wake of the Japanese consulate issuing an advisory warning Japanese tourists visiting Goa “to remain aware and vigilant of any activities of criminal groups targeting them

Hindustan Times

Gerard de Souza Feb 17, 2023

Anxious that 'independent' carnival celebration events, which sought to hark back to the original essence of the festival, would steal their thunder, the #Goa govt has slyly withdrawn permissions for the events leaving locals and organisers upset.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/goa-govt-s-move-to-quash-indie-carnival-celebrations-upsets-locals-101676620251624.html