Panaji: 28^th February 2018: Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (Jio) recently announced that along with its technology partner Cisco, Jio has won the “Best Mobile Operator Service for Consumers” award at the prestigious Global Mobile (GloMo) Awards 2018 at Mobile World Congress (MWC).  In addition, the company’s JioTV app won in the ‘Best Mobile Video Content’ category for JioTV enabling Jio Digital Life.

The GSMA’s Global Mobile Awards (The GLOMO Awards) recognise and celebrate all contributions made to the evolving and developing mobile industry globally. Considered the Oscars of mobile industry, The GLOMO Awards are awarded for innovation and contribution across categories ranging from devices, technologies and applications to health, education and wearable technologies.

Jio’s disruptive entry and relentless work in turning India into a digitally empowered nation by providing a nationwide 4G network, affordable data and digital services, and innovative technical and commercial approaches have been recognized on the global stage with this prestigious award.

This would not have been possible without the commitment and active involvement of the Ministry and Department of Telecommunications which created the right platform and framework for operators to differentiate and innovate for delivering inclusive value to all of India.

“It is a matter of national pride that an innovative new mobile service from India has been recognized at the most prestigious global platform,” said Mr. Manoj Sinha, India’s Minister of Communications. “We are particularly satisfied that India is being propelled to global digital leadership with this.” Mr. Sinha has been leading the Indian delegation at MWC representing and promoting India’s new global digital leadership initiatives.

“I am pleased that India’s efforts to harness technology and digital platforms to bring inclusion and progress across the length and breadth of India is now a reality,” said Ms. Aruna Sundararajan, India’s Telecom Secretary, who is also present at MWC. “We are happy that the world acknowledges India’s technology leadership and hope it will inspire many more leading tech companies and innovators to join the digital India mission as we march towards 5G.”

Jio’s comprehensive and innovative offerings across both urban and rural India transformed data consumption patterns in a very short time and turned India into the largest user of mobile data globally. Through Jio, millions of Indians were able to embrace a digital lifestyle for the first time.  Jio rapidly expanded its subscriber base to over 160 million by December 2017, within 16 months of launch.

Cisco has been a partner in Jio’s broadband buildout. “We are honored to win the ‘Best Mobile Operator Service for Consumers’ award with Reliance Jio for Jio Mobile Broadband and Digital Services,” said Mr. Chuck Robbins, Chairman and CEO Cisco Systems.

“We are excited to have received this distinguished global recognition in joint effort with Cisco, this is truly a win for India” said Mr. Mathew Oommen, President of Jio. “We are committed to continuous innovation and ongoing leadership in the digital revolution in India.”

PANAJI: 28 February 2018: GFDC Residential Academy trainee and ace mid-fielder, Harsh Patre is the lone Goan player to have been shortlisted to be a part of the selection trials for the India U-16 team which will go on to participate in the AFC Championship 2018 scheduled to be held in Malaysia. A total of 20 players have been selected from other teams which participated in the AIFF Youth U-15 league. The trials will be held at SAI Centre, Kolkata from March 1 to 7 .

The Chairman GFDC, Dr. Rufino Monteiro praised Harsh for his outstanding performance through his journey with GFDC and is confident that he would be able to make a place for himself and Goa in the Indian U-16 team. “I have seen him training from grassroots right up to the academy. I have great aspiration from this boy who I feel will make it great in the years to come. He has made a place in the hearts of his teammates and Goans with his dead-ball brilliance,” stated Dr. Rufino.

While the Member Secretary, Aleixo Da Costa expressed happiness over the selection of his star residential academy trainee who has proved his worth at the AIFF Youth U-15 league. “Harsh has been shortlisted for the selection trials but however the others like him who must have also played well in the appropriate age group have been overshadowed by the blunt and rampant practice of fielding overage players by clubs from the AIFF. I am unable to understand how AIFF could conclude the U-15 league without taking a decision on the protest filed by Churchill Brothers-GFDC team. Although the protest was filed within the time limit and appropriate fees paid,” said Aleixo.

“This makes me believe that those going to represent India at the AFC Championship may be much more than age 15 and the deserving ones within the age group are being deprived their dues. The entire eco system in the country appears to be fundamentally cemented on a might is right base,” he added.

Harsh begun training with GFDC at the age of nine years at the Mayem Centre and has indeed come a long way. He is a very hardworking, dedicated and focused player. He was first promoted to the GFDC Residential Pre-Academy and later to the Residential Academy. He has to his credit a total of three national representations.

He is currently playing for Churchill Brothers SC where the GFDC team is being fielded in AIFF and GFA tournament. Recently Churchill Brothers SC – GFDC emerged victorious at the state level in the AIFF Youth U-15 league. He was the Captain and played a vital role in the clubs run and GFDC is hopeful that he will continue with the same momentum.

The 15-year-old is currently being trained under the watchful eyes of GFDC Technical In-Charge and Residential Academy coach, Derryl D’souza. He was earlier coached by Robert Fernandes and Pradip Chopdekar.

“Harsh has a very good vision, creativity in passing and good reading of the game. I wish him all the best for his trials with the Indian team ahead,” stated Derryl.

Harsh’s future looks bright and the midfielder believes that hard work and focus is the key to success.

Panjim,  February  27: Hon’ble Minister  for Tourism & Sports, Mr. Manohar Ajgaonkar  today welcomed suggestions  from  the  Consul General of Netherlands, Mr. Guido Tielman,  for promotion  of  bi-lateral ties between  Netherlands and  Goa  in the areas of  Tourism  and  Sports.

Following a deliberation between Mr. Ajgaonkar and  the visiting  Netherlands Consul General today, Mr. Tielman  said that he was enthralled by  the Goan hospitality extended to him and  will return back with a mission to encourage people from Netherlands to  visit Goa.

He also stated that  he would  explore the possibility of  charter flights from  Netherlands  to  Goa and would  request travel agents from Netherlands  to connect with the Department  of Tourism, Govt. of Goa  on the  modalities for working out this air connect between the  two tourism regions.

On the Sports front, Mr. Tielman said he was  impressed by the achievements of  Goan male footballers and  added that  the game  of football should  be extended  to women players and  that  Netherlands would be  willing to  support budding  Goan  women football players with  training and exhibition matches between the two teams.

While  Mr. Ajgaonkar  emphasized  that  Netherlands should promote Goa widely as a must visit tourism  destination, the visiting Consul General  also appealed to Mr.  Ajgaonkar to support the promotion of  Netherlands to Goans.

During his short visit to Goa, Mr Tielman,  visited a few beaches, temples and tourist spots and enjoyed  the flavor of Goa.   He also impressed on  Mr. Ajgaonkar to visit Netherlands and to explore and  experience  tourism  in Netherlands.

He was presented with souvenirs  of Goa by Mr. Ajgaonkar.

Mr. Agnelo Godinho, Consular Assistant, Goa & Director of Tourism Mr. Menino D’souza were also present during the meeting.

Panaji: 26th February 2018 … there would be eight teams in the upcoming goa corporate league organised by goa cricket association.

following is the list of teams and the draw as schedule

Top 2 teams from each group will qualify for Semi Final

SEMI FINAL

FINAL

 Date: Feb. 26,2018 … ‘Goa fire force a compact force has very carefully nurtured itself both technically and in terms of  maintaining standards of operating procedures with the need of the time, which is required for the safety of people ,property and state at large” said by the Chief secretary of the State Shri Dharmendra Sharma IAS , who was speaking as  the chief guest for the function of 30^th Annual Inspection Day Parade organized by  the Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services at their campus at Campal today.

             Shri Sharma said that, as we grow economically and as our economic activities diversifies it is extremely important that the  our capacity to be safe and our capacity to respond to contingencies and incidents which are bound to happen despite of all the precautions should also keep pace .  In that sense a fire force underwrites in a very quite and silent way our carrying capacity to industrialise and our carrying capacity to host and to generate wealth of the stae with then become the wealth of the     nation.

            Shri Sharma further said that the question of growth of tourism , whenever tourists arrives in Goa the competence of the safety health, fire,  police and other services and  quietly and  very strongly  underwrites. Similarly as we invite investors, entrepreneurs to expand their economic activities once again our capacity to deal with all potential contingencies becomes very crucial.

            The Chief Secretary highlighted incident of likeage of ammonia which took place in Chicalim was handled on the time was called for appreciation . He assured to consider pending proposals and to meet requirements of this Department and he also congratulated the winners for their excellence  in sports and other activities.

            Shri Ashok Menon, the Director of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, in his welcome address said that the Department is alert to meet the needs of the citizens in terms prompt and effective response and have rededicated to their motto ‘We Serve to Save, In order to sensitize the masses with regards to their safety he said the department under ‘Fire Safety Education and Awareness Campaign’ have trained 268 Primary School Teachers and 24300 students from all over the State. . On village Panchayat level under ‘Disaster Preparedness & Fire Safety Training’ around 1554 citizens have been trained from various Talukas he informed. He also said that the Government accord top priority to the safety of all citizen and efforts are being made to well  equip with safety equipments  to face the future  challenges  of calamity or the disaster.     

            During the year the department has conducted various sports and other activities. Like annual fire drill competition were  organized. Shri Shripad Gawas SFO, of Bicholim Fire Station, Shri Santosh SFO,of Kundai Fire Station, were the winners of Squad drill competition.Whereas the winners of Ladder drill competition were Shri Shrikrishsna Parrikar, SFO, Fire Fore Head Quarters, Shri Rahul Dessai, SFO, Verna Fire Station, The winners of Pum Drill are Shri ShriKrishna Parrikar SFO, Fire Force Head Quarters. Shri Bosco Ferrao SFO of Mapusa Fire Station. ,

            Shri Sushil Morakar SFO, of Ponda Fire Station,  and Shri Dilip Bicholkar of Vasco Fire Station. won first the first and second prizes  in tug of war completion.

            Apart from this the event of annual sport meet was also organized in three central, north, and south zones in the sport disciplines’ of Cricket ,Volly ball, and Foot ball etc the Central Zone excelled all three disciplines of games.

            Shri Gaurish K.Gaude Fire Fighter, F.S Kundai, Shri Suresh Gaude, Fire Fighter F.F. HQ, Shri Sushant Dabholkar, Fire Fighter,F.F.HQ, Shri L.S.Dayekar, Driver Operator, F.S. Canacona, Shri Rajesh Talwar, Leading F.F,F.S.Ponda, Shri Kundan Patil Watch Room Operator, F.F.HQ, Shrin Damodar Zambaulikar, Sub-Officer, F.S.Verna, and Shri H.G.Souza, S FO, F.S. Margao were declared best turn out of the year 2018

            Shri Jaspal Singh,IPS, Inspector General of Police, Shri Ajit Kama, Asst. Divisional Officer, Shri D.K Sawant , SP ( Retd. )Skri. Arvind Nair, IB, Shri Nitin V. Vernekar Deputy Director, Fire Services, Shri Anant Joshi, Member Secretary Youth Hostel and others attended the function..

Shri. Shripad Gaus, Station Fire Officer compered the function.

Panaji: 24th February::: The third edition of the Ketevan World Sacred Music Festival 2018 includes concerts invoking divine consciousness through the art of music, based on harmony and respectful, peaceful co-existence.

The 2018 festival includes concerts such as the “Caligaverunt oculi mei“ combining ancient sacred chants with sounds from different religious traditions; “​​Sacred Light – ​M​edieval to Minimalism”, a programme where different soloists expose the richness of their instruments in absolute serenity;

“The Sources of Divin​ity​” by the Goa University Choir and rich ensembles from all around the world in collboration with the awarded Guruji Pandit Sitwik Sanyal; the greatest Indian flutists , Rakesh Chaurasia at the marvellous St. Augustine Ruins – a UNESCO Heritage Monument; the Georgian Choir Ashgavali, offering orthodox sacred music from the land of Queen Ketevan; the release of the piece “The Martyrdom of Ketevan – Musical Officium”; the world renowned classical Baryton Trio from Hungary, amongst offerings from several others, weaving their notes into the world sacred music tapestry.

Panaji February 23, 2018 …. The food Safety and Standards Act, mandates the need of a license/registration to operate any food business in the country, and the food business operator found operating without the stipulated license/registration, are dealt under the penal provisions of the Act, which includes a fine up to Rs.5lakhs, and imprisonment for a term which may extend up to six months.

          In view of the above, all the food business operators operating canteens, eateries, food joints and/or supplying food to all educational institutes like school, Higher Secondary Schools, Colleges, Universities, Technical Training Centers as well as food business operators operating in Government offices, private offices, etc. are required to obtain either the registration or license under the food safety and standard Act., failing which penal action shall be applied as per the provisions of law.

          The food business operators are also expected to operate their kitchens as per the hygienic and good manufacturing practices guidelines, stipulated under schedule 4 of the Food Safety Act, 2006.

          All food business operators are hereby requested to obtain License/Registration and to maintain hygiene in their kitchen, failing which action will be imitated as per the provisions of law.  

Mumbai/New York, 21^th February 2018: Fast Company today announced its annual ranking of the world’s 50 Most Innovative Companies (MIC) for 2018, honoring leading enterprises and rising newcomers that exemplify the best in business and innovation. Reliance Jio, India’s premiere mobile and digital services provider earned the number 17 spot on the global list, and also ranks at number one for Most Innovative Companies in India.

Reliance Jio has been at the forefront of technology and innovation bringing transformational changes to the Indian digital services space and propelling India into global leadership in the digital economy. With their eco-system comprising of a network, devices, applications and content, Jio has revolutionized the Indian telecom landscape, becoming the highest quality and most affordable data market in the world.

“Since the launch of Jio, our mission has been bold yet simple: to make broadband technology affordable and accessible to every person in India,” stated Akash Ambani, Director, Reliance Jio. “We have sought nothing less than a complete transformation of the Indian telecom sector, fueled by our commitment to bring the best products, services and value to our customers, and continuous innovation plays a major role in delivering on that promise.”

Jio joins the list of other leading global companies such as Apple, Netflix, Tencent, Amazon, Spotify and many others.

The 50 Most Innovative Companies were curated from Fast Company‘s Top 10 lists, which recognize pioneering companies across 36 categories, from artificial intelligence to wellness. More than three dozen Fast Company editors, reporters, and contributors surveyed thousands of companies—many of which were identified by a new MIC submission process—to create these lists.

Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company’s signature franchise and one of its most highly anticipated editorial efforts of the year. It provides both a snapshot and a road map for the future of innovation across the most dynamic sectors of the economy. “This year’s MIC list is an inspiring and insightful window into how many companies have embraced innovation and are working to make meaningful change,” said Fast Company deputy editor David Lidsky, who oversaw the issue with senior editor Amy Farley.

Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies issue (March-April 2018) is now available online at www.fastcompany.com/MIC, as well as in app form via iTunes and on newsstands beginning February 27.

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