The members of Australia’s 43rd parliament were sworn-in on the 28/09/2010 in Canberra by Chief Justice of the High Court Robert French. Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott attended the traditional smoking ceremony, which was preceded by a speech from Aboriginal elder Matilda House Read more »
Attempting sustainable economic development
September 28, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
THE schools reopened in Jammu and Kashmir after three months of closure in view of virtually daily occurrence of stone pelting by mobs of youth at police. The attendance was about one-fifths of the normal but anyway it is a good beginning. Read more »
No Lasting Peace in Northeast
September 28, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
PEACEMAKING is a messy business. Avoiding or ending violence often requires compromises that some consider appeasement, injustice, or undemocratic. Yet, a flawed peace may be preferable to continued violence. Ideally, compromises to end violence induce future participation in rule-based competition for political power. Read more »
MGNREGA: a social safety net for vulnerable groups
September 28, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA), which now has been re-named as Mahatma Gandhi NREGA (MGNREGA), started in September 2005.The main aim of this scheme is to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed employment and wages, in a financial year, to every household, whose adult members volunteer to engage in unskilled manual work. Read more »
Rural students lag behind in career guidance
September 28, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Choices play important roles in shaping the course of our lives. A career choice is one of them which are extremely pivotal. A wise choice leads to a brighter future. Educational institutions assist students with the necessary help to develop their skills, and discern their career by providing them with guidance. Read more »
Poor infrastructure discourages deep sea fishing in state
September 28, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Goa is a state which has undertaken fishing activities since time immemorial. Residents in almost all the coastal villages in Goa, are involved in some type of fishing activity, and the story is no different in Salcete which is blessed with a long coastal belt. Read more »
State’s tourist inflow on the rise
September 28, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
BY ABDUL RAUF BEIG | NT According to the information provided by the tourism department, the hotels in the state are having occupancy of around 65 per cent in the rainy season as against 50-55 per cent in the previous years, thereby making Goa an all-season tourist destination. Read more »
Trial only way out of Babri dispute?
September 28, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
The last-gasp effort to create room for an out-of-court settlement in the vexed row over ownership of the disputed 2.77 acres of land in Ayodhya appears to have no takers, with main parties like Sunni Waqf Board and Hindu Mahasabha filing affidavits in Supreme Court giving it a thumbs down. Read more »
Geo-economic politics of W Ghats
September 27, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
BY NANDKUMAR KAMAT
IN the age of global warming and climate change, for sustainable ecological security and water security of Goa, the biological integrity of the Western ghats is central and critical. Read more »
Vanxim islanders determined to protect their land, agriculture
September 27, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa
Vanxim locals formed an association to counter attempts of the taking over of their ancestral tenanted land for commercial purposes, at a token programme to be held on Gandhi Jayanti. They also decided to revive agriculture in their village.
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