Design Yatra flagged off in Goa

Goa governor Mridula Sinha flagged off the Goa leg of the Institute of Indian Interior Designer (IIID)’s Design Yatra at Raj Bhavan.

The Goan NetworkPublished Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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This yatra is a part of an initiative launched by IIID earlier in the year, wherein it had aimed at taking design to masses.

Starting off from Indore and covering major cities in west and north India, including Mumbai, Thane and Ahmadabad to name a few, IIID has now set its sights on Goa, as it arrived in the State on November 26.

IIID has planned interactions with people through a host of activities ,including a photography workshop by well-known photographer and founder of CMYK Academy Prasad Pankar, panel discussions by experts, a bamboo workshop at the Goa College of Architecture (GCA), design interventions at public spaces, presentations on design and architecture and more.

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Govt’s cashless plan a pipe dream: GSRP

Calling the State government’s intent of making Goa a cashless State a “pipe dream”, Goa Su-raj Party's (GSRP) general secretary and spokesman, Floriano Lobo said the government has failed to put its own house in order where many government departments still refuse to accept cheques from public.

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Nov 30, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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MAPUSA“A cashless society which is being planned seems to be a pipe dream. If this is going to be so, then we shall see sprawling malls replacing our existing major and mini markets which cannot be supported by the cashless transactions,” Lobo said. The GSRP spokesman was addressing a news conference in its party office in Mapusa on Tuesday. Relating his personal example on government’s snub to payments by cheques, Lobo said when he went to renew his arms licence on Monday,…

Design Yatra flagged off in Goa

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