Former Goa Governor Mridula Sinha breathes her last at 77

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Nov 19, 2020, 1:07 AM IST

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Former Goa Governor Mridula Sinha breathes her last at 77

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Former Goa governor Mridula Sinha passed away in Delhi on Wednesday. She was 77.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah paid homage to her tweeting: “She worked for the nation, society and organization throughout her life. She was also an accomplished writer who will always be remembered for her writing.”

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and current Governor Bhagat Singh Koshiyari also condoled Sinha's passing away.

Sinha, a low-profile Bharatiya Janata Party woman activist, held the Governor's post for a term and came in for scrutiny for her controversial role in installing the Manohar Parrikar led coalition government post the 2017 Assembly elections despite the Congress emerging the single largest party.

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Digitisation can promote coop movt among youth: MLA

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Nov 19, 2020, 1:07 AM IST

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Digitisation can promote coop movt among youth: MLA

MAPUSAVice Chairman of Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation and Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza on Wednesday said “digitisation” and “brand value” were the buzz words to promote cooperative movement among the youth and stressed on inclusion of cooperation as a subject in the curriculum.“In order to attract youth to the cooperative movement, we need to reinvent ourselves as per demands of today’s youth. Digitisation is considered as a very important tool for…