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GEC mining students soften stance

Agitating students of the mining engineering department of Goa Engineering College (GEC) at Farmagudi-Ponda on Wednesday attended classes following an assurance from Director of Technical Education, Vivek Kamat.


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On Tuesday, the students had boycotted the classes demanding campus placement and to renew the contract of their faculties and to pay their pending salaries.  
Sesa Goa Ltd had entered into a partnership with Goa Engineering College in 2012 till December 2016 to start the mining engineering department and the entire expenditure was met by the mining company. Now, GEC is bound to meet the expenditure. 
When contacted, the students of the minng department informed that Director of Technical Education has given them oral assurance that he would sort out the issue within 
seven days.  
When contacted Vivek Kamat over the phone, he refused to talk. 
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Infant dies of aspiration pneumonia

A seven-month-old baby girl from Curti-Ponda, but a native of Jharkhand, died of ‘aspiration pneumonia’ on rnWednesday.

The Goan Network
Published Apr 27, 2017, 4:40 AM IST
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PONDAPonda Police informed that the family had come down to Goa two months ago and were residing at Curti-Ponda.  The police said the baby was breastfed at about 9 am, after which she fell asleep. After sometime when her mother noticed that the baby was not moving, they rushed her to the Sub District Hospital, where she was declared dead on arrival. The autopsy stated that the baby died due to ‘aspiration pneumonia’. Sources from the GMC informed that such cases happen…

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