Mapusa student wins gold medal

The Goan NetworkPublished Feb 10, 2017, 12:00 AM IST

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Mapusa student wins gold medal

PANAJI: Nidhi Nilkanth Raul, a student of Std IX at St Mary Convent High School, Mapusa, won the Gold medal at the National-level in all India essay writing event organised by Shri Ramchandra Mission at Margao on January 29, in association with United Nations Information Centre for India and Bhutan.

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Railways to set up institute on tunnelling in Goa

The Goan Network

Published Feb 10, 2017, 12:00 AM IST

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PTINew Delhi The Railways on Thursday joined hands with Switzerland for setting up a world class institute offering basic courses in tunnelling in rail and road sectors, a first in the country. The Railways is involved in some major tunnelling work in the border areas, including Tawang and Kashmir rail network. The current requirement of tunnelling works in India is about 2,750 km. Konkan Railway Corporation and Hagerbach Test Gallery of Switzerland signed an MoU here for…