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Prez coming for varsity convocation

President Pranab Mukherjee will preside over the 29th annual convocation of Goa University on April 25.


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The convocation scheduled at 4.30 pm at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, Bambolim will be attended by Governor Mridula Sinha and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
Speaking to ‘The Goan’, an official of Goa University informed, “We have also extended invitation to cabinet ministers, MLAs and a few other prominent people in the State for the function.” Additionally, one of the colleges across the State will be  honoured with the ‘Cleanest College’ Award. “In the light of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat Mission, the Governor had advised zeroing down on the cleanest college in the State. Accordingly, GU had appointed a committee which conducted a survey of all the colleges based on several parameters,” said the official.
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Cheer hard to come by; Feni industry remains unregulated

Despite humungous efforts made by cashew feni manufacturers in Goa, the official standards for feni are still not in place, leaving this industry at the mercy of unscrupulous elements.

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Published Apr 25, 2017, 4:28 AM IST
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PANAJIDue to lack of standards, neither the manufacturing process and nor the packaging and labelling practices are standardised, which means that there is no way that a consumer can check whether a certain brand of feni is genuine or not.Few months ago, Goa Cashew Feni Distillers and Bottlers Association had come out with elaborate standards for various stages of cashew production starting with how cashew apples are collected and stored to the stage when fermented cashew…

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