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Senior cop Arvind Gawas transferred back to Goa

Ministry of Home Affairs, in an order issued on Monday, transferred senior cop Arvind K Gawas from Pudducherry to Goa. Gawas is a 2009-batch officer and was inducted in AGMUT cadre of Indian Police Service in 2014.


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He was formerly posted as the SP (Traffic) in Goa while serving as the senior-most officer of the Goa Police Service. Gawas, who joined the police service in 1987 as a police sub-inspector, is the ninth cop from Goa Police Service to be inducted into IPS. He received the President’s Police Medal for meritorious service in 2013. 
He is presently serving as the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) at Puducherry.   
Meanwhile, DIG Goa Police Bhairon Singh Gurjar has been transferred to Delhi. Gurjar, a 2003 batch AGMUT cadre officer, supervised the functioning of SP Headquarters, SP Legal and Vigilance, police training school, IRB, election cell, motor transport, home guard and civil defence, and the economic offences cell.   
These two are among the 21 senior cops who have been transferred and there are 
orders to relieve them within 15 days.  
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Prevalence of smoking in Goa lowest

As the world observes No Tobacco Day on Wednesday, Goa is seen to be at a much better standing with prevalence of smoking being the lowest in the country. Officials in the state, however, say there is still a lot of awareness work to be done and law needs to be implemented.

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Published May 31, 2017, 7:06 PM IST
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the goan I networkPANAJI Speaking at an event in the city, president of the National Organization for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) Dr Shekhar Salkar said the prevalence of smoking in the state was low and the number of head and neck cancer cases were also low.   “Since the implementation of COTPA and work at the organistaion, the prevalence of smoking in the state has greatly reduced. Today, the figure may be less than nine percent. This is one of the lowest in…

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