MES college lecturer’s son secures seat at IISc Bengaluru

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Jun 23, 2022, 12:30 AM IST

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MES college lecturer’s son secures seat at IISc Bengaluru

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Omkar Nayak Shinkre, son of MES College lecturer Devakinandan Nayak Shinkre and student of Goa College of Engineering, has cleared Gate 2022 with an all-India rank of 479.
Shinkre, a resident of Khorlim-Mapusa, has secured a seat in the prestigious Indian Institute of Sciences (IISc) Bengaluru and will now pursue his master's from the Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics for the next 3 years.
Shinkre had also received offers from other prestigious colleges including IIT's but chose to pursue his studies at IISc.

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Compensation given to Pernem land losers ‘illegal’: HC to govt

Orders recovery; pulls up officers for modifying final order

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Published Jun 23, 2022, 12:29 AM IST

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PANAJILand losers from Pernem who received compensation from the Goa government prior to the elections -- including some who were handed cheques by former minister Manohar “Babu” Ajgaonkar -- will now have to return the money after the Bombay High Court at Goa ruled that the money was illegally handed to them. The High Court has pulled up two land acquisition officers Ravishankar Nipanikar and Sudhir Kerkar for having “in total disregard of the legal position and breach…