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Cheating not our culture, cheaters must be penalised

Indians love to play the racist card to their undue advantage. They are bridling with anger over the UK’s rejection of the vax certificate. Let’s face it: India is teeming with fake certificates. During the lockdowns, Hong Kong twice banned Air India flights as the passengers tested positive despite producing the -ve RT PCR certificates. 

We know what is happening at Patradevi, just recently a bus just sped through to avoid checking. Are these cheaters punished? Was the hotel that hosted a marriage for 2 days with 500+ guests punished when the permission was for 1 day with 50 guests? India has declared Internationally and in the Lok Sabha that there were no deaths due to oxygen shortages: you believe this? Instead, our attitude is to criticize the officials charged with checking and ‘allowing’ the cheaters to go free! 

NIO study showed micro plastics in tap water in Goa. Then, NIO themselves shot down the study! What is sacrosanct in India? Not our attitude for sure. The JEE Mains 21 exam in India saw some centres being compromised. Does all this show that cheating is part of our culture and acceptable?




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No election gimmicks over linear projects?

GASTON DIAS, Sarzora
Published Sep 23, 2021, 8:26 PM IST
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The recent announcements on free water, taxi meters, compensation for Covid-19 deaths, seafarers’ pension, reviewing Bhumiputra Bill, employment, door to door meet, etc. One wonders, why these free ‘tiatr tickets’ on offer as election is nearing! Goa has seen a systematic destruction of trees with bypassing of regulations of the Goa's Preservation of Trees Act, 1984. Thousands of trees at the Mollem National Park and the Mopa airport site, both with hastily passed…

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