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Will urban green lung areas accommodate wild animals?

To help specific destructive lobbies for wealth and power ambitions of Goan ruling politicians, the Goa BJP-run government is allowing the destruction  of natural green lungs (forests, trees, hills, water bodies) and is surprisingly now pursuing urban green lungs ( hopefully not a pretext to push additional FAR!). Anyway the point that I wish to make is whether the wild animals now being displaced by the destruction of natural green areas in our State, especially in the hinterlands will be accommodated in the newly envisaged urban green areas.


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Suicides in edu institutions must be probed

DIOMEDES PEREIRA, Corlim
Published May 6, 2025, 7:50 PM IST
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The recent suicide trend among IIT students is a very serious & sad issue and our Education Ministers must set up fair inquiry to ferret out the truth and address the problem in the best possible way. Educational institutions are supposed to be places where students feel secure and excited to learn. Of course, there can be cases of students who are not able to cope up with the course contents taught in these institutions, in which case such students should be given some…

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