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Around 5,200 NRIs of Goan origin want to return to India: Goa NRI Commissi
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 19 (ANI): Around 5,200 NRIs of Goan origin, stranded across the world, want to return back to India in the backdrop of COVID-19 crisis, said Goa Commissioner for NRI Affairs Narendra Sawaikar on Monday.
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MHA grants special permission to bring seafarers stranded in Italy back to
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has given special permission to bring 414 Indian seafarers stranded in Italy back to the country through three special chartered flights.
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Cong leader visits North Goa DC, demands immediate rescue of stranded Goan
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], May 13 (ANI): Goa Congress spokesperson Urfan Mulla, along with the parents of stranded seafarers, met the North Goa Deputy Collector on Tuesday to demand the immediate rescue of 86 Goan seafarers who are stuck on Karnika Ship at the Bombay port since the last 60 days.
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'Shipping ministry charting out plan for evacuation of stranded Indian sea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday held discussions with seafarers unions and Shipping Line Co via video conferencing and asked ship liners to provide the details of stranded Indian seafarers in international waters and abroad.
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Nearly 180 Goan seafarers who disembarked off 3 ships at Mumbai port test
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 26 (ANI): Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that nearly all the 180-odd Goan seafarers, who have disembarked off three ships at the Mumbai port, have tested negative for COVID-19 and the process of bringing them to the state could begin on Sunday.
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Goa govt to set up smart kiosks at Mormugao Port Trust to scan seafarers f
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 23 (ANI): Goa State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Wednesday announced that the state government would be installing 'smart kiosks' at Mormugao Port Trust as a measure to intensify testing for COVID-19 in the state.
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Centre assures to bring back stranded Indian seafarers, Goa prepares for t
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Shripad Y Naik met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his deputy V Muraleedharan to assure that all possible efforts are being made to bring back the Indian seafarers stranded in different parts of the world.
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MHA orders to include additional agricultural, forestry items, movement of
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued an order to include additional agricultural and forestry items, shops of educational books for students, shops of electric fans and movement of Indian seafarers in the consolidated revised guidelines fo
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MEA has assured to bring back stranded seafarers: Shripad Naik
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik on Monday met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and discussed the issue of seafarers stranded across the world due to COVID-19 lockdown.
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Family members of Goan seafarers protest in front of Goa CM's residence
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 15 (ANI): Family members of Goan seafarers, who are stranded on various ships abroad due to COVID-19 lockdown, sat on indefinite hunger strike in front of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's residence on Wednesday seeking immediate steps from the government to brin
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Unfortunate to arrest relatives of stranded Goan seafarers: Digambar Kamat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], April 15 (ANI): Goa Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Wednesday termed the arrest of protesting relatives of stranded Goan seafarers as "unfortunate" and said the state government should take a leaf out of the book of countries that have flown their citizens bac
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Cabinet approves MoU with foreign countries to recognise competence of sea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 22 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval for the model Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will facilitate unilateral recognition by another country of the certificates issued by the Directorate General of Shipping to Indian seafarers without
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