The Latest Breaking News from Goa

PANAJI: Goa’s weekly positivity rate is below 1%, but slightly above the national average.

PANAJI: The pandemic has caused unusual delays in the college academic schedule in the state, resulting in full-fledged lectures being conducted in summer for the first time. Cramped classrooms without proper ventilation and power failures have led to teachers and students taking ill in some cases. This has left college…

PANAJI: In the backdrop of rampant irregularities in the outline development plan process and Section 16B approvals, town and country planning (TCP) minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday announced that all approvals would be put under the scanner for discrepancies. Rane said he would not hesitate to suspend or scrap ODPs…

Panaji: Goa reported six Covid-19 cases and four recoveries on Monday. The case positivity rate rose to 1.8% which was less than 1% over the past several days. The active caseload rose to 19, which was 17 on Sunday.

MARGAO: The exuberance with which 85-year-old Chandru Velip from Netravali leads the village in the traditional jaggery-making exercise belies his age. That can be attributed to the fact that he, like several of his fellow villagers, has been engaged in the activity since his teenage years. He has learnt the…

PANAJI: Facing flak for his remarks against the need for a tiger reserve in Goa, forest minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday hit out at his critics, saying that he is a “person who is educated” and that he doesn’t require environmentalists and NGOs to advise him. He said that Goa…

PANAJI: NSUI Goa unit president Naushad Chowdhari on Saturday said that after jobs, Goan youth will now leave the state in search of good universities.

KERI: On Friday, forest minister Vishwajit Rane had said that tigers found in Goa’s forests were only those in transit. Environmentalists have, however, pointed at clear evidence of tiger presence captured through camera traps for years in Goa’s forests.

PANAJI: Health minister Vishwajit Rane has said that the government is looking at increasing the strength of Goa’s health and wellness sector. “We have received a sanction for 100 new community health officers that we will be recruiting,” he said.