Goa

Goa Medical College: Covid cases have spread to peri-urban, rural localities

PANAJI: Goa recorded 1,647 new Covid-19 cases, 2,693 recoveries, and 39 deaths in the past 24 hours. Its active cases…

5 years ago

‘Spirit of Goa’ helps people pick up life after cyclone

Panaji: Goa’s community spirit, which was already at full display as the state grappled with the ferocious second wave of…

5 years ago

Goa: During blackout, solar power users had their moment in the Sun

PANAJI: While their neighbours groped in the dark for three to four days at a stretch after Cyclone Tauktae, few…

5 years ago

Goa government to hire Ayush doctors as it fails to get MBBS physicians

PANAJI: The directorate of health services’ second attempt in the last one-and-half month to hire MBBS doctors has been unsuccessful.…

5 years ago

Covid-19: Third wave may hit Goa in September, state braces to protect kids

PANAJI: Even as Goa grapples with the second wave of Covid-19, epidemiologists have warned that a third wave may hit…

5 years ago

Goa: Strict curfew needed to curb public gatherings

PANAJI: The state government on Sunday issued an order extending the curfew till 7am on May 31. South collector Ruchika…

5 years ago

Residents turn to inverters, gensets to keep WFH going

PANAJI: With memories of Goa’s massive power outage still fresh and with monsoons around the corner, domestic inverters, batteries and…

5 years ago

State cancels Class X exams, decision on Class XII by Wed

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday that the Goa Board’s Class X exams this year would be cancelled,…

5 years ago

Goa police’s anti-terrorist squad struggling with rickety vehicles

PANAJI: Goa police’s anti-terrorist squad (ATS) appears ill-equipped to deal with the frequent alerts the state receives, as its vehicles…

5 years ago

At 35%, Goa’s positivity rate still highest in country

PANAJI: Goa reported 42 Covid deaths over the past 24 hours. None of the deceased were vaccinated except four who…

5 years ago