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Goa: Pramod Sawant said the state government will start screening for Covid-19 at the borders, and that private labs have also been asked to set up centres to test visitors on entry. Persons who test positive on the rapid antigen test will be isolated at the border itself.Sawant said, so far, 26 cases of the Delta variant have been confirmed in the state, but no cases of the Delta+ variant. He…

Goa: The figure for Goa’s overall deaths from Covid crossed 3,000. The day also marked one year since the first Covid death in the state.The initial 1,000 occurred over a period of 10 months 307 days  between June 2020 and April 2021.he major toll occurred during the second wave that hit the state like a ton of bricks in April. As the state was largely unprepared to handle it, it resulted in a…

Goa: The Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) has completed the works of erecting a charging station for their electric  vehicles (EV) at the Margao  bus stand.There are a total of 50 buses to be delivered under phase two of the FAME India scheme.Of the 50 buses that were to be handed to Goa from a Hyderabad-based manufacturer, 30 have arrived in the state and are being recharged at the…

Goa: Last year, the coming together of citizen groups to salvage the coconut trees along the Guirim highway was a a success.Today these trees are near-dead, showing little chance of survival. Green activists blame the lack of initiative from local authorities to water the individual trees through the summer months.After citizens and the Goa Green Brigade got together to save the trees last year,…

Goa : A day after threatening to leave Congress  if state party president Girish Chodankar is replaced, Sankalp Amonkar  retracted his statements, attributing them to an emotional outburst. Amonkar, a vice president of the state party unit, said that he remains loyal to the party and will do all he can to ensure that Congress forms the government in 2022.Amonkar said that the aim of his…

Goa :In a direct threat  to the political parties taking to the social media to unnecessarily criticise the government, especially police, chief minister Pramod Sawant told the police department to show them their place.I have seen political parties criticising police. What do they think of themselves? I think police should show them their place Sawant, who also holds the home portfolio, said…

Goa: Goa reported 315 fresh cases of Covid-19, 534 recoveries and six fatalities in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases to 3,599. For the second consecutive day, the state witnessed a dip in the case positivity rate, though marginal.The case positivity rate dropped to 7.8 % against 8.6%, while the recovery rate went up to 96%. The mortality count rose to 2,976 with six deaths…

Goa: While the state government is yet to decide on when to permit the hospitality industry to reopen, tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar called for resumption of the sector only after people are fully vaccinated. He, however, said that if operations were to restart in the near future, they would be permitted only if protocols introduced by the government are properly followed.It is my suggestion…

Goa: The state  recorded a significant dip in its positivity with 22%. Goa recorded 1,055 fresh cases and 32 deaths, and continues to have over 15,000 active cases.The day also saw 1,396 recoveries, while the recovery rate rose to 88%. The mortality count, too, rose to 2571. Hospitals continue to see patients coming in critical condition, either owing to delays in getting tested or ignoring their…

Goa: High court of Bombay at Goa asked the state government to clarify whether it is using Ivermectin  for positive patients or as a prophylactic.The bench stated that it shouldn’t be promoting it as a prophylactic unless it has scientific data.The high court repeatedly asked the state government, why it couldn’t get the present expert committee to vet its distribution of Ivermectin.The committee…

Goa: Goa’s active cases continued to slowly drop even as the state’s positivity rate remained a worrying 31%. With 1,549 fresh infections and 2,081 recoveries, the state’s active case count dropped slightly to 15,705. However, there has been no real respite from the deaths, as 39 more persons, inluding a DySP of the Goa police, succumbed to the virus. The News24 Goa

Goa: While cyclone Tauktae inflicted wide-spread damage across the state, at Colva beach , the recent beautification and developmental work undertaken has fallen victim to its rage.The gazebos placed on the beach too have suffered damage. While these ornamental poles tend to get ripped up in stormy weather every year, this time around, the damage has been caused even before the monsoon…

Goa: The Goa Waste Management Corporation   (GWMC) is racing against time to complete the bioremediation  of the legacy garbage dump of Sonsoddo before the monsoon sets in. However the unseasonal rain that lashed the state slowed the pace of the work to some extent.Managing director of GWMC, Levinson Martins said that all possible measures will be undertaken to try to complete the work before…

Goa : The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) has said that action will be initiated against anyone found carrying out filming in the state. The ESG  has said it has suspended all permissions given for shooting of films or serials due to the ongoing state curfew  to curb the spread of Covid19  in Goa.It is hereby instructed to all concerned that undertaking film shooting in the state at present is…

Goa: A patrol team of South Goa Police  swooped down on an illegal online gambling  den at Gandhi market in Margao  on Friday evening and arrested 11 persons involved in the unlawful activities.Rs 80,000 in cash, 11 “all in one” computers, each worth Rs 25,000 and an internet modem, a router, two wi-fi dongles, all worth nearly Rs 35,000 were seized by the police. The News24 Goa

Goa: Stating that they received meagre compensation  last year after their plantations were destroyed from flooding in Sal   village farmers  from Bicholim taluka now fear that the state administration might not compensate them adequately this time too. The flooding was caused when water was released from Tillari dam causing the level of Chapora river to rise.Villagers as well as farmers have…

Goa : From the moment Santiago Lusardi Girelli  made his first appearance in Goa in 2013, it was clear the Spanish-Argentinean dynamo was someone extraordinary.I vividly recall that debut, conducting the disparate assemblage he had knitted together as the Goa University Choir .  It was an unusual setting: the 16th century Igreja de Santa Cruz. More novel still was the repertoire: songs in Latin,…