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15,000 mangrove saplings will be planted at new island in Mandovi: Goa forest minister Vishwajit Rane

PANAJI: Forest minister Vishwajit Rane on Sunday planted mangrove saplings on the Mankule island in Mandovi. Rane said that highest priority will be given to protection of mangroves in the state and not a single mangrove tree will be allowed to be cut.

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Only 2,700 take booster at Tika Utsav, Goa's Covid positivity rate up to 7.1%

PANAJI: A total of only 2,721 persons including senior citizens, healthcare and frontline workers, received their booster doses on Sunday for Tika Utsav even as Goa’s case positivity rose to 7.1% on Sunday. Goa reported 41 new Covid-19 cases after a total of 581 samples were tested. On Saturday, 36…

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Take up desilting of Sal, AAP tells Goa government

PANAJI: AAP youth wing has requested the government to take up the matter of desilting River Sal on priority considering the monsoons are a few days away.

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'Goa's Temple tanks, sacred groves need to be preserved'

KERI/PANJIM: As World Environment Day is being celebrated on June 5 on the theme of living in harmony with nature, Goa has several examples of traditions that have promoted conservation through the ages. Temple tanks and sacred groves are just two such traditional models practised to date across the state…

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Porvorim prone to summer, festival thefts, warns Goa police

PANAJI: Instances of theft and chain-snatching in Porvorim increase during the summer holidays and festival periods such as Ganesh Chaturthi, a crime mapping analysis by Goa police has shown, North Goa SP Shobit Saxena said on Saturday.

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BJP's work continues even without elections: Goa CM Pramod Sawant

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday said BJP will continue to work in Goa to ensure that benefits of all schemes reach the needful. The party is working for social upliftment and not only during elections, he said.

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Goa: Tika Utsav at health centres across state today

PANAJI: Considering the rise in Covid-19 cases and the low response to the booster dose, the health department has appealed to senior citizens, healthcare workers and frontline workers to get vaccinated at Tika Utsav on Sunday at various health centres, provided they have completed nine months from their second dose.

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36 fresh covid cases in Goa

PANAJI: After a rise for three days, Goa's daily Covid-19 count dropped from 50 to 36 on Saturday. The active tally is 233. A total of 679 samples were tested, with a 5.3% positivity rate. There were no hospitalisations or deaths. State epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar said as long as…

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No serious suspect of monkeypox in Goa: Health Services

PANAJI: Goa hasn't seen any serious suspect of monkeypox, said state epidemiologist Dr Utkarsh Betodkar, adding that the sample of the only suspected case, which was sent to NIV, Pune, has tested negative. It was more of a chickenpox case, he said.

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Monsoon may hit Goa next week

PANAJI: Lack of strong monsoon currents has stalled the onset of the southwest monsoon over Goa and its northern limit remains stuck at Karwar since May 31. IMD - Panaji expects the monsoon current to revive on Wednesday.

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Soon, checks on milk entering Goa: Cooperation Minister Subhash Shirodkar

PANAJI/MARGAO: Cooperation minister Subhash Shirodkar on Saturday said that a mechanism will soon be put in place to check the quality and pricing of milk that enters Goa.

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Send kids to school despite rising Covid cases: Health services

PANAJI: State immunologist Dr Rajendra Borkar said it is advisable to send children to school. If children and parents are vaccinated, then there is a comfortable safe zone, he said.

The Times of India

Cases up, exercise caution, take booster vax says Goa Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant

PANAJI: As Goa is seeing an increase in Covid cases in recent days, citizens should start taking the necessary precautions to avoid the infection, chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Saturday. He, however, did not comment on whether the state government will make wearing of masks mandatory in the coming…

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Karnataka: 7 charred to death as bus catches fire near Kalaburagi

KALABURAGI: Seven members of an extended family, including two children, were charred to death and 27 others injured when their bus overturned and caught fire after colliding with a goods van at Kamalapur, 35 km from here, on Friday morning. The deceased are from Hyderabad and were returning after a…

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Woman who calls herself a queen will marry HERSELF as she plans solo honeymoon

Blogger Kshama Bindu, 24, said she does not need a prince charming and plans to marry herself dressing up as a bride and jetting off to Goa on honeymoon

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Goa-based Third Eye Distillery’s new gins involved ‘Zoom distilling’ with Australian Four Pillars

A collaboration between Third Eye Distillery and Four Pillars brings together the flavours of India and Australia, and introduces two limited-edition gins

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Goan firm delivers first nose cone for Vande Bharat train

Panaji: Goa-based Kineco Limited, a composite part manufacturer has supplied the first composite front structure for the Vande Bharat semi-high speed trains being built for the Indian Railway.

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Goa: ‘Declare every KTC bus stand as no-tobacco zone’

MARGAO: On the occasion of World No-Tobacco Day observed on May 31, Goacan has called for every Kadamba Transport Corporation Limited (KTCL)-managed bus stand in Goa to be declared as a ‘no-tobacco zone’.

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Goa: ‘Law should be strict to decrease tobacco use’

PANAJI: The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) in association with the department of public health dentistry, Goa Dental College and Hospital commemorated ‘World No Tobacco Day’ by organising the 4th Goa Anti-Tobacco Film Festival.

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Goa: Export of jackfruit, its value added products gain ground

PANAJI: The humble jackfruit has emerged world over as a preferred meat substitute. Interestingly, this trend is working in favour of many farmers across the state.

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Goa's rich eclectic culture matter of pride for all Indians: Kovind on Statehood Day

Goa was accorded Statehood on this day in 1987

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Differently-abled vendors get platform at Purumentachem Fest at city mall

PANAJI: Mandos blasting off loud-speakers, coconut palm fronds woven into shade mats, the sale of festachem chonne (grams) and fresh organic produce. This may appear to be a scene straight out of a typical tinto in a Goan village on a hot summer afternoon however, such was not the case.

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Filipe Neri Ferrao: After 465 years, archdiocese of Goa gets its first cardinal

PANAJI: In a historic moment for Goa, Pope Francis has picked Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao as one of 21 new cardinals, who will be elevated on August 27 at the Vatican. Ferrao thus became the first-ever archbishop of Goa to elevated to the cardinalate in 465 years, and is only…

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Monsoon not likely to hit Goa in next three to four days: IMD

PANAJI: With the southwest monsoon already setting over Kerala, three days ahead of the normal date of June 1 the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has declared the official onset of monsoon this season as of yesterday, May 29. However monsoon conditions are unlikely to set over Goa over the next…

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50% of rural households have access to tap water connections: Jal Shakti Ministry

The Ministry said Goa, Telangana, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Puducherry and Haryana have already achieved 100% household water connections

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