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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Renewing the push for a Drug-Free Goa, Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant on Saturday launched the ‘Nasha Mukht Bharat, Nasha Mukht Goa’ campaign along with a wellness camp at Sai Nursing Institute in North Goa. The initiative, supported by the Addiction Treatment Facility, aims to promote awareness, reduce stigma, and strengthen treatment for addiction to narcotics, tobacco, and alcohol. Sawant urged local elected representatives, including Sarpanch and Panchayat members, to take the lead in building awareness and ensuring communities treat addiction as a serious health issue. He cautioned that drug networks are actively targeting Goan youth by…

Mumbai: India recorded a current account surplus of $13.5 billion, or 1.3% of GDP, in the fourth quarter of FY2024-25, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday. This marks a sharp improvement from the $4.6 billion surplus in the same quarter last year and a turnaround from the $11.3 billion deficit in the previous quarter. The surplus was largely driven by strong growth in services exports and an increase in remittances from Indians working abroad. Despite the positive fourth-quarter performance, the overall current account for the full fiscal year remained in deficit. The deficit…

New Delhi: Concerns are mounting over the availability of Jasprit Bumrah for the upcoming Edgbaston Test against England, as the star pacer skipped the nets session on Friday, just five days ahead of the second Test of the ongoing series, according to a report by The Times of India. Bumrah, who featured in the opening Test at Headingley, did not take part in the team’s practice session despite travelling with the squad. Prasidh Krishna, another fast bowler in the squad, was also absent from nets training. The rest of the Indian players underwent a full practice session, raising speculation about…

New Delhi: Former India opener Aakash Chopra has sounded a strong warning to Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir, stating that with the kind of control and freedom he has been given by the selectors, it’s now time for him to deliver results—no excuses. Speaking on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that although Gambhir guided India to a Champions Trophy victory in 2025, his record in Test cricket has been underwhelming since taking over as head coach last year. India has managed to win only three out of 11 Tests during his tenure—two against Bangladesh and one against Australia—while suffering…

New Delhi: With the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya and the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on the horizon, the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is set to roll out a comprehensive monitoring system to boost athlete performance and medal prospects. The initiative comes on the back of encouraging results following the decentralisation of national coaching camps post the 2024 Paris Olympics. AFI President and World Athletics Vice-President Adille Sumariwalla announced on Friday that the federation is conceptualising a “robust monitoring system” to ensure consistent progress among India’s vast pool of track and field athletes. The move is part of AFI’s…

New Delhi: Teen chess sensation R Praggnanandhaa has scripted history once again by becoming India’s top-ranked chess player and climbing to World No. 4 in the live global rankings after winning the UzChess Cup Masters 2025 in Tashkent on Friday. With this victory, the 19-year-old Grandmaster achieved his career-best rating of 2778.3, leapfrogging both reigning world champion D Gukesh (2776.6) and Arjun Erigaisi (2775.7), who was India’s top-ranked player just a day earlier. Globally, he now trails only Magnus Carlsen (2839.2), Hikaru Nakamura (2807.0), and Fabiano Caruana (2784.2). Praggnanandhaa entered the final round of the round-robin tournament trailing local favourite…

Puri: More than 500 devotees sustained injuries during the annual Rath Yatra celebrations in Puri, Odisha, as massive crowds surged forward during the ceremonial pulling of Lord Balabhadra’s Taladhwaja chariot, according to reports from Kalinga TV. The incident took place amid the spiritual fervour and packed streets typical of this centuries-old tradition, where lakhs of devotees gather to witness the grand chariot procession of Lord Jagannath and his siblings. The injuries reportedly occurred due to overcrowding and intense pushing among the sea of pilgrims trying to take part in the pulling of the chariot, one of the most sacred rituals…