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Team Goemkarponn Chandor: Chandan Caro, Ishita Colaso, Ruhaan Shaikh, Anaya Shukla, Aarna Lotlikar, and Ishaan Colaso emerged as champions at the 5th Naguesh and Sushila Verenkar Memorial All Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament, hosted at the Chandor Club Multipurpose Hall. The tournament was organised by Chandor Club under the aegis of the Goa Table Tennis Association. In the Under-15 Boys final, Chandan Caro came from behind to defeat Ruhaan Shaikh 3-1 (9-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-8). In the corresponding Girls final, Ishita Colaso showcased her skill with a 3-1 (11-3, 11-7, 6-11, 11-3) victory over Aarna Lotlikar. Ruhaan Shaikh earlier…

Team Goemkarponn Navelim: The State Junior Basketball Championships 2025 witnessed dominant performances as DBO Fatorda, DBO Panjim A, Sonics, and NCS Vasco secured their places in the semi-finals. The tournament is currently underway at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium in Navelim and is being organised by the Panjim Basketeers Club under the aegis of the Goa Basketball Association (GBA) and the Sports Authority of Goa. The championship also serves as a crucial selection platform for Goa’s Junior Boys and Girls teams ahead of the upcoming 75th Junior Nationals scheduled to be held in Ludhiana this September. The tournament tipped off…

Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), in collaboration with the United States’ NASA, is set to launch the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite today at 5:40 PM IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. NISAR is one of the most advanced Earth observation satellites, marking a decade-long collaboration and over USD 1.5 billion in joint investment between the two space agencies. This high-resolution radar imaging satellite will be launched aboard the GSLV-F16 rocket—marking the first time ISRO is deploying a GSLV to insert a satellite into a sun-synchronous polar orbit, a task typically handled…

Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Sporting Club Davorlim emerged victorious over Guardian Angel SC with a 5-4 win via the tiebreaker in the Betalbatim Villagers Cup inter-village football tournament, organised by Betalbatim Sporting Club and held at the Betalbatim Panchayat ground. The closely contested match ended in a 1-1 draw at the end of regulation time. Guardian Angel SC took an early lead through Jaison Dias in the 6th minute, but Sporting Club Davorlim struck back in the 25th minute, courtesy of an equaliser from William Niasso. In the dramatic penalty shootout that followed, William Niasso, Aeren Figueiredo, M. Ajay Raj, and…

Team Goemkarponn Porvorim: Minister for Information Technology, Electronics & Communications, Rohan A. Khaunte, announced a series of key initiatives during the ongoing Goa Assembly session aimed at strengthening the state’s digital infrastructure and fostering innovation. Among the most significant was the launch of the Har Ghar Fiber programme, which will bring high-speed internet connectivity to every household across Goa. The rollout will begin with a pilot phase in Porvorim, Sankhalim, and Bicholim. To further improve citizen access to government services, the Minister revealed that four new Citizen Service Centres (CSCs) will be established in Darbandora, Valpoi, Panjim, and Porvorim. These…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a special discussion in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, delivered a powerful and scathing response to the opposition’s criticism of Operation Sindoor, the Indian military’s retaliatory action following the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. He accused the Congress party of repeatedly undermining the armed forces, weakening national security, and siding with narratives that mirror Pakistan’s propaganda. Modi hailed the success of Operation Sindoor, saying it marked a new era in India’s national security doctrine. He praised the all-party delegation diplomacy that followed the operation, stating, “India now has the ‘Sindoor spirit’—a…

New Delhi: Following the powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday, the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) confirmed that there is no tsunami threat to India or the Indian Ocean region. The earthquake, one of the strongest recorded in recent years, triggered tsunami alerts across the northern Pacific, with warnings issued for Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and coastal areas as far south as New Zealand. In a post on social media platform X, INCOIS stated that the quake, initially measured at 8.7 before being revised to 8.8 magnitude, was detected off the East Coast…