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Team Goemkarponn Panaji: Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Goa is emerging as a frontrunner in India’s healthcare transformation by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI), said Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Monday. Addressing a joint press conference, Rane highlighted that with the support of AstraZeneca and Qure.AI, the state has already screened over one lakh chest X-rays using AI-based technology. The initiative has led to the identification of thousands of critical lung nodules and has reduced diagnosis time by more than 50 per cent. “Goa is among the first states in the country to successfully scale AI-enabled lung…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa took up writ petitions filed by two retired Police Sub Inspectors (PSIs) of the Goa Police, challenging proposed recovery proceedings, and observed that initiating such action against pensioners amounts to harassment. A Division Bench comprising Justice Suman Shyam and Justice Amit Jamsandekar was hearing a petition filed by Shivaji Narayan Birje, a former PSI who retired from service on December 31, 2024. The court noted that despite his retirement, the authorities had initiated steps to recover alleged excess payments. Birje contended that the recovery pertained to so-called excess drawals and…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Government of Goa has withdrawn and cancelled the permission/No Objection Certificate (NOC) granted to Tirumalla Tirupati Multistate Co-operative Credit Society Ltd. for operating in the State, with immediate effect. According to a press note issued by the Office of the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Goa, the NOC earlier granted vide letters dated July 31, 2014 and June 28, 2018—which permitted extension of the society’s area of operation and opening of 13 branches in Goa—has been withdrawn following regulatory scrutiny and inspection. The action was taken after inspection carried out by the Office of the Registrar of…

New Delhi: Bengaluru FC’s senior players, led by Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri, have agreed to a reduction in their salaries for the upcoming truncated Indian Super League (ISL) season, club owner Parth Jindal confirmed on Monday. The 2026 ISL season, which has been delayed for over four months due to administrative and financial challenges, is scheduled to resume on February 14 in a shortened format. Jindal said the decision came after open discussions between the club management and first-team players, reflecting the collective effort to navigate one of the most uncertain periods in Indian football. “Everyone is well aware…

New Delhi: India’s financial markets rallied sharply on Tuesday following the announcement of a new trade deal with the United States, which reduces tariffs on Indian goods from 50% to 18%. The rupee strengthened by 1.2% to 90.40 per dollar in early trading, marking its strongest session since November 2022. The benchmark Sensex opened more than 3,600 points higher to cross the 85,000 mark from Monday’s close of 81,666.46, while the Nifty 50 jumped 1,200 points to trade near 26,288, bringing it within 100 points of its January record high. Government bond yields eased, with the 10-year paper falling by…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court delivered a sharp rebuke to Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, over its controversial privacy policy, questioning whether millions of Indians, particularly those who are poor or uneducated, can understand the terms. A bench led by Chief Justice Surya made it clear that the court would not allow the platform to exploit users’ personal data. During the hearing on WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy update, the Chief Justice stated, “You can’t play with privacy… we will not allow you to share a single digit of our data,” and cautioned the company, “If you can’t follow our Constitution,…

New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the Enforcement Directorate of illegally taking confidential political data belonging to the Trinamool Congress during searches at the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC). In a counter affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, Banerjee alleged that the agency used “pretextual” search operations to seize sensitive campaign-related material rather than conduct legitimate investigations. According to the affidavit, ED officials visited I-PAC premises only briefly and focused solely on retrieving information related to the ruling party. Banerjee claimed that the Section 17 search warrants invoked were “mechanical and invalid,” lacking proper legal scrutiny…