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Panaji: Goa is expanding its technology ecosystem with a focus on job creation, digital empowerment, startups and responsible artificial intelligence. At the centre of this transformation is ITE&C Minister Rohan Khaunte, whose approach seeks to use technology not merely as infrastructure, but as a tool to create opportunities and improve everyday governance. Since taking charge of the department in 2022, Khaunte has placed particular emphasis on digital skilling for women. A pilot drone workshop trained 12 women to operate drones for agriculture and emerging sectors. Under the Mahila Digital Sashaktikaran Yojana, nearly 115 women have also received training in digital…

New Delhi: India has raised concerns over anomalies in a recently issued United Nations world map that depicts Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin separately from the country. New Delhi clarified that its support for a UN General Assembly resolution promoting more accurate and equitable maps should not be interpreted as acceptance of the disputed depiction. India had voted in favour of the African Union backed resolution, which promotes the use of equal area map projections to ensure that the relative size of continents and regions is represented more accurately. However, India stressed that the resolution does not endorse any particular…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The High Court has directed Israeli national Yaniv Benaim, alias Atala, to surrender before the trial court by September 16 in connection with a 2025 drugs case. Atala has been absconding after the North Goa Special NDPS Court rejected his fresh bail application. Following his failure to appear, the trial court issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against him. The High Court has scheduled September 21 for hearing Atala’s petition challenging the lower court’s dismissal of his bail plea. The direction to surrender comes while his challenge against the bail rejection remains pending before the High Court.

New Delhi: The Delhi Police have made a fifth arrest in connection with the deadly Satya Niketan building collapse, while civic authorities have begun the phased demolition of an adjoining structure declared unsafe. The latest accused, paying guest accommodation operator Sudhanshu, was arrested during the ongoing investigation. Police said building owner’s son Mahesh Gupta told investigators that he had leased the property to Sudhanshu and his business partner Shubham Tyagi in August 2025. The duo allegedly ran the premises as a paying guest facility under the name “Hostel Daze”. According to the investigation, the operators paid Mahesh Gupta a monthly…

Srinagar: A political controversy over the rendition of the full version of Vande Mataram has intensified in Jammu and Kashmir, with the Congress, National Conference and BJP exchanging sharp attacks. The dispute began after the complete national song was performed at an international film festival in Srinagar in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. Congress general secretary in charge of organisation KC Venugopal objected to the performance and urged alliance partners to support the party’s position of singing only the version adopted by the Congress. He argued that the complete song did not…

Tehran: Iran has claimed that its navy captured a US unmanned underwater vehicle near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz during an intelligence operation, adding another flashpoint to the escalating confrontation between Tehran and Washington. The vehicle was identified as a Dive LD, an autonomous underwater system developed for surveillance and other maritime missions. Iranian authorities described it as a highly advanced submersible and released footage purportedly showing the captured vehicle. The US military acknowledged that one of its underwater drones had malfunctioned while conducting a survey of regional waters more than a day earlier. However, it did not…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday strongly criticised the issuance of a notice to a student in Greater Noida over his alleged participation in the Cockroach Janata Party protests, questioning how an Executive Magistrate could take such action despite a clear court order. The matter involved Akshat Tripathi, a second year student of Gautam Buddh University, who received a notice from the Greater Noida Executive Magistrate on September 4. The notice accused him of circulating anti government information and encouraging students to participate in the CJP protest at Jantar Mantar. The notice was withdrawn the following day, but the…