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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: A huge fire has broken out on a merchant container vessel near Goa. The ship was on passage from Mundra to Sri Lanka’s Colombo and is now located around 102 nautical miles south west of Goa. The Indian Coast Guard has diverted a ship to help. The ship has reached the spot and is carrying out fire-fighting operation despite rough sea and inclement weather. Two more Coast Guard ships have been sent to help with the firefighting. An Dornier aircraft of the Coast Guard has also been launched for aerial assessment. The ship is reported to be…

Goemkarponn Desk CALANGUTE: Seven people were arrested by the Cyber Crime Cell for operating a phony foreign call center and posing as loan agents in order to deceive residents of the United States. According to information provided by Cyber Crime SP Rahul Gupta, the imposters, who were from Rajasthan, Gujarat, Nagaland, and Assam, tricked US citizens into sending money transfers. The accused ran their business out of a Calangute hotel. They fooled innocent Americans by pretending to be representatives of loan companies, Amazon employees, bank workers, law enforcement officers, and government representatives. Our team used technical surveillance to identify the…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: At a time when State is grappling to crub narcotic trade and its consumption, the drug menace has gained alarming proportion in Goa police, who are found to have addicted o this illicit product along with alcohol and Gambling activities. The office of Director General of Police (DGP) has observed that consumption of drugs, alcohol and Gambling activities are undertaking by Police Officials while on duty and within the Police station premise. DGP’s office has come across the fact that there are several Police Officials, who have been addicted to drugs and alcohol, thus affecting their physical…

Mumbai: The Indian financial and payments systems remained largely unaffected by the Microsoft services outage, though about 10 banks and NBFCs faced minor disruptions which have either been resolved or are being fixed. A widespread Microsoft outage disrupted flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world on Friday. Escalating disruptions continued hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services. A new CrowdStrike (cybersecurity software firm) update is being cited as the cause of the outage, which has impacted Windows-based desktop and laptops The large-scale outage in Microsoft…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The High Court of Bombay at Goa today has granted anticipatory bail to Pooja Sharma in the Assagao house demolition case. HC has directed to Pooja to appear for investigation on July 22. She is also directed to not leave the country and surrender passport with the court. Earlier, in the trial court that rejected her anticipatory bail plea, Sharma alleged that some politicians were involved in the matter and that the police were misusing their power by creating imaginary grounds for her arrest. She also questioned the presence of CM Sawant and MLA couple Michael and…

*operator injured Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: In a shocking incident, an excavator came crashing down allegedly from the third floor of an under demolition building at St Inez. The excavator operator has been grievously injured in the accident. The demolition work of the seven storied half constructed building had commenced last month. Locals had flagged the haphazard manner in which the demolition work was being executed.

– 3 Indigo flights cancelled Goemkarponn Desk DABOLIM: Dabolim Airport faced significant disruptions on Friday due to a global Microsoft outage, affecting check-in software used by Indigo and Air India Express airlines. The issue emerged around 10:10 AM, halting automated check-in processes and forcing airlines to revert to manual procedures. The outage led to the cancellation of three Indigo outbound flights: 6E-589 to Chennai, 6E-281 to Ahmedabad, and 6E-985 to Hyderabad. Additionally, delays of one to one and a half hours impacted all remaining Indigo and Air India Express flights scheduled for the day. Out of the 27 Indigo flights…