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Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa Tourism marked an impressive beginning at ITB Asia 2024, held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, showcasing its diverse tourism offerings and establishing its presence on the international stage. The Goa Tourism Pavilion (Stall No. M51) was formally inaugurated by Pooja Tillu, Deputy High Commissioner of India in Singapore, alongside T. Prabhakar, First Secretary (Commerce), Suneel Anchipaka, IAS, Director of Goa Tourism, Gavin Dias, General Manager Marketing, GTDC, and Dhiraj Wagle, Deputy Director of Tourism. The inaugural event drew notable attention, setting a promising tone for the days to come. On the opening day, Goa Tourism officials…

New Delhi: Skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh scored a brace each to hand India a 5-3 win over world champions Germany in the second hockey Test but the hosts lost the two-match series via shoot-out at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. Elian Mazkour (7th, 57th minutes) scored twice for Germany, who took the early lead, while Henrik Mertgens (60th) was the other goal getter for the visitors. But India turned the table in the second half, with goals from Sukhjeet Singh (34th and 48th), skipper Harmanpreet Singh (42nd and 43rd) and Abhishek (45th) to…

New Delhi: Justice Sanjiv Khanna was on Thursday appointed the 51st Chief Justice of India. He will take oath on November 11, a day after incumbent Justice DY Chandrachud demits office on attaining the age of 65. Justice Chandrachud took over as the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on November 8, 2022. Justice Khanna will have a tenure of a little over six months and will demit office on May 13, 2025. “In exercise of the power conferred by the Constitution of India, Hon’ble President, after consultation with Hon’ble Chief Justice of India, is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Sanjiv…

New Delhi: Disengagement at the Line of Actual Control has started under an agreement between India and China to end the nearly four-year military standoff in eastern Ladakh. Some temporary tents from Depsang and Demchok — the remaining friction points in the border dispute — were removed by both countries, defence sources told CNN-News18. Two years ago, India and China had disengaged at four different locations where buffer zones had been created. According to the sources, local commanders are dealing with the current disengagement as per broad terms decided at a senior level. The sources further said the whole process…

New Delhi: The much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under is a month away, but the build-up has begun already. Team India will look to make a hat-trick of series victories in Australia after having swept it in 2018-19 and 2020-21 with an identical scoreline of 2-1. On the other hand, Australia will aim to stop the Indian juggernaut with a foolproof plan. Under the leadership of Pat Cummins, the team has already jolted India twice last year. The Cummins-led Australia defeated India in the final of the World Test Championship and then beat Rohit Sharma’s men in the ODI World Cup…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar” will be the opening film of the Indian Panorama section at the 55th International Film Festival of India (IFFI). At the film gala, which will run from November 20 to 28 in Panaji, Goa, a total of 25 feature films, including five mainstream movies, and 20 non-feature films will be showcased under the Indian Panorama section. “Swatantrya Veer Savarkar,” which was also directed by Hooda, was released in theatres in March this year in Hindi and Marathi. Hooda played the titular character in the movie. The line-up of feature films, selected from 384 entries,…

New Delhi: Cyclone Dana hit the Odisha coast today, uprooting trees and snapping power lines in several areas. The storm made landfall around midnight between Bhitarkanika in the Kendrapara district and Dhamra in Bhadrak with wind speeds of 100-110 kmph. The landfall process of Cyclone Dana began on the Odisha coast around midnight with the districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Balasore and Jagatsinghpur witnessing wind speeds of 110 kmph and extremely heavy rain. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), in an update around 10 am, said the landfall process was completed and the system took at least eight and half hours to…