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PANAJI: Ahead of World Diabetes Day, Directorate of Health Services, Government of Goa, Novo Nordisk India Private Limited and Novo Nordisk Global Business Services flagged off ‘Tour de Diabetes’ – a four-city tour aimed at raising awareness about diabetes and promoting well-being across India. The tour was kicked off in Goa with a cyclathon flag-off ceremony attended by Dr Vandana Dhume – Director, Directorate of Health Services, Goa; Dr Ankush Desai – Endocrinologist, Goa Medical College; Mr John Dawber – Corporate Vice President and Managing Director, Novo Nordisk Global Business Services and Mr Logan Phippen – international pro-cyclist, Team Novo…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: The Government is committed to provide better health security for its citizen and it is in this direction that it has implemented health insurance schemes like PM- Suraksha Bima Yojna & PM – Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojna in the interest of the people said Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant who was speaking after flagging of two vehicles carrying the message by way of advertisement of the aforesaid insurance schemers at Mantralaya, Secretariat today. The Government of Goa in collaboration with Goa CSR Authority and Bharat CSR Network launched an Awareness Drive about two ambitious Health Schemes PM…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Goa University has selected the Taekwondo Men team for the All India Inter University Taekwondo Men championships for the session 2024-25 to be held at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar from 6th to 9th November 2024. The kit distribution and farewell function for the teams was organised on 1st November 2024, at the Sports Section, Goa University, in the presence of Mr. Balachandra Jadar, Asst. Director of Physical Education and Sports, Goa University, Mr. Avidh Morajkar, Assistant Sports Officer, Goa University along with team coach Mr. Theophile Lowe and team manager Dr. Sagar Palconda. The following players…

New Delhi: The series loss against New Zealand has led to doubts over India’s chances to win the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy Down Under. The Kiwis thrashed India 3-0 to win the first-ever Test rubber on Indian soil, breaking their host’s unbeaten streak of 18 Test series win at home. After India’s six batting collapses in the past couple of weeks, Australian bowlers will be licking their fingers. However, Aussie quick Josh Hazlewood feels otherwise. Speaking with Sydney Morning Herald ahead of the much-awaited Test series, the right-arm pacer felt India are wounded after the loss against New Zealand and therefore…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Two masterminds, Priya Yadav and Deepashri Sawant, also known as Gawas, were detained by Goa police on Monday for masterminding the scam, days after Pooja Naik was caught in a jobs-for-cash case and government employee Shridhar Satarkar was believed to have committed suicide. Sawant, who also remained in hiding and had a lookout notice against her, was caught by the Ponda police, while Yadav, who was arrested by the Bicholim police, was later placed under seven days of police custody. Three cars and about 116 grams of gold, worth about Rs 9 lakh, were taken from Yadav’s…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Dominic John Noronha of Sirlim has challenged the Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar’s decision to reject his disqualification petition against eight rebel Congress MLAs who switched from the Congress to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in September 2022 in a writ petition filed before the High Court of Bombay in Goa. The eight MLAs—Digambar Kamat, Aleixo Sequeira, Sankalp Amonkar, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Rudolfo Fernandes, and Rajesh Faldessai—had been disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, and as a result, they were no longer members of the Goa Legislative Assembly as of September…

Team Goemkarponn PANAJI: Two female police officers have been charged by the Goa Police’s Crime Branch with mental harassment and aiding and abetting the suicide of a 22-year-old police officer. Police said that Priti Chawan, age 23, and Taniksha Chawan, age 21, are the accused. The Agasaim Police Station is connected to both. According to the police, they were taken into custody under section 108 of the BNS 2023. On October 25, 2024, Prathamesh Gaude, a police constable of the Vasco Railway Police, is accused of jumping into the river from Zuari Bridge and killing himself. In a video that…