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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced on Friday that the Chandrayaan-3 mission’s lander module, Vikram, displaced approximately 2.06 tonnes of lunar regolith (rocks and soil) during its historic landing on the Moon’s surface. The event, which occurred on August 23, marked a significant milestone in India’s space exploration endeavours. Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module, Vikram, along with the rover Pragyan, successfully landed near the Moon’s South Polar Region at the Shiva Shakti Point. During its descent, Vikram generated a spectacular ‘ejecta halo,’ a phenomenon where lunar material was expelled and displaced over an area of 108.4 square metres…

Goemkarponn Desk MARGAO: South Goa Special Court has adjourned the Power rebate scam case allegedly involving Power Minister Mauvin Godinho to November 22. Fresh summons are to be issued to witnesses in the case. Several witnesses have been examined by the court in relation to the case. One of the alleged accused requested the court to provide him with the documents related to the case. However, the court directed him to review the documents within the court premises. The power rebate scam came to light in 1998 when former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar exposed it. An FIR was registered in…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Hosts Goa won three more medals with netball men’s team clinching silver and two bronze medals in Pencak Silat to take their medals tally to nine in the 37th National Games at the Campal Indoor stadium on Friday. In the netball competition, that ended at the Campal Indoor stadium on Friday, the men’s team lost to Fast5 final 33-22 against Haryana to end their campaign on a high. Having failed to qualify for the semi-finals in the traditional format, Goa’s men had made amends in the Fast5 format, finishing second behind Haryana in the group stage. On…

• Sanyukta Kale and Pranati Nayak secures their third gold medal of the games • Haryana complete clean sweep in Netball winning all four gold medals Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Sanyukta Kale of Maharashtra and Pranati Nayak of Odisha hogged the limelight in the gymnastic arena by securing their third gold medal each while Maharashtra dominated the Modern Pentathlon medal tally with five gold in the 37th National Games here on Friday. Rhythmic gymnast Sanyukta Kale bagged her third gold medal and Rahil Pakhle clinched the women’s trampoline gold as Maharashtra continued their domination of the gymnastics events at the Peddem…

Panaji, Oct 27: It takes a village to raise a champion, goes the age old saying. In the case of the 37th National Games in Goa, it holds true for hosting rowing competition in the Chapora river, about 20 km from the state capital. Despite Goa being rich in waterbodies, rowing as a sport hasn’t really taken root in this costal state and the infrastructure for the sport was never created. The organisers knew that it was always going to be a challenge to build a course for the sport as rowing needs still water and a straight course of…

Keshav Maharaj led South Africa to a narrow one-wicket win over Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup and propelled the Proteas to the top of the points table with five wins. Maharaj’s unbeaten 10 helped the South Africans reach 9-271 and hand Pakistan its fourth straight loss in the tournament as he thwarted Pakistan’s pace together with No. 11 Tabraiz Shamsi. Maharaj stood tall against Pakistan’s bowlers late in the match before he pulled left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz to backward square leg for the winning boundary, lifting South Africa ahead of host India in the points table on better net…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Did the one-horned rhino, the pride of Assam’s forests, exist in the Konkan and Western Indian region too? Petroglyphs, an ancient art form dating back to 1500 – 2000 BC, indicate the existence of the one-horned rhinoceroses along the Konkan belt too, according to artist and researcher Onkar Kshirsagar. Kshirsagar, while speaking at a lecture at the MOG Sundays talk hosted by the Museum of Goa at Pilerne, said that petroglyphs can be found at 75 locations across the Konkan region populated by around 1,200 rock art carvings which have now made it to the tentative list…