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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Days after Minister for Law Nilesh Cabral proposed pre-marriage counselling for the couple in view of rising divorce cases, the BJP State President Sadanand Tanavade has raised strong objection while condemning the proposal. “I have raised this issue with CM Pramod Sawant; as a party I do not feel that this decision is right; Goa is the only state which has Uniform Civil Code and we should be proud of that,” said Tanawade He said that this is a wrong decision on the part of Law Minister Nilesh Cabral and said that divorce rate is just 0.18…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa University’s (GU) campus UG/PG, online Examinations scheduled from June 8, 2021 shall now commence on Monday, 21 June 2021 onwards. GU also said that offline examinations for Final Year Students shall commence on Thursday July 1. “The ONLINE Examinations scheduled from 8th June 2021 onwards shall now commence on Monday, 21st June 2021 onwards. OFFLINE Examinations for Final Year Students shall commence on Thursday, 1 July 2021,” the GU said The circular further states that presentations and Internship Vivas for Final Year Students MBA, MBA (FS) and MCA shall be conducted ONLINE from 21st June 2021…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane has requested all health officer of Directorate of Health Services to reach out to the grassroot level to ensure awareness on vaccination is conducted. HM Rane held a virtual interaction with all the Health Officers of Directorate of Health Services in presence of Dir. DHS Dr. D’Sa, Dr. Kedar Raikar, Dr. Utkarsh & Dr. Palekar. During our interaction Rane informed them of the steps being taken by the government in this fight against Covid-19 and instructed them to reach out to the grassroot level to ensure awareness on vaccination is conducted. “Steps to…

Goemkarponn desk MARGAO: With the law enforcement agencies looking the other way, the concerned locals allege that the roadside vendors doing business illegally without following Covid protocol, might lead to more people getting infected to the most dreaded disease in recent times. Amid a surge in the COVID positive cases and deaths linked to the dreaded infection in the month of April, the state government had initially imposed a four day lockdown from April 29 to May 3 as a measure to break the chain of COVID transmissions in the state. Later, the government continued with lockdown like restrictions from…

Goemkarponn Desk MAPUSA: North District Hospital Mapusa administered the first dose of Casirivimab and Imdevimab Antibody Cocktail on a 81-year-old Covid-19 positive patient with multiple comorbidities (Diabetes, Hypertension, Ischaemic Heart Disease and Post Mastectomy Cancer Survivor) The antibody cocktail drug will benefit and prevent further progression of the disease and reduce mortality. NGDH is the first government hospital in the state to do so.

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Goa Government on Wednesday cancelled the Class 12 Goa Board examination. Around 19,000 students were set to answer the Board exam 2021. The decision comes a day after the Centre cancelled CBSE Class 12 exams. “After extensive consultations, it has been decided that the Class XII exams shall be cancelled, as the health & safety of our students is of utmost priority,” the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant tweeted. “This will also help put an end to the anxiety amongst the students, parents and teachers,” he added further. The Chief Minister informed that the results will…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Goa recorded positivity rate of 19 % with 706 of the 3,715 samples testing positive for covid today. With 1,711 recoveries the active covid count of Goa now stands at 10,840. Of the 22 deaths, 16 were recorded at GMC, 2 at SGDH, one each at Grace cardiac hospital, Healthway and Campal clinic, while one person was brought dead at Hospicio. A 88-year-old man from St. Inez, 42-year-old man from Sindhudurg, 83-year-old man from Canacona, 44-year-old man from Varca, 59-year-old woman from Ponda, 62-year-old man from Salcete, 70-year-old woman from Sada, 42-year-old man from St. Cruz. Further,…