Following Enforcement Directorate action against Soccorro sarpanch Sandeep Vazarkar, former Minister and Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte demanded resignation of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant stating that itexposes the corrupt practices of CM Dr.Pramod Sawant. In a press statement here a day after the raid, Khaunte said, “It’s one more of the many examples of his Corruption that I have been vociferous about. Everyone would recall that I was the first to raise my voice and initiate punitive measures against the accused Sandeep Vazarkar in the Serula issue.” Despite this, the CM welcomed a tainted entity into the BJP just to…
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With two deaths and 108 new cases, most in a day, the State’s tally of confirmed cases has reached 1684 on Saturday. Health Secretary Nila Mohanan, in a COVID briefing announce dthat Goa had 108 cases and 53 recoveries, she also confirmed two deaths on late Friday, taking the toll to 6 cases. The active cases as on Saturday is 855, she said. As per the health bulletin, a 75-year old women from Curtorim with co-morbid conditions died at COVID hospital on Friday and another 45 year old man from Khariwada died hours later. His COVID 19 result was received…
PANAJI: Health Minister Vishwajit Rane on Saturday announced that the State will have its own plasma bank and will soon approach the Incdian Council for Medical Research for approvals. Rane, addressing a press conference, said that the decision was reached considering the rise in cases and also several death and other critical cases. “Considering the rise in cases in our state, I had an interactive session with Dr Bandekar (Dean, GMC), Dr Anar, Dr Savio, Dr Wiesman and Dr Mallya to discuss Plasma therapy in the state. Under Plasma therapy, Plasma will be collected from people who have recovered from…
Goa reported the fifth death of a COVID-19 patient on Friday, when a 75-year-old woman succumbed to the virus at the COVID hospital. The State on Friday reported its second-highest single-day increase in cases, with 94 persons testing positive from 2,703 sample reports that arrived on Friday. A day earlier, on Thursday, the State had recorded it highest single-day spike with 95 cases. With Friday’s addition of 94, the confirmed cases now stand at 1,576, of which 800 are active and 772 have recovered from the virus. On Friday, 38 people recovered and seven patients were put under hospital isolation.…
The Goa State Legislative Assembly is contemplating to curtail the two-week long Monsoon session to a one-day event as a precautionary measure in view of rising COVID-19 cases in the State. The winter-session of the State Assembly is likely to take place in December and its going to be a longer lawmaking proceeding. Speaker Rajesh Patnekar had on Friday called for all-party meeting to work out standard operating procedure (SOP) for the upcoming session, to be held on July 27. During the meeting, all-party leaders including Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat, Goa Forward Party President…
The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (TTAG) has urged Central government to reconsider its decision of granting permission to three commercial projects in the protected areas of Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park, as it is like to adversely impact the development of hinterland tourism in the coastal state. TTAG President Nilesh Shah in a letter to Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) Prakash Javadekar and Minister for Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel has raised serious ecological concerns with regards to the projects- doubling of railway line, road widening and power transmission line. “As members…
In what could be termed as the biggest news of the day, the Indian Council for Medical Research has partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to bring out the COVID19 vaccine by the Independence Day on August 15, 2020. Another big news for Goa is that a Goa based Doctor Dr Vivek Redkar, consultant physician, Redkar hospital, Dhargal Pernem is named one of the five one of the hospitals for clinical trials of the vaccine. “ICMR has partnered with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) to fast-track clinical trials of the indigenous COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID Vaccine),” said ICMR in…