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Calangute: In another raid on IPL betting, the Calangute police arrwsted four persons and seized material worth Rs 5 lakhs. Police said acting on prior and specific, the Calangute Police Team comprising of PI Nolasco Raposo, PSI Sushant Sangodkar, Head Constable Vinod Naik, Police Constable Vinay Shrivastav conducted a raid in a room at Ocio Inn Hospitality, Candolim on 12/10/2020 night time and apprehended four accused persons namely 1) Adduri Naga Raju, aged 42 years 2) Irrinki Venkata Ganesh, aged 20 years 3) Pithani Kishore Kumar, aged 41 years 4) Rudra Suryanarayan Raju aged 39 years, all native of…

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PANJIM: Goa Meteorological Department today has said that the state willrecieve very heavy rainfall, exceeding 11.5 cm in 24 hours from 12 to 15 Oct. Thunder/Lightning likely with rain. Winds of speed 30-40kmph likely. areas vulnerable for weather related disasters have been asked to be on alert. “Heavy Rainfall is very likely at a few places with very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places on 12th, 13th, 14th & 15th October, 2020. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning is very likely at isolated places on 12th, 13th & 14th October, 2020,” IMD said The bulletin…

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PANJIM: Goa today reported 308 new Covid positive cases. While there were 495 recoveries and 4 deaths. As per the DHS bulletin, 75 year old patient from Thivim with DM+HTN, 63 year old patient from Sanguem with DM+HTN PRU, 81 year old patient from Sanguem with Bronchial asthma +IHD+ old pulmonary TB and 67 year old patient from Curchorem with DM+HTN succumbed due to the virus. Meanwhile, the active cases stand 4465 active cases, the total deaths till today are 511 while the samples tested today are 1442

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Mumbai: Amidst the ongoing pandemic, Owners of MV Karnika states that it is not in a position to start the operation as the Ports in India has not given the date by which Cruise Ships can start its operations due to the ongoing Covid 19 Pandemic. This sector has been devastated by COVID-19. It’s predicted that 120 million jobs are at risk, with economic damage likely to exceed over $1 trillion according to the report released by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that draws on UNWTO data to quantify the devastating impact that the coronavirus pandemic has had on global tourism.  Since the…

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The Health department aims to distribute 5000 home isolation kits a week and each kit will be numbered to stock and kit distribution. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said, he addressed a virtual meeting with all the Health Officers from UHCs & PHCs in the presence of Health Secretary Amit Satija, Director DHS Dr. D’Sa, Dean GMC Dr. Bandekar, Under Secretary Trupti Manerkar & Smt. Swati Dalvi, Joint Secretary-Health Ajit Pauskar, FDA Director Jyoti Sardessai, Dr. Utkarsh Betodkar & Dr. Kedar Raikar. He said that the SOPs and protocols for the distribution of Home Isolation Kits were shared with the health…

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In a major decision, the Government of Goa has decided to create two New Police Districts namely Mapusa and Ponda. Goa earlier had just two police districts – Northa nd South Goa. The Chief Minister announced this in a tweet saying there will now be a total of four police districts with four district SP’s. “This decision will enable better and effective control over law and order, and prevention of crime,” he said A government press release adds, the overall security scenario and the upward crime graph needs increase in Police Districts in the State of Goa. Over the years,…

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Panaji: More than 500 people have lost their lives to the COVID19 virus due to the mismanagement of state government, and also their greed to make money out of pandemic, Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte said. Khaunte told a press conference that the 500 deaths and count is mounting every passing day, mirroring the covid mismanagement by Dr Pramod Sawant-led government and also the greed of people in power to make money at the cost of the lives of gullible citizens. He said that considering the average deaths from September till date, it calculates to 300 deaths which means 8 to…

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