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Goa’s 14-year-old Leon Mendonca becomes India’s 67th Grandmaster

6:11 pm December 31, 2020

Panaji: Goa’s 14-year-old Leon Mendonca has become India’s 67th chess Grandmaster by winning the third and final norm at a tournament in Italy. Mendonca, who achieved the feat at 14 years, 9 months and 17 days, is the second GM from the coastal state. The player achieved his first GM norm at the Rigo Chess GM Round Robin in October while […]

Midnight mass, carols usher in Christmas in Goa amid pandemic

3:40 pm December 25, 2020

Panaji: The peel of the midnight bells in churches and the carols reverberating the praise of Lord Jesus ushered in the Christmas festivities in Goa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Christmas celebration in the state, where nearly 30 per cent population is Christian, started with traditional fervour amid strict adherence to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down by the […]

Efforts on to locate 602 people who came to Goa from UK, UAE

12:05 pm December 24, 2020

Panaji: In the wake of detection of a new COVID-19 variant in the UK, Goa health authorities are trying to track down 602 people who arrived in the state from Britain and the UAE since December 9, an official said on Thursday. The maximum number of people who have arrived from these two places are expected to […]

104 new coronavirus cases in Goa, two deaths

9:10 pm December 18, 2020

Panaji: Goa’s coronavirus caseload went up by 104 to reach 49,849 on Friday, a health department official said. The death toll reached 718 as two patients succumbed to the infection during the day, he said. The number of recovered persons in the state rose to 48,170 with 116 patients getting discharged from hospitals on Friday. […]

Goa bustles with tourists but pandemic may play party-pooper

`Weddings major cause of continuing spread of virus in Goa’

11:45 pm December 10, 2020

Panaji: Weddings are one of the major reasons why new coronavirus patients are emerging in Goa, a senior official said on Thursday. Goa Medical College and Hospital Dean Dr Shivanand Bandekar said recently almost a hundred persons, all from one family, tested positive for the infection. All of them had attended a wedding, he told reporters. People attend weddings without […]