Panaji: Goa’s total fertility rate has fallen to 1.6 children per woman, the second lowest in the country after Sikkim (1), according to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 6. Goa is tied at 1.6 with Punjab, West Bengal and Mizoram, while the national average stands at 2.With 1.6, Goa is already below the replacement…
India have looked good in the tournament so far with two convincing wins Margao: For India, any South Asian football championship is a double-edged sword. You are the big boss in South Asian football, expected to win everything on offer. If you win, it’s on expected lines; if you fail, all hell breaks loose.India won…
Bhutan defender Sheuli Azim lost her mother on Tuesday Panaji: Bangladesh cancelled an early-morning training session after discovering that the mother of defender Sheuli Azim had passed away just hours earlier on Tuesday.Preparing for the crucial SAFF Women’s Championship semifinal against Nepal on Wednesday, the defending champions were scheduled to train at Athletics Stadium in…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Tuesday acquitted a 28-year-old man from a northeastern state of alleged rape of a 63-year-old businesswoman and resort owner in Goa. The court held that conviction can’t be based on the voice of the accused identified by the survivor. Castigating the prosecution, the court noted that there is no…
Malavika grew up surrounded by Kerala’s vibrant football culture Panaji: Every player wants to be on the field, so the view from the bench – however good it maybe – is frowned upon. Malavika didn’t enjoy what she was seeing as India took on defending champions Bangladesh in the group-stage clash of SAFF Women’s Championship,…
The fresh proposal comes after a series of meetings between a few ISL club owners in Mumbai Panaji: Indian Super League (ISL) clubs have proposed the implementation of a two-year club-led league pilot model with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) receiving Rs 15 crore annually for the commercial rights of the top tier league.The…
Panaji: Goa police and agencies and NGOs from Goa, Maharashtra and West Bengal have called for a uniform repatriation process for foreign trafficking survivors amid a rise in foreigners allegedly being pushed into prostitution in Goa and other states. In the last five years, 21 foreigners were rescued in Goa. They were from Kenya, Uganda,…
Govt goes old school, uses traditional lime mortar to restore Sanquelim fort The Sanquelim fort restoration has been completed using traditional conservation practices, with modern construction materials such as cement and concrete deliberately avoided during the process.Traditional lime-based mixtures prepared using organic jaggery and haritaki seeds, were used to replicate old construction techniques. Haritaki seeds,…
Vasco: A Vasco-based fishing association has suspected foul play into the death of a trawler owner, whose body was recovered from Zuari rivulet near Cortalim ferry on Sunday.President of Goa Fishing Boat Owners Association (GBOA) Jose Philip D’Souza said trawler owner Manjunath Harikant, 65, a native of Karnataka, allegedly died under suspicious circumstances.“Harikant’s body was…
Hindu devotees thronged the Someshwar temple for the annual Shree Someshwar Utsav, while the Catholic community gathered at the Sacred Heart of Jesus chapel on the hillock to mark the annual feast Margao: The submerged village of Kurdi, which emerges from the waters of the Selaulim reservoir every summer, is once again drawing large crowds….
