Panaji: Goa’s draft artificial intelligence (AI) policy, which was released on Monday for public review, hopes to create 50,000 certified AI professionals by 2030 and attract five global AI companies in the state by 2028.The policy, which aims to make AI a compulsory school subject from Class VI, signals govt’s deliberate attempt to pursue an…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) with Satish Dhond, state joint secretary (organisation) of West Bengal’s Asansol kendra and BJP West Bengal leader Suvendu Adhikari (right) Panaji: From scripting BJP’s landmark victory in the 2012 Goa assembly elections, Satish Dhond, state joint secretary (organisation) of West Bengal’s Asansol Kendra, has once again stamped his authority in…
Panaji: The Bombay high court on Monday quashed proceedings under the PMLA against former CM and current PWD minister Digambar Kamat and former CM and former PWD minister Churchill Alemao in the Louis Berger money laundering case, as no prior sanction was obtained by the ED to prosecute the public functionaries.The court set aside the…
Panaji: Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, who is chancellor of Goa University, has sought a detailed report from vice-chancellor Harilal B Menon on the integrated five-year master’s degree programmes that were announced for the academic year 2026-27 without taking prior govt approval.The governor requested the details based on a letter from the forum of principals…
Panaji: A delegation from Goa will meet the Union home minister, Amit Shah, within the next 15 days to expedite the long-pending issue of scheduled tribe (ST) reservation in the Goa legislative assembly, minister for tribal welfare Ramesh Tawadkar said on Monday.Tawadkar stated that no major hurdles remain in implementing the reservation, adding that the…
Panaji: Despite being aware of the rickety condition of several old structures in the state capital, the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) is unable to take the next step as it still awaits the structural stability reports for most of the buildings.Under the Disaster Management Act, CCP has been conducting routine inspections of…
Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji has launched a pre-monsoon preventive drive against vector-borne diseases, conducting ground-level inspections to identify and eliminate potential mosquito breeding sites ahead of the rainy season.Officials from the National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP), along with a team of CCP officials, have been going to vulnerable spots…
Panaji: The department of information technology, electronics and communications has issued a second reminder to all govt departments, corporations, autonomous bodies and institutions. It noted that several departments failed to respond to its earlier directive issued in Feb. The directive had called for compliance with mandated security and accessibility standards.Director for IT Kabir Shirgaonkar, in…
Panaji: A major presence of Mozambique tilapia and African catfish in the freshwater catch during the annual fish harvesting at Batim lake raised concerns about the growing dominance of invasive fish species, as populations of native ones are showing a sharp decline.The fish catch on Tuesday morning at Batim lake, renowned as a scenic birding…
Panaji: Goa police have registered three FIRs, including against Congress functionary Girish Chodankar, for allegedly hurting Hindu religious sentiments.Police on Sunday questioned Chodankar for nearly three hours at Mapusa police station, and asked him to appear again on Monday, SP Salim Shaikh said. Mapusa police filed two separate FIRs against Chodankar and tribal leader Govind…
