Panaji: Goa registered a modest improvement in the Union education ministry’s annual Performance Grading Index (PGI), which assesses the quality of school education across states and Union territories. Released on Tuesday, the latest index placed Goa in the Prachesta-1 category, up from Prachesta-3 last year. South Goa scored 351 and North Goa 344 out of…
Mumbai: To tighten the legal framework for recovery of investor assets, virtual digital assets (VDAs) like cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based digital instruments can be now attached in cases involving financial fraud. Maharashtra legislature on Wednesday passed amendments to the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act, 1999 (MPID Act). The Bill, introduced…
Though buoyed by the notification, ST leaders remain skeptical over whether it will actually translate into reservation of seats in time for the next assembly elections Margao: A dominant view within the ST community is that only sustained pressure on state govt will compel it to complete the process of reservation of assembly seats before…
At some point you have probably caught yourself narrating your grocery run, coaching yourself through a parking situation, or whispering “okay, where did I put it” as you retrace your steps through the kitchen. And then, almost immediately, you’ve looked around to make sure nobody heard you. Because somewhere along the way, we all got…
Kolkata: Bengal’s stringent, new anti-gang law made its debut on Saturday, with the administration using it to register seven FIRs at Hare Street and Entally Police Stations as it doubled down on Friday’s protest march in the city against the Centre for repeated paper leaks and other grievances.Seventy people — none of them students —…
1 (Those born on the 1st, 10th, 19th and 28th of any month, are ruled by the Numerology number 1)Power is the most important lesson you need to learn today, and you’ll require an eloquent hand. The number 1 rule is the Sun and you’re able to take charge, think and move things forward. That’s…
Ever since we were children, hooked to watching cartoons on television, followed by heaps of scoldings from parents, we’ve heard the old warning about television rotting your brain, usually said half-jokingly by parents trying to get us off the couch.It turns out that the offhand line might be closer to the truth than anyone realised….
The division bench is hearing a PIL challenging defective notices issued by the state i Panaji: The outcome of the Naksha survey will be subject to the Bombay high court’s verdict, while the Aug 14 deadline fixed by govt for residents of Margao and Cuncolim to submit property documents will stand extended, Justices Valmiki Menezes…
India batter and T20I vice-captain Tilak Varma moved up the list of India’s highest run-scorers in T20 internationals after his unbeaten half-century against Zimbabwe in the second T20I on Saturday.Tilak scored 60 not out from 29 balls, hitting five fours and three sixes at a strike rate of 206.90. The knock helped him go past…
Chennai: DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran lashed out at Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stating that those maintain silence about Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu dam project even during their visit to Tamil Nadu were “betrayers” of Tamil people.In an apparent response to Rahul Gandhi’s statement in Chennai on Saturday that those who do not…
