Commentary
Mobile phones: Our modern fetters
As modern gadgets and devices go on to exemplify the giant strides technology has made, one is left wondering at the way they have transitioned from being ‘luxuries’ once to…
Poonam Gaonkar bags silver for Goa in CFCC
NT BUZZ The Cook for Change Challenge (CFCC) – Season 3, organised by the…
Pitch for sustainable growth in Goa
It has been a case of rampant degradation and destruction of the state’s environment which…
Give hope a chance
As New Year kicks in, government and people must resolve to improve happiness index There…
EDM death: Report points to mix of drugs, alcohol
Panaji: The preliminary report into the death of Delhi youth, who died in a hospital…
Lasted Commentary
Effective traffic management
Traffic indiscipline and the inefficiency in managing traffic have made road travel hazardous these days. More so in Goa where…
Our failing health, education systems
India is the world’s fourth largest economy but what does that mean when the top 10% of the population holds…
My encounters with Digambar Kamat
In the face of his harshest critics, he refuses to respond with malice. That is what makes him a pro-people…
The pursuit of peace in Gaza
On August 19, 20225 Hamas said that it had accepted the new ceasefire proposal presented on the 17th by Qatar…
Ways to resolve Konkani script row
At the time of the colonial rule in Goa, in the early sixteenth century, Konkani and Marathi were the languages…
Saving the last lung
Many people don’t associate cities with trees. Trees within cities reduce heat, recharge the soil and water, and provide spaces…
Search for new overseas markets
Given the restricted room for manoeuvres against the restrictive trade practices so patently deployed by world’s trade major, India has…
US push for India’s compliance
“Alliances are written in ink when interests align and in pencil when they do not.” In the aftermath of Operation…