Commentary
Gaza’s peace deal problem
Repeated agreements have set out ambitious steps towards peace without creating a trusted mechanism to verify compliance, resolve disputes and enforce commitments Donald Trump’s Board of Peace published a 15-point…
GMC to transform into five-star campus: CM
Underground cabling, improved lighting, landscaping planned Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said 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 Â
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
When social media fuels unrest
Footage of a horrific knife attack in Belfast began to circulate on social media on Monday evening. A Sudanese asylum-seeker…
India’s population paradox
India’s population growth reached a unique landmark when the United Nations estimates in April 2023 proclaimed India had surpassed China…
ESIC: Fix it, don’t sell it
The latest Sample Registration System data should worry every policymaker. In 2024, nearly half of all recorded deaths in India…
The rise of Chinese economy
With China holding fort both in the traditional manufactured goods and in modern hi-tech chip-based industries, robots and electric vehicles,…
Supreme Court empowers SIR
History will decide how the Supreme Court judgment on the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) that has led to…
‘Foreign hand’ rhetoric in politics
In times of rapid social change or crisis, conspiracy theories provide simple, personified narratives that make sense of chaotic world…
Rethinking Goa’s true future
We can’t save our state without looking into the mirror. True environmental preservation depends on whether citizens are willing to…
Goa tourism, the road ahead
The state’s tourism economy is expanding rapidly, but environmental strain, overcrowding, and infrastructure gaps threaten its long-term sustainability of growth…