Commentary
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 occurred without medical attention from a trained professional. This is…
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All pending Kul Mundkar cases to be cleared in 3 months: CM
Special Correspondent Panaji Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday came out with an assurance that…
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…
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Global headwinds from US tariffs
While inflation forecasts, which reveal ‘a more diffusive’ scenario, have been revised in the US, expectations remain little changed in…
Time to outlaw widow discrimination
Responding to rising civil society voices, the Goa government had in March 2023 promised to introduce a related bill. Over…
No room for language wars
Those fighting need to realise that these are losing battles, which may yield temporary political dividend but cannot be sustained…
Unresolved issue of global politics
Israel ought to comply with international law and the United Nations’ resolutions and vacate the occupied Palestinian territories of West…
Stories about crimes and criminals
The rising trend in cybercrimes has the country grappling with a situation where protecting its populace against financial losses is…
Preamble, soul of the Constitution
While it is true that the words ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ were inserted in the preamble during Emergency, it is not…
Goa University after four decades
The varsity has the infra to transform into a premier multidisciplinary education and research institution. It must reflect not only…
India’s uneven road to gender parity
Our urban spaces are not women-friendly; the need to ‘be careful’ or ‘return before dark’ keeps women off the roads…