As the number of asymptomatic Covid-19 patients is increasing across the country, two professors from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Goa, are in the process of devising a rapid test to detect such cases.

Goan diagnostic system manufacturer, Tulip Diagnostics (P) Ltd, has received the nod from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) to manufacture ‘Coviscreen’, a rapid, double antigen test for total antibodies to Sars-Cov2 virus.

The first Shramik special express train from Goa will leave on Friday carrying nearly a thousand passengers to Madhya Pradesh. The Konkan Railway has provided the coaches for the train which will have Gwalior as its destination station.

The revised terms for the new academic year 2019-20 issued by Goa University on May 5 will also be applicable for the bachelor of education, bachelor of physical education, bachelor of performing art, bachelor of social work, master of education and master of performing art programmes.

To ensure social distancing during the Class X and XII public exams, the Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Thursday said there will be only12 students in each exam hall as against the earlier 25. This has led to an increase in the number of exam sub-centres.

Taking cognisance of the photo published by TOI on Wednesday showing shacks operating at Ozran beach in North Goa in violation of lockdown norms, Goa police on Thursday booked the shack owner.

Faced with acute funds crunch and a 90% drop in tax mop up due to the lockdown in April, the state government has been left with no choice but to stagger payments. From maintenance grants for aided schools to payments to contractors, temporary workers and non-essential disbursements, have all been put on hold.

While many other parts of the country are bracing for a heatwave, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Goa, has said the state may be spared of the phenomenon and may only face a slight increase in temperature.

The Goan Seamen Association of India on Friday met governor Satya Pal Malik over their demand of repatriating seafarers back to India.

The Goa government has extended the working hours in factories to 12 hours with certain conditions till July-end.

Goa waste management corporation (GWMC) has finalized the tender document to set up the over Rs 200cr garbage treatment plant at Bainguinim, Old Goa on a build own operate and transfer (BOOT) basis.

Health minister Vishwajit Rane on Friday directed all 26 OPDs to be operational at the new south Goa district hospital from Monday. After inspecting the infrastructure and facilities at the 500-bedded hospital, Rane said that though the hospital is not complete, whatever parts have been handed over to the health services would be put to maximum use.

Over a thousand migrant workers heaved a collective sigh of relief as the first Shramik special train rolled out of Thivim railway station on Friday. The train, with 1,196 labourers and stranded tourists, is headed for Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.

Congress on Friday demanded an independent inquiry, headed by a retired high court judge, into the death of two-time MLA Jitendra Deshprabhu. State Congress president Girish Chodankar alleged that Deshprabhu died due to the negligence of Goa Medical College authorities.

Enraged over unbridled mining transportation through the village, a group of locals from Capxem, near Sanvordem, marched to the local office of a major mining firm and demanded an explanation over the steep rise in the movement of mining trucks from its mine along the Kalay–Cuddegal–Sanvordem–Capxem route.

Her company, Esya Labs, is developing DNA nanodevices that track drug responses, screen for new therapies, and more

Some people who reached Goa by road through the Maharashtra border say they have developed allergy

Grand Slam tally should decide 'GOAT' debate, says Ivan Lendl

The FM disagreed with experts who termed the new tax regime complex and unavailing saying it would benefit some taxpayers, if not all

Interview with Ryan Radecki, MD, author of Application of Electronic Health Records to the Joint Commission's 2011 National Patient Safety Goals

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