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Goa Health Minister takes U-turn, says no deaths caused by oxygen paucity at GMCH

On 11 May, Goa Health Minister Vishwajit Rane had said 26 people had died of Oxygen shortage at Goa Medical College & Hospital. He contradicted his own statement Friday in state assembly.

Even opposition leaders praising AAP’s good work — Kejriwal on Navjot Singh Sidhu’s remark

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also said he felt encouraged after Navjot Singh Sidhu tweeted that the AAP has always recognised his vision and work for Punjab.

Georgia moved as Jaishankar brings home a 17th-century queen killed for refusing conversion

Relics belonging to St Queen Ketevan, excavated in Goa, were handed over by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to the Georgian government Friday.

Do your duty — The D-word that Goa really doesn’t want to hear in a marriage

The Goa government has turned into a marriage counsellor because it is alarmed by divorce rates. But millennials are on a different beach.

Goa govt to make premarital counselling mandatory in view of rising divorce cases

State Law Minister said that govt will finalise the counselling course and its format as many divorces are taking place within six months to one year of marriage

TN minister Thiaga Rajan slams Goa minister, says he was ‘repetitive, vacuous’ at GST meet

War of words broke out after Goa minister Mauvin Godinho accused Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan of trying to belittle the western beach state.

10 Goa MLAs with tourism businesses in spotlight as state delayed lockdown despite Covid surge

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Goa’s slow response to Covid throws spotlight on conflict of interest of its MLAs

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

3 ministers, 7 MLAs with hotels, resorts in focus as Goa welcomed tourists despite Covid wave

Goa govt’s argument for keeping tourism open was that restrictions would damage economy of beach state, a tourist hotspot that heavily depends on the sector.

Goa court acquits former Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal of rape charges in 2013 case

Tejpal was accused of sexually assaulting a female colleague inside the elevator of a luxury hotel in Goa in 2013 and has been out on bail since May 2014.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.