It is a dichotomy that while on one hand Goa gets abundant rainfall, and on the other, there is a shortage of potable water, with some areas even in Panaji getting their daily supply for just two and a half hours. The state is not ...
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Anyone who has traveled abroad should be aware of the hassle and formalities involved with overseas traveling. Well, there are some who don’t even need legal documents to make such trips. No, we aren’t talking about royalties, celebrities or anti-social elements but creatures other than ...
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Art is a beautiful way of recording history and the pictorial exhibition of paintings and sketches, "Representations of 1857- Recovering the Indian Voice" on India’s first rebellion against the British rule, is one such beautiful capsule. This exhibition helps in creating awareness in students about ...
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The ancient Sahyadri Khand of the Skand Puraan refers to Goa as "Gomantak". This land of Shri Parshuram is an abode of many temples as Shri Parshuram established several deities like Shri Kamakshi, Shri Mahalsa, Shri Saptakoteshwar, Shri Mangesh and others, in Goa. With so ...
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Ask this 46-year old man from Pakistan and he will swear that number 13 has been lucky for him, though it may have been unlucky for some. It was on this day last December, that ...
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Though medical science has grown in leaps and bounds the roots of healing are still very much in use. Now-a-days, more and more doctors are prescribing meditation and Yoga Pranayama as ways to lower blood ...
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Some beaches of Goa have gained popularity among environmentalists and nature lovers as breeding grounds of the famous Olive Ridley turtles. Recently, for the first time in recorded history, an Olive Ridley sea turtle was ...
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The age old saying that "what we eat today determines our health tomorrow" is true for drinks as well. One of today’s ’in-thing foods’, soft drinks, can be quite detrimental to health. It has become ...
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He pours a little vodka into a glass, mixes in a little orange juice, flips the glass in the air, does a 360-degree spin and punctuates the performance with a backhand catch. Bartending, one of ...
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Throughout history, we have learnt about various social evils and one that never fails to raise our hackles is that of dowry deaths. No matter how developed the country gets, the demon of dowry never ...
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It is the greatest folly to think that we can live without anybody’s help. For you, just this act of reading this column requires you to be grateful to a number of people - my ...
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