Domestic luxury cruise liner Angriya recently made its maiden commercial visit to Mormugao Port, carrying 226 passengers from Mumbai. More +

The Goa Cancer Society (GCS) recently called for a cohort study in the state as risk factors of nearly 60 per cent of cancer cases are still unknown. More +

Bank of India (BOI) recently launched a new corporate social responsibility initiative called Star Angel under the government’s Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan. More +

ndian reality TV game show Bigg Boss returned for its 12th season with a grand launch in Goa, breaking from the usual norm of an event at its dedicated house in Lonavala. More +

Manovikas English Medium School recently inaugurated an exhibition to mark the beginning of its golden jubilee celebrations. More +

Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin recently attended the 2nd Dr Filipe Pinto Memorial All-Goa Major Ranking Table Tennis Tournament as chief guest and gave away the prizes. More +

Manish Dayya has been appointed general manager of the Novotel Hyderabad Convention Centre and Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). More +

With just a week’s notice, Goa’s mixed martial arts (MMA) champion Nelson Paes recently stamped his authority in the Catch Weight Division with a knockout against Russian Pavel Kurskin at the Kumite 1 League in Mumbai. More +

Additional solicitor general of India and former advocate general of Goa Atmaram N S Nadkarni was part of a high level Supreme Court delegation invited by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court for the Rule of Law Dialogue between the highest federal judges of the two countries on issues of mutual interest. More +

Chief of Nigeria’s Navy admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas recently visited Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), and held discussions with GSL’s chairman and managing director admiral Shekhar Mital on various issues of cooperation. More +

Chairman of Goa Public Service Comission (GPSC) Jose Manual Noronha submits it’s 30th annual report 2017-2018 to governor Dr Mridula Sinha after she released it at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula. More +

The Goa Income Tax Department held a series of programmes to celebrate Income Tax Day. Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers from the department carried out a beach cleaning drive at Miramar and also conducted on-the-spot segregation of organic and inorganic waste and a tree plantation drive. More +

Celebrity author and columnist Shobhaa De presented meritorious students at Sharada Mandir High School, Miramar, with awards during the institute’s graduation ceremony. More +