Prashant Naik

Goa schools face challenges with smart classroom technology integration. Poor internet connectivity hinders the effective use of smart boards in many institutions. Teachers often use smart boards as regular blackboards due to unreliable internet access. While government reports claim full internet coverage, ground realities present a different picture. This infrastructure gap impacts the implementation of the National Education Policy's technology goals.

Nine resolutions were unanimously passed at the Goemkar meet including setting up a Lokayukta and scrapping the proposed khazan land development board.

Claiming that Konkani primary medium schools had now been reduced to a minority due to the recent decision taken by chief minister Manohar Parrikar on the medium of instruction (MoI), Konkani Basha Mandal (KBM) president Prashant Naik said that all chances of invigorating the Konkani movement had been effectively killed.

Five buffaloes were killed after they were struck by lightning early Thursday morning at Vagona in Cola-Canacona.The owner Shabha Velip said the buffaloes were tied to a tree in a paddy field along with other cattle.

Goan superstar Lorna Cordeiro was among a bunch of Goans denied a US visa on Tuesday.

Efforts are under way by the leaders of the Bhartiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch to ensure maximum youth participation in the June 6 'Goa bandh' agitation.

The man-leopard conflict in and around Canacona taluka has worsened with forest officials of Cotigao wildlife sanctuary rescuing 15 leopards from the forested villages in and around the taluka during the last five years.

A delegation of activists from the Save Mhadei, Save Goa Front met governor P S Sreedharan Pillai at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday and urged him to convince the President and the Centre to stop Karnataka from diverting water from the Mhadei basin.

Prashant Naik and Hrishikesh Kanitkar helped Air India take the vital first innings lead over Indian Oil and enter the final of the Times Shield 'A' Division.

Goans for Goa, a newly formed organization believed to be propped up by former PWD minister Churchill Alemao, has demanded that the state government come out with a "white paper" over the issue of Goans holding Portuguese citizenship.

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said his solution to the medium of instruction (MoI) imbroglio was an administrative one.