As Covid wave ebbs, Indians are packing bags for leisure tripsFor instance, the weekend preceding February 14 saw an encouraging week-on-week growth in bookings, industry insiders said.
15 Feb, 2022, 09.38 AM IST
Goa: As COVID-19 cases rise, casinos, cinema halls to operate with 50 pc capacityInterstate movement will be permitted only for people who are fully vaccinated or for those entering Goa for medical emergencies or for peo...
29 Dec, 2021, 09.52 PM IST
Schools are in various stages of reopening but experts advise taking it slow to help kidsSince vaccination for children has yet to begin in India, permitting them to return to the physical classroom had become a divisive subject...
21 Nov, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
At least 22 states, Union Territories reopened schools for all students, 92% teachers vaccinated, says CentreAccording to the Union Education Ministry data, over 92 per cent teaching personnel and almost 86 per cent of non-teaching personnel of edu...
02 Nov, 2021, 09.16 PM IST
Goa to resume in-person learning for classes IX-XII from October 18The guidelines also state that all schools should sanitise every classroom before re-opening of schools, while directing that only vaccinat...
15 Oct, 2021, 09.05 AM IST
80% people in Goa got one dose of COVID-19 vaccine: CMTalking to reporters on Wednesday, Sawant also said his government will write to the Centre to reduce the gap between two doses of vaccines...
22 Jul, 2021, 11.28 AM IST
Lower ACE receptors help kids deal with virus better, open primary schools: ICMRAt a time when several states are reopening schools for senior classes from 9 to 12, the Centre said it would be betterto reopen primary sc...
20 Jul, 2021, 11.59 PM IST
As lockdown lifts, employees hesitate to get back to officesCompanies are opening up with 20-25% staff each day making it voluntary with senior management coming into office more regularly. The middl...
06 Jul, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Kerala, Goa, Puducherry join several other states in extending COVID lockdown and restrictions"Although the prevalence of the disease is declining significantly in the state, we have not yet reached a stage to remove restrictions. Th...
30 May, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
The tide seems to be turning on pandemic’s ‘Work from Goa’ trendOnly 30% of those from the tech circle who moved to Goa during the pandemic may consider staying back for long. It could imply that they we...
27 Feb, 2021, 01.38 PM IST
Indian partying hotspot Goa counts losses, braces for pandemic-fuelled changeA Portuguese colony until 1961, this western Indian state usually comes alive in December and January, its tourism-led economy booming with...
13 Jan, 2021, 12.03 PM IST
Blended learning will become the new normal: Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Education MinisterThe Unlock 5 guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (on September 30) gave the flexibility to state and UT governments to take a...
21 Dec, 2020, 08.52 AM IST
New school of thought: For India's educational institutions, a blended model may be the only answerIt is a Covid-time innovation but the hybrid mode of education, a mix of online and offline, could be here to stay. The course and effects ...
20 Dec, 2020, 11.56 PM IST
Goa schools reopen for Classes 10, 12 amid COVID-19 protocolsThe government had decided to allow the schools to reopen from November 21 onwards for Classes 10 and 12 in the initial phase. Chief Minist...
21 Nov, 2020, 11.04 AM IST
Covid impact: Professionals who can work from home are ditching the uncongenial citiesIf April and May bore witness to countless migrants walking hundreds of kilometres in a desperate bid to reach their homes amid the lockdow...
13 Jul, 2020, 10.23 AM IST
Lockdown, Day 81: Another grim milestoneSome experts, meanwhile, have come down hard on the ICMR for its assertion that there was no community transmission of COVID-19, saying it ...
13 Jun, 2020, 07.08 PM IST
Lockdown, Day 38: India shut for 2 more weeksThe economic toll of the crippling nationwide lockdown has become too glaring to ignore, with auto maker Maruti selling zero units in all o...
01 May, 2020, 10.14 PM IST