The Navhind Times

Goa does not require melting glaciers to produce catastrophic floods; extreme rainfall, sediment mobilisation, unstable slopes, and densely occupied floodplains would be sufficient The catastrophic Nepal flood of August 26, 2026, carries an important warning for Goa, provided we understand the comparison correctly. Goa has no glaciers, permafrost, or snow-fed Himalayan rivers. Nepals disaster originated []

PTI Kathmandu The death toll from the massive Nepal-Tibet flash floods rose to 392 on Thursday, as rescuers raced against time to trace hundreds of people still missing, including 290 Indian nationals. Of the 392 victims, 389 died in the flash floods in Nepal, while three were killed in neighbouring Tibet. A Nepal Police statement []

NT Reporter Panaji Expressing grief over the deaths and devastation caused by flash floods in Nepal, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday said that as per initial information no Goans are among the missing tourists. Nepal floods are a very disheartening situation. We are in constant touch with all the national disaster management agencies, Sawant []

Pernem: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said the martyrs memorial at Patradevi is not merely a monument of stone, but a living symbol of Indias collective national consciousness and an eternal testament to the fact that India is a living, breathing nation whose soul cannot be divided. Speaking after inaugurating the Hutatma Smruti Smarak, []

Underground cabling, improved lighting, landscaping planned Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the Goa Medical College (GMC) campus will soon be developed into a five-star campus with underground cabling, improved lighting, landscaping, parking and other facilities through the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC). He added that all efforts would be made to []

NT Reporter Vasco Vasco Police traced three minor children reported missing during the annual Saptah Fair and reunited them with their families, while an 80-year-old man who went missing in the crowd was also traced and reunited with his family. The Saptah Fair, which began last week, attracts thousands of visitors from Goa and neighbouring []

NT Reporter Panaji Valpoi has crossed the 100-inch rainfall mark, recording 2,543.7 mm of rain since June 1, making it the first of the major rain-gauge stations to cross the three-digit rainfall mark. Widespread rainfall over the past two days has helped the states overall monsoon deficit ease to 29.8 per cent on Monday. Dharbandora, []

NT Reporter Panaji In a suo motu public interest litigation concerning illegal hoardings along state and national highways, the High Court has directed the authorities concerned to file a detailed, jurisdiction-wise list of illegal hoardings still standing in village panchayats and municipal areas across the State. The Court ordered the respondent authorities to map existing []

NT Reporter Curchorem Power Minister Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar said people should remember the sacrifices of freedom fighters and patriots while enjoying the fruits of freedom. Today we are enjoying the fruits of freedom. But to achieve this, innumerable freedom fighters and patriots not only struggled but sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country, []

PTI New Delhi Cockroach Janta Party chief spokesperson Saurav Das on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his reference to dimagi Naxals in his Independence Day address, and said educated young people cannot be branded Naxalis merely for questioning the government. In his address from the Red Fort on the countrys 80th []

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Mayank Yadav impress in 35-run win in third T20I Harare: Vaibhav Sooryavanshi struck a mature 81 before pacer Mayank Yadav claimed three wickets as India completed a 3-0 clean sweep of Zimbabwe with a comfortable 35-run victory in the third and final T20I here on Sunday. Electing to bat, India posted 192 despite []

Israel ministry of tourism director of marketing, India Amruta Bangera, who was in the state, took the time out to speak to Diana Fernandes, on Israels tourism industry and the changes seen over the years. Q. Can you share the current outlook for tourism to Israel amidst the geo-political disturbances? Israel remains committed to engaging []

Indias metals industry is undergoing a structural shift from mining towards recycling, with organised non-ferrous metal recyclers positioned to benefit from rising metal consumption, resource constraints, sustainability requirements and increasing formalisation of the scrap ecosystem, according to a report by Ashika Institutional Equities Research. The report said secondary metals offer the same metallurgical properties as []

Slams Islamabad for sponsoring terrorism Dras: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday slammed Pakistan for making terrorism a part of its state policy, and said there will be no talks with the country other than on Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, which is a part of India illegally occupied by it. In his address at the Kargil War Memorial []

PTI Birmingham Shubman Gill continued his love affair with the Edgbaston cricket ground as the Indian captains graceful 80 lay the foundation for a walk-in-the park six-wicket victory over England in the first ODI here on Tuesday. India, now, have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Axar Patel, much panned for his recent []