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Flame-Throated Bulbul ‘Rubigula’ is decided as official mascot for Goa 2020 National Games.

Mascot

The official mascot for the Goa 2020 National Games in Panaji, Goa will be Flame-Throated Bulbul ‘Rubigula’. Goa will be hosting the 36th edition of the National Games from 20th October to 4th November 2020.

Difficult Dialogues 2020 begins in Goa

Difficult Dialogues 2020

The 5th edition of Difficult Dialogues began in Panji, Goa. Difficult Dialogues (DD) is an yearly forum examining issues of contemporary relevance in South Asia. Difficult Dialogues 2020 will focus on the “State of Law”.

India’s first floating jetty inaugurated in Goa

India’s first floating jetty

India’s first floating jetty has been inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya at a cruise terminal in Vasco at Goa. The floating jetty is made of cement concrete and is expected to uplift inland waterways.

FC Goa has become 1st club from India to qualify for AFC Champions League

FC Goa

FC Goa has become the first Indian club to qualify for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League group stage. FC Goa clinched the top spot in the Indian Super League (ISL 2019-20) standings, ending as the league’s table-topper after beating Jamshedpur FC 5-0 in an Indian Super League match.

An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Parrikar
  • “An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar” is a book on the life of the former defence minister and chief minister of Goa Manohar Parrikar.
  • The book is co-authored by veteran journalists Sadguru Patil and Mayabhushan Nagvenkar.
  • The book named “An Extraordinary Life: A biography of Manohar Parrikar” will be published by publishing house Penguin Random House India.

Goa to be the 1st state to use Ayurveda to COVID-19 patients

Goa to be the 1st state to use Ayurveda to COVID-19 patients
  • Goa to be the first state to integrate allopathy and Ayurveda to increase the immunity of COVID-19 patients and those who have been quarantined.
  • The treatment will be conducted in consultation with doctors who are dealing with COVID-19 patients, who is also an Ayurvedic practitioner.

Ex-health minister of Goa Suresh Amonkar dies of COVID-19

Suresh Amonkar

  • Former Goa health minister Suresh Amonkar died of COVID-19 infection. He was 68.
  • He had served as a minister of Health, Social Welfare, and Labour and Employment in then Fransisco Sardinha government.

Goa will host 51st IFFI

IFFI
  • Goa will host Fifty first International Film Festival of India IFFI from November 20th to 28th.

Former Goa Governor Mridula Sinha passes away

Mridula Sinha
  • Former Governor of Goa and veteran BJP leader, Mridula Sinha passed away.
  • She was the first woman Governor of Goa. She was also an expert writer, making extensive participation in the world of literature as well as culture.

Indian Coast Guard’s OPV ‘Sujeet’ commissions in Goa

Sujeet
  • Indian Coast Guard’s (ICG) Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) ‘Sujeet’, which is second in the series of 5 OPVs was employed at the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) in Vasco Town, Goa by Raj Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production).

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