THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2026

Can't expect anything better from Bengal, Delhi parties

Goa’s December celebrations went off on full swing despite everyone knowing that the presence of Omicron demanded the exact opposite. Goa’s propaganda harbingers of a ‘new dawn’ took enough precautions in their regional State yet did not seek to protect locals here. Just like their Griha Laxmi scheme which in Goa is ‘open ended’ for all unlike the Griha Bhandar scheme in Bengal which protects the locals there. As did Delhi. Why were they silent when it came to Goa? See the horrific garbage strewn beaches on NY day! Congratulations to all our collectors for this ‘annual NY gift’ . Can today’s civilized citizens be treated to this kind of crap? It means that the ‘new’ regional parties of Bengal and Delhi will dish out the same fare!

Question for Goans hoping for a ‘new dawn’: had the MGP, along with some of the then Congress MLAs who themselves say they were game, formed the 2017 Govt here, could they have gone to Bengal, poached the Trinamool Congress leaders there and contested the Assembly elections? Or in Delhi? What would the locals reception be? Somebody is playing a big hoax and people are shamefully falling for the same!
 
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Anomalous pattern of deaths, infections

ELVIDIO MIRANDA, via email
Published Jan 2, 2022, 11:28 PM IST
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Covid-19 infections and death rates around the world make for chilling reading. However what is most disconcerting is that the so-called developed world has suffered the bulk of the pandemic tolls.The total world toll of infections and deaths is 28.8 crore and 54.4 lakh respectively. It may be stressed that vaccinations in certain countries have reached the stage of booster doses being administered, hence why is there such an anomalous spread? Out of these, the US which…

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