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Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien-chen, Men’s Singles Quarter-Finals, Live Updates: Lakshya Sen will be taking on Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen in the badminton men’s singles quarter-final match at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Friday. Sen marched into last 8 after defeating compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6 in the Round of 16 match. Sen is India’s only remaining hope for a badminton medal from Paris. He is now the third Indian after Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth, who had reached the quarterfinals in the London and Rio edition of the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016, to enter the last eight…
Mahindra is all set to give independence to the much-anticipated Thar 5-door from camouflage on the 77th Independence Day of the country. However, it seems like the Thar Roxx has taken things into its own hands and has decided to leave the veils much prior to the official launch date. Recently, Rushlane posted pictures of the upcoming 5-door Mahindra Thar Roxx on their website sans camo, revealing its complete side profile. The front fascia of the SUV was already revealed by the company, but the side profile remained hidden. 2024 Mahindra Thar Roxx: Design With the new leaked images, it…
Three men entered a jewellery shop in Pune and robbed jewels worth lakhs in a matter of seconds in broad daylight. The incident happened at a shop in Lakshmi Chowk in Pune’s Hinjewadi today at 10:30 am and was captured on CCTV. The visuals show three men entering the jewellery shop, of which, one grabs the shopkeeper by collar and flashes a gun at him, while another man enters with a bag and quickly gets atop a counter to rob jewellery. The third man first aids the gunman to intimidate the shopkeeper before helping his other accomplice in looting the…
A staggering 28 inmates have died at a shelter home in Delhi since the beginning of this year, with 14 deaths – including that of a child – taking place in July alone, prompting the state government to order a probe. The opposition BJP has said it will bring up the issue in the Lok Sabha, while the AAP has accused the party of following a “dual model” of politics. The deaths took place at Asha Kiran, a Delhi-government-run facility for the mentally challenged in Rohini. January saw the death of three inmates, followed by two in February, another three…
US Vice-Presidential candidate J.D. Vance’s 2021 comment about “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made” has set the cat among the pigeons. Well, not so much among pigeons, but certainly among a lot of women who have come out breathing fire that he dared to make such a disparaging remark about women who do not have children. They have slammed his misogyny, his contempt for the choices that women make, and his portrayal of women without children as joyless creatures who try to fill their empty lives with their cats. (Clearly,…
A story written by a schoolgirl in Kerala allegedly premonitioned the massive landslides in Kerala’s Wayanad that killed nearly 300 people and injured more than 200. “If it rains, landslides will hit the waterfall, engulfing everything in their path, including human lives,” were the prophetic lines in the story written by the Class 8 student for her school magazine last year. A year later, devastating landslides flattened her town, Chooramala. And, her school – Government Vocational Higher Secondary School in Chooramala’s Vellarmala – has been completely buried under debris. She has also lost her father to the devastation, as per…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged the BJP-led central government to withdraw GST on life and medical insurance premiums, saying that it adversely affects people’s ability to take care of their vital needs. The Trinamool Congress chief is the latest to criticise the move announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Budget. In a letter to the Finance Minister, Ms Banerjee requested the Centre to review the policy as it is “highly anti-people in nature”. “The primary objective of life and health insurance is to provide financial security during unexpected times. These policies play a crucial role…
India vs Australia, Men’s Hockey, Paris Olympics 2024 Live Updates: India lead Australia 2-1 in their final men’s hockey Pool B match of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Friday. For India, Abhishek and Harmanpreet Singh scored while Thomas Craig scored for Australia. This match is crucial for India (7 points, 4 matches) as a win can help the side finish second in Pool B. Australia have nine points from four games. Chasing a second successive medal at the Olympics, the Indian hockey team suffered its first loss of the 2024 edition, going down 1-2 to defending champions Belgium after letting slip…
The Delhi High Court ripped into police and city officials in equal measure Friday in a hearing on the deaths last week of three students in the flooded – by rainwater and sewage from a clogged drain – basement of an IAS exam tuition centre. “Some officer has to be liable. These people must be alive.” A furious court asked serious questions of the Municipal Corporation and its ability to plan and maintain city infrastructure, particularly in times of crises like floods. “They are not equipped to deal with it… maybe they don’t understand how civic planning works. MCD officials…
The Paris Olympic Games remain embroiled in a huge controversy ever since the ‘gender row’ erupted in women’s boxing. Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has been categorised as a ‘biological male’, after her opponent Angela Carini, from Italy, decided to abandon the game after just 46 seconds. Several renowned personalities, including Elon Musk, have raised their voices condemning the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow Khelif to participate in the women’s edition of the sport. Indian sprinter Dutee Chand, who has been at the centre of a similar row in the past, has shared her perspective on the controversy. “In 2014,…