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Greensboro (USA), Aug 7 (IANS) South Korea’s Byeong Hun An posted the fourth runner-up finish of his career on the PGA TOUR at the Wyndham Championship on Sunday, saying he was playing his “best golf” ahead of his return to the upcoming FedEx Cup Playoffs. The 31-year-old An signed off with a 3-under 67 in the weather-delayed final round at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro to finish two shots behind winner Lucas Glover (68), who claimed his fifth PGA TOUR victory in the final event of the 2022-23 Regular Season.Four other Asians -– Tom Kim, Si Woo Kim, Sungjae Im,…

Georgetown (Guyana), Aug 7 (IANS) West Indies’ wicketkeeper-batter Nicholas Pooran has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the second T20I against India in Guyana, the International Cricket Council (ICC) informed on Monday. Pooran was fined for criticising the umpires for not reviewing an incident on their own, for which he had to use a player review and survived. He went on to help West Indies win the second T20I at the Providence Stadium in Guyana on Sunday and take a 2-0 lead in the 5-match series.Pooran…

San Francisco, Aug 7 (IANS) Elon Musk-run Tesla has appointed Indian-origin Vaibhav Taneja as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), as the company targets India as it next major supply ecosystem creator.Taneja is currently serving as the Chief Accounting Officer, and will take the CFO post as an additional responsibility. He will replace Zachary Kirkhorn who completes his 13-year stint with Tesla, according to repeats.”Being a part of this company is a special experience and I’m extremely proud of the work we’ve done together since I joined over 13 years ago,” Kirkhorn said in a post on the professional networking platform…

New York, Aug 7 (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered the highest-energy light coming from the sun.”The sun is more surprising than we knew,” said Mehr Un Nisa, a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University in the US. “We thought we had this star figured out, but that’s not the case.”The team also found that this type of light, known as gamma rays, is surprisingly bright. Although the high-energy light doesn’t reach the Earth’s surface, these gamma rays create telltale signatures that were detected by the team working with High-Altitude Water Cherenkov Observatory, or HAWC. The energy…

The meeting was held on August 3 between senior Finance Ministry officials led by Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran and the US Treasury Department representatives in New Delhi, as part of their second sub-ministerial meeting following the 9th ministerial meeting of the Indian-US Economic and Financial Partnership (EFP) held in November 2022. The US delegation was led by Assistant Secretary for International Finance Brent Neiman, while representatives from the Reserve Bank of India and the US Federal Reserve in Washington DC participated virtually. During the meeting, issues related to Indian and US priorities in addressing global debt challenges, joint…

The CPI-M MLA from Chengannur is known for his plain speaking, which has often landed him in trouble.The latest controversy was triggered at a function in Kochi on Sunday, where Cherian said he was surprised to learn that there is no call for prayer from mosques in Saudi Arabia, a country he visited recently.The minister was sharing the experience of his visit to Saudi Arabia, saying that the person who took him around there said that the popular Islamic tradition in Kerala — where Muslims are called for scheduled daily prayers (‘Salat’) by a formal announcement called ‘Adhan’ — doesn’t…

Police have apprehended all three suspects involved in the crimes, identified as Akshay Kumar, 34, Sonu alias Fussi, 26, and Vaibhav Srivastav, 32, within hours of the incidents.According to police, the initial call about the first incident came in at 5.17 a.m., prompting a rapid response from a police team.Ashok, 54, a resident of Jagdamba Vihar, West Sagarpur, who was injured, was swiftly transported to DDU Hospital, Hari Nagar, by a PCR van.”The injured victim’s condition is stable, and he has been discharged from the hospital,” Deputy Commissioner of Police, Southwest, Manoj C said.In a span of 5-10 minutes, the…

Under this program, the organic tea production of Golaghat district will be boosted to attract countrywide attention.Chief Minister said that the similar initiative will be taken for other districts in the state also.Speaking on Agarwood and its immense importance in Golaghat, he said that the government has approved processing of home-grown Agarwood harvested from private plantation for the growth of the Agarwood industry.Stating that Assam has a very deep connection with handloom, the Chief Minister said that Srimanta Sankardeva made Vrindavani Bastra having 120 hand length and 60 hand breadth.For improving handloom in the state, Sarma mentioned that the state…

The petitioner has challenged a decision and a notification issued by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) placing criteria for participation in the selection trials for the Asian Para Games 2023.Justice Subramonium Prasad said’s decision to not interfere came with a reasoning that the basis for finalising the criteria is only to make sure that players having probability of winning medals in the Asian Para Games are selected.“…in matters of selecting the best person to represent the country in the international events, the courts should not interfere with the criteria set out by the experts in the field,” Justice Prasad…

A bench, headed by Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, took suo moto cognisance of the matter and asked the state to not carry out any further demolition exercise until further orders.”We are constrained to issue notice to state as it has come to our notice that Haryana is using force and is demolishing buildings on account of the fact that some riots have occurred in Gurugram and Nuh,” it observed. “Apparently, without any demolition orders and notices, the law and order problem is being used as a ruse to bring down buildings without following the procedure established by law. “The issue also…