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Chennai Lions defeated Puneri Paltan Table Tennis 8-3 in the second semi-final, while Goa Challengers registered a thrilling 8-7 win in their last tie to reach the final. Achanta Sharath Kamal will be the key player for Chennai Lions, whereas World No. 33 Benedikt Duda and Yangzi Liu will look to continue their winning performance in the final.”The semi-final tie was a good one. We will give our best in the final against Goa Challengers as our squad has a lot of quality. We are the defending champions and it gives us a lot of confidence when we play against…

“People of the country are facing economic crisis due to inflation and unemployment, but the BJP government is engaged in looting their hard-earned money.“Despite low prices of crude oil, the (Narendra) Modi government instead of giving its benefits to the public, it is profiteering by mercilessly imposing taxes on petrol and diesel,” Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications Jairam Ramesh said.He said that the government is not only earning profit, it has also given exemption to loot to its capitalist friends.He said that in last 9 years, the BJP government has collected over Rs 32 lakh crore from the public by…

The state assembly elections to be held later this year are not going to be easy for both — the BJP and the Congress — the party leaderships are aware of this fact, so they have decided to bet on only those candidates who can win the elections. This is the reason that both these political parties are conducting assembly-wise survey at their own level.In the 2018 elections in Madhya Pradesh, out of 230 assembly seats, the Congress had won 114, while the BJP bagged 109. Congress did not get full majority but with the support of Samajwadi Party, Bahujan…

Chengdu (China), July 30 (IANS) China beat France 231-224 to claim the archery compound men’s team title at the 31st FISU World University Games, here on Sunday. In the final, China enjoyed a flying start, losing only one point in the final shot and establishing a 59-54 advantage in the first set.China enlarged the gap to 117-110 with four 10s in the second set and tied France 57-57, 57-57 in the last two sets, Xinhua reported.The Chinese team consists of three members — Chen Yansong, Du Meiyu and Wang Shikun — in which Chen stood out with high accuracy, notching…

Bridgetown (Barbados), July 30 (IANS) India’s stand-in ODI captain, Hardik Pandya, has admitted that he currently considers himself more like a “turtle” than a “rabbit” as a bowler but he is eager to ramp up his bowling workload in order to prepare for the upcoming World Cup at home in October and November.In recent times, Pandya’s bowling has been limited in international cricket due to his injuries. In the first ODI against the West Indies, he bowled three overs and managed to take one wicket, giving away 17 runs. In the second ODI on Saturday, he remained wicketless, conceding 38…

Paris, July 30 (IANS) The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Aeolus has become the first ever dead satellite that was assisted back to earth in a bid to avoid space debris.The Aeolus spacecraft, also known as ESA’s wind mission, was guided to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, after running out of fuel by the mission officials at ESA. It landed in Antarctica on July 28.The US Space Command “confirmed Aeolus reentered Earth’s atmosphere on 28 July at around 21:00 CEST (12:30 am IST) above Antarctica,” ESA Aeolus Mission wrote on Twitter.Launched in August 2018 to monitor Earth’s winds, the 1,360 kilograms satellite surpassed scientific…

As per Federal Aviation Administration, two people were killed and two injured when a helicopter and a gyrocopter collided at Wittman Regional Airport about 1.30 p.m on SaturdayEarlier, two others were killed when a single-engine plane went into nearby Lake Winnebago, NBC news quoted Capt. Lara Vendola-Messer with the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office as saying.The first crash occurred about 9 a.m. when a single-engine North American T-6 Texan went into Lake Winnebago after departing Wittman Regional Airport.The two injured people were stabilised at a hospital, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh organisers said in a statement.–IANSsvn

July 31, 2023 is the last day for filing income tax returns.As of now the government has not given any indication of extending the deadline.Last year too, the deadline had not been extended.”5.83 crore #ITRs have been filed till 1 pm today (30th July) crossing the number of ITRs filed till 31st July, last year,” the income tax department said in a tweet.”We have witnessed more than 46 lakh successful logins till 1 pm today and more than 1.78 crore successful logins on the e-filing portal yesterday,” it said further.The department also informed that 10.39 lakh ITRs have been filed…

Actor Rohit Choudhary is excited as his next is Anil Sharma’s Sunny Deol, Amisha Patel starrer ‘Gadar 2’ as it is scheduled to hit the big screen on August 11, 2023. Rohit will be essaying a character called Major Malik a notorious and ruthless officer of the Pakistan Army who shows no mercy.Speaking about performing with a big star roster, the actor said: “Sharing scenes with legendary actor Sunny Deol is something which is unforgettable. Then you also have the rising star Utkarsh Shamra. I have seen a lot of spark in him and he has a long way to…

Manish Gupta who directed ‘One Friday Night’ concurred with Milind Soman’s statement and went on to say that his character was the trickiest to write.Elaborating on the difficulties he faced in order to write fleshed out characters during the scripting process, Manish said: “Milind Soman’s character was tricky to write, because I had to make the audience sympathise with him even though he is cheating on his wife, who’s a very good lady.”Talking about the audience’s reaction to the film, he stated: “The audience is intrigued by the plot. And they are constantly second-guessing the ending. Women are identifying with…