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Fukuoka (Japan), July 20 (IANS) Former Olympic champion Gregorio Paltrinieri anchored Italy to the mixed 4x1500m open water relay title at the World Aquatics Championships, here on Thursday. Paltrinieri, the men’s 1,500m gold winner at the 2016 Rio Olympics, swam a sizzling leg to bring Italy home in one hour, 10 minutes and 31.20 seconds.The victory ruined Germany’s clean sweep of all five open water gold medals. Paltrinieri, 28, thus claimed his sixth gold and 14th medal of any color across six World Championships, Xinhua reported.”We are really happy about this performance,” Paltrinieri said. “It was a great race for…

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne has announced resignation after an investigation found that he failed to address manipulated papers, and also fostered unhealthy lab dynamics. This follows months of intense scrutiny of his scientific work, conducted by an independent panel of scientists.”At various times when concerns with Tessier-Lavigne’s papers emerged — in 2001, the early 2010s, 2015-2016, and March 2021 –Tessier-Lavigne failed to decisively and forthrightly correct mistakes in the scientific record,” according to the report by Stanford’s Board of Trustees.The report said the fudging of results under Tessier-Lavigne’s purview “spanned labs at three separate institutions”,…

New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) The Indian smartphone market is likely to reach $42 billion in overall revenue this year, up by around 18 per cent over previous year, selling about 140 million units, a report showed on Thursday.The 140-million smartphone sales target for 2023 is an uphill task but still achievable looking at the big picture that includes the 5G opportunity in the affordability segments, macro-economic conditions and the replacement cycle potential sales, according to market research firm techARC. “The execution of the key brands in terms of limiting their competition by narrowing operations will be a key enabler…

‘Mallaah’ takes listeners on a journey of self-discovery and introspection. It captures the quintessential Agnee sound combined with Amitabh Bhattacharya’s lyrical genius. The song uses metaphors of the Mallaah, representing a protector, a saviour and a confidante.Speaking about the song, Koco said: “Initially, when the song was being made, I came up with the dummy word Saiyyaan and the song was a romantic ballad. But when Amitabh came in, he took the song in a completely different direction with Mallaah and it turned into a philosophical song. Hrishi and Chirayu also insisted on playing on the song even though I…

Maliwal has sought ‘urgent intervention’ of the Prime Minister into the matter, and requested him to instruct the local authorities to expedite the process of apprehending all the culprits.She also demanded “necessary support and protection for the survivors and their families”, while seeking action against the “erring police officers who failed to act swiftly in the matter”.Further, she has expressed shock and dismay over no visit conducted neither by the Union Minister for Women and Child Development nor the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women to Manipur to assess the nature of crimes being perpetrated against the women and…

A small section of the society gathered in front of Daulat Bagh, reached Naya Bazar Choupad and carried out a silent procession, along with saints.A meeting was held here, in which saints and speakers demanded trial of the case in a fast track court and strictest punishment for the accused.After the meeting, a memorandum was handed over to the Collector demanding the same.Walking tours of Jain saints should be provided security. Community shelters should be built at every 20 kilometers for the saints of all communities, including the Jain community, who walk on foot for their whole life, the protesters…

Hundreds of Mahila Congress workers led by its acting president Netta D’Souza staged the protest at the Jantar Mantar here.The activists of the Mahila Congress raised slogans against the government and demanded resignation of Biren Singh. Speaking to the media, D’Souza said that the chief minister has failed in controlling the law and order situation in the state and the women don’t feel secure there.She also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being equally responsible for violence in Manipur as he remained silent on the issue.Even the members of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) also staged protest against the central…

According to the game, Elvish had to turn into a dictator and give work to the other participants.The terms were that if he handled the contestants perfectly during this task, he would become the new captain.During Avinash’s turn of being called, Elvish ordered him to repeat what he said. Avinash did not listen to what Elvish said and instead said the opposite.All irritated, Elvish complained to Bigg Boss that Avinash was not performing his task properly.Moments later, the two got into an argument and the former says that when Avinash leaves the house, he will do many things behind his…

On Tuesday, the WFI ad-hoc panel granted Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Punia (65kg) and two-time world championships medallist Vinesh (53kg) exemption from appearing in the selection trials for the upcoming Asian Games 2023.The other wrestlers are set to compete in selection trials on July 22 and 23 to secure their spots in the Indian squad.A number of junior wrestlers, including the current U20 World Champion Antim Panghal, have raised concerns about the perceived “unfair” exemption of Vinesh and Bajrang from the selection trials.Now, Anshu, who became the first Indian female wrestler to win the silver medal in the women’s 57…

Ram Rahim headed to his dera at Barwana in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district — the place where he had spent his previous parole in January this year. Currently serving a life term for the murder of his manager in 2002, he was also convicted for the rape of two women in 2017 and is lodged in Haryana’s Sunaria jail since 2017.The ‘godman’, who has a large number of followers in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, was earlier released from the jail five times for various reasons, including his plea to meet the ailing mother. Justifying the decision, an…