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New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Hockey India on Tuesday named the 20-member Indian women’s hockey team for their tour of Germany and the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation- International Tournament in Spain.Both events will be part of the team’s preparations ahead of the all-important Hangzhou Asian Games 2023.The Indian team will first play three Test matches in Germany, one against China and two against Germany, from July 16-19, followed by a tour to Spain, where they will play against South Africa, England, and hosts from July 25-30 in Terrassa in the 100th Anniversary Spanish Hockey Federation-International Tournament.The Indian team squad…

Ahmedabad, July 4 (IANS) Ahead of the 10th edition of the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL), the Adani Sportsline-owned Gujarat Giants have completed the trials to select the New Young Players for the upcoming season.The Gujarat Giants, which was founded in 2017, have conducted NYP trials across Chennai, New Delhi and Ahmedabad. More than 250 young kabaddi players participated in the trials across the three cities. The final round of the trials took place at the ONGC Colony in Ahmedabad. The names of the players, who have been shortlisted, will be announced soon, and the franchise will finalise their picks closer…

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has said that the number of active users across the decentralised social media platform “rose” by 2,94,000 over the weekend.Rochko posted on Monday, “So, weekend tally: The number of active users across Mastodon rose by 294K, and posting activity roughly tripled.” “Lots of new sign-ups, but also many returning users. Fun times!” In March this year, the platform had announced that it crossed more than 10 million registered accounts. Meanwhile, last week, the company announced a new update to Mastodon for Android with a complete Material You redesign. With the new…

London, July 4 (IANS) Smartwatches could identify Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before hallmark symptoms appear and a clinical diagnosis can be made, according to new research. Researchers from Cardiff University in the UK showed that combining smartwatch data of just one week with artificial intelligence (AI) can help identify people who would about seven years later go on to develop Parkinson’s disease. They say this could be used as a new screening tool for Parkinson’s disease, which would enable detection of the disorder at a much earlier stage than current methods allow. “Smart watch data is easily accessible…

San Francisco, July 4 (IANS) Social discussion platform Reddit on Tuesday said that it has fixed the issue causing inaccurate active user counting.The company acknowledged the issue early Tuesday and tweeted, “Investigating: We are currently investigating this issue.” About half an hour later it posted, “Monitoring: A fix has been implemented and we are monitoring the results.” In an update, the platform said, “Resolved: This incident has been resolved.” Taking to Twitter several users reported the issue. While one user said, “Reddit is down again that’s my sign to go to bed I guess,” another posted, “Is Reddit down?” According…

New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Global asset management firm Varanium Capital on Tuesday announced the first close of its maiden venture debt fund worth Rs 250 crore.The fund would provide financing to 100 early and growth-stage startups in India through a mix of revenue-based financing and traditional venture debt.Varanium Capital manages nearly $1 billion of assets across the asset classes including structured debt, portfolio management services (PMS), and venture capital fund.“Venture debt fund will provide financial backing to start-ups in sectors such as D2C (Direct-to-consumer), SaaS (Software as a Service), B2B commerce and fintech who require to scale their operations,”…

The SDO classified the flare as an X1.0 flare. X-class denotes the most intense flares, while the number provides more information about its strength. The strong solar flare peaked at 7.14 p.m. ET on July 2, the agency said. This was reportedly the 18th X-class solar flare of Solar Cycle 25, or the active phase of Sun’s 11-year solar weather cycle. “X FLARE IN PROGRESS!!! Sunspot region AR3354 near the NW limb just produced an X1.07 Flare (between the 10th and 14th biggest flare so far, this solar cycle). That is the 18th X flare during SC25 (compared to just…

The actor was shooting for an undisclosed project in Los Angeles, California where he sustained an injury to his nose.As per media reports, SRK was immediately rushed to the hospital where his team was informed that the injury will require a minor surgical intervention to stop the bleeding.After the surgery, the ‘Pathaan’ actor was spotted with a bandage on his nose. SRK is currently in Mumbai back at his home and is recovering. This is not SRK’s first brush with an injury. The actor, who is known to be extremely passionate about his work has suffered many injuries in the…

The iQOO Neo 7 Pro will be available at an market operating price (MOP) of Rs 34,999 (effective price Rs 31,999) for the 8GB+128GB variant and Rs 37,999 for the 12GB+ 256GB model (effective price Rs 34,999).The smartphone is available for pre-booking on Amazon.in and the iQOO e-store, followed by sale starting July 15. All customers pre-booking the Neo 7 Pro will get one-year extended warranty, said the company.It comes in two colours — Fearless Flame and Dark Storm. The phone will have Funtouch OS 13 based on Android 13 out of the box.The new device comes equipped with Dual…

The video was shared by Delhi Women Commission chairperson Swati Maliwal.The Jaipur police control room sent the video to the Sindhi camp police station for further inquiry, and the location was later identified as Vidhayakpuri station area. Accordingly a case was transferred there, said officials on Tuesday.Police were searching for the accused auto driver who is seen touching the foreign woman in the video.Police officials said that the foreign tourist, who is seen walking with the auto driver, is yet to be contacted. They added that the female and the accused are not yet identified.The video was shared by a…