Author: Starvision Desk

Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) Argentina captain Lionel Messi has expressed a desire to extend his international career at least until next year’s Copa America in the United States.The 36-year-old has until now remained non-committal about his plans to continue playing for the Albiceleste and admitted in June that he was “almost at the end of his career”, reports Xinhua. Despite wanting to play on in the short term, the Inter Miami forward said the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico remained a distant prospect.”I still don’t think about it, it’s far away,” Messi said in an…

Buenos Aires, Sep 22 (IANS) Salomon Rondon scored late as River Plate clinched a 1-0 home victory over Atletico Tucuman in Argentina’s Primera Division.Rondon latched onto Pablo Solari’s inviting cross from the right wing with an unstoppable 94th-minute header from the edge of the six-yard box, reports Xinhua.It was no less than the hosts deserved after they controlled 77% of the total possession and had 25 shots on goal compared to five attempts by their opponents.The result leaves River third in Group A with nine points from five outings while Atletico are 10th, three points further back.In other Argentine Primera…

Rio De Janeiro, Sept 22 (IANS) Joao Pedro scored a brilliantly worked team goal as Gremio kept alive their Brazilian Serie A title hopes on Thursday with a 1-0 home win over fellow contenders Palmeiras.Gremio split Palmeiras’ defense open with a series of slick passes that culminated in Luis Suarez’s one-touch through ball for Pedro, who lashed an angled finish into the far corner.The hosts were reduced to 10 men in the 86th minute when Mathias Villasanti was shown a second yellow card for a bad challenge.But the Porto Alegre outfit survived to secure their 13th win of the campaign…

New Delhi/Mumbai, Sep 22 (IANS) It was an aha moment for hundreds of Apple lovers in India on Friday as they started receiving ‘Make in India’ iPhone 15 and even locally-assembled 15 Plus at Apple Saket in New Delhi and Apple BKC in Mumbai — along with at other Apple Authorised resellers stores amid long queues since early morning.At the both Apple Delhi and Mumbai retail stores, hundreds of people who had pre-ordered those queued up early to get their devices.“It was great to get hold of a ‘Make in India’ iPhone 15. Such a proud feeling. I anxiously waited…

San Francisco, Sep 22 (IANS) Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai mourned the passing away of veteran engineer Luiz Andre Barroso on Friday, who invented the modern data centre.Barroso, a 22-year veteran of Google died on September 16 at the age of 59.In a post on X, Pichai noted that Barroso was responsible for so many of Google’s technical achievements, including the data centre, computing infrastructure designs, and others.”Unbearably sad to lose Luiz. He was behind so many of Google’s technical achievements, writing the book on our data centres, leading the design of our computing infrastructure, and so much more.…

The final episode of the show dropped recently, and for Abhishek playing Bhuvan was understandably difficult as the character goes on to kill his entire family.Talking about the same, Abhishek said: “Playing Bhuvan was very difficult because he is somebody who is responsible for killing his entire family. Recently I read an article about somebody taking their entire family to a bridge for a selfie and pushing all the family members in the water.”He further mentioned: “We need to understand that this happens among us and people like this live among us and when it is someone from our family…

“What is the material before us to doubt it?,” asked a bench headed by CJI D.Y. Chandrachud to the petitioner-in-person, a Mumbai-based lawyer Sunil Ahya.The petitioner told the bench, also comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, that he had filed RTI application and his multiple representations to the Election Commission for setting up standards to carry out audit of source code of all EVMs also remained unanswered.”They have not followed or disclosed any particular standard. Any audit to be of a meaning has to be as per a recognised standard. The source code is the brain of the EVM…

The union has set Friday as the deadline for sending more workers and plants to strike if no “serious progress” is made, Xinhua news agency reported.Currently, 12,700 workers at Ford Motor Co.’s Wayne Assembly Plant in the state of Michigan, General Motors Co.’s Wentzville Assembly in the state of Missouri and Stellantis NV’s Toledo Jeep plant in the state of Ohio are on strike.Negotiations continue, so does the quarrel among top management of the UAW and the three US automakers.Responding to an opinion piece by GM President Mark Reuss published Wednesday in a local media outlet, UAW Vice President Mike…

Hasan, who last played an ODI in June 2022, will now be joining Pakistan’s fast-bowling line-up for the mega event featuring Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Mohammad Wasim Jnr. Naseem is missing the tournament after suffering a shoulder injury during the Asia Cup in the Super Four match against India.He was subsequently ruled out of the tournament and as per the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), following thorough medical examinations and consultations with leading medical experts, he has been advised to undergo surgery, with the expected recovery time being three to four months.“We were forced to make one change because…

Under normal circumstances, tau protein is important for stabilising neurons into their proper shapes. But when tangled, it injures brain tissues and causes tauopathies — a group of brain diseases characterised by problems with learning, memory and movement.Alzheimer’s disease is the most common tauopathy, but the group also includes Parkinson’s disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and several rare genetic conditions.In search of ways to prevent these destructive tau tangles, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a key step in their development. Intervening at this step potentially could forestall the destructive cascade of events that…