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This should undoubtedly result in a remarkable medal tally.IANS takes a look at some of the medal contenders in the upcoming sporting extravaganza.Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting)Despite being a former world weightlifting champion, Commonwealth Games winner and Olympic silver medallist, Mirabai Chanu will be making her Asian Games debut at Hangzhou.After missing the last edition due to injury, Chanu will be chasing history at the Asian Games. She even skipped the World Championships to remain fit for her maiden Asian Games appearance.R. Praggnanandhaa (Chess)As chess makes its comeback to the Asian Games after a hiatus of 13 years, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa is seen…

While Chanu will be competing in the 49kg category, Sheuli will be seen in the 73kg category.The team also features Bindyarani Devi, who won the gold at the 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships. The 24-year-old will compete in the women’s 55kg event.Reigning National Games champion N. Ajith is the final member of the Indian team. The Tamil Nadu weightlifter will compete in the 73kg category alongside Achinta Sheuli.Despite being a former world weightlifting champion, Commonwealth Games champion and Olympic silver medallist, Chanu will be making her Asian Games debut at Hangzhou.After missing the last edition due to injury, Chanu will be…

New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) England skipper Jos Buttler has admitted that Jason Roy, and possibly Joe Root, could be added to the ODI squad to face Ireland next week, as England looking to provide their experienced players with ample opportunities to get into form before the World Cup in India, starting from October 5.Roy’s place in the World Cup squad was appearing in doubt after back spasms prevented him from featuring in the series win over New Zealand. He may yet be added to the squad for next week’s ODIs against Ireland to try and prove his fitness, with…

Lucknow, Sep 17 (IANS) India’s non-playing captain Rohit Rajpal heaped praises on Sumit Nagal for his dominating victory in the Davis Cup World Group II match played at the Vijayant Khand Mini Stadium in Gomti Nagar, here and also came in defence of Sasikumar Mukund who conceded the first match to his Moroccan counterpart Yassine Dlimi.Sasikumar conceded his singles match 7-6 (7-4), 5-7, 1-4 to Dlimi in the third set after he was forced to limp out of the court due to cramps.“The first match was disappointing. We had the match. I thought we were on our way to finish…

San Francisco, Sep 17 (IANS) Google Voice has introduced a new feature that is similar to the “suspected spam caller warnings,” but this time for SMS messages. On both Android and iOS devices, users will now be alerted of suspected spam messages with a red exclamation sign appearing in the profile avatar spot. The message preview will also include the phrase “Suspected spam” in a matching colour for easy identification.”If you’re using Google Voice, you’re familiar with our suspected spam caller warnings. We’re extending this feature to SMS messages on Android and iOS devices,” Google said in a blogpost.Users will see…

On-chain sleuth Wazz first noticed the unusual transactions in the MetaMask cryptocurrency wallet labelled ‘Mark Cuban 2’ on EtherScan. The wallet had been inactive for more than five months, reports CryptoSlate.”Lmao, did Mark Cuban’s wallet just get drained? Wallet inactive for 160 days and all assets just moved,” Wazz posted on X (formerly Twitter).The news was first reported by DLNews.Cuban confirmed that he lost five Ethereum (ETH) tokens, worth around $8,170 at current prices. However, he also lost USD Coin (USDC), Polygon (MATIC), Lido staked Ethereum (stETH), and tokens from SuperRare and Ethereum Name Service, according to the report.However, the…

He said that the most fitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi would be to oust the BJP from power in 2024.Addressing the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, on the second day, Kharge said, “We are all aware of the challenges that lie ahead. These challenges aren’t just those of the Congress, but they concern the survival of Indian democracy and the preservation of Indian Constitution.”Slamming the BJP government at the Centre, Kharge said that during the meeting of INDIA bloc leaders in Maharashtra’s Mumbai, the government formed a committee on ‘one nation, one election’.”For their agenda, they broke all the tradition…

The study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, examined if YouTube’s recommendation system acted as a “rabbit hole,” leading users searching for vaccine-related videos to anti-vaccine content.For the study, researchers asked the World Health Organization – trained participants to intentionally find an anti-vaccine video with as few clicks as possible, starting from an initial informational Covid-19 video posted by the WHO.They compared the recommendations seen by these users to related videos that are obtained from the YouTube application programming interface (API) and to YouTube’s Up-Next recommended videos that were seen by clean browsers without any user-identifying cookies.The team…

This abrupt change prompted protests and slogans from some of the affected passengers, which was directed towards the Tata Group-owned carrier. Originally set to take off at 9.19 p.m. on Saturday, the flight was rescheduled to 7.15 a.m. on Sunday.“Due to inclement weather over Delhi this evening, a number of flights were diverted, including our Guwahati-Delhi flight, which was diverted to Lucknow. Subsequent flights from Delhi and Mumbai have also been rescheduled due to the diversion,” said the spokesperson.”We apologise for the inconvenience to our guests due to circumstances beyond our control. The safety and wellbeing of our guests and…

Saira took to Instagram, where she shared some throwback images of the artist along with the actor.She wrote: “Maqbool Fida Hussain was a dear friend and admirer of Sahib alongside other close friends. Often, they would meet at ‘The Taj Hotel Chambers’ for High Tea, Lunch, Dinners, and family functions at Home, and also at midnight when Pran Saab and Satish Bhalla would honk the horn outside our house asking Sahib to wake up for a midnight drive! Ooof! We wives have to exercise patience!”She then jogged her memory and recalled: “I vividly remember Mr. Hussain’s visits to our home.…