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Despite his loss, the Briton became the first player to take a set from Alcaraz in this year’s tournament, and Alcaraz described Evans as a tricky opponent, reports Xinhua.”He always wants to go to the net. Great slices, good touch,” said Alcaraz. “I think this is my game as well, so we played a pretty good match. I think people loved that. We made great points, great shots, a lot of different situations probably than in other matches. I’m really happy to get through and play the fourth round again in the US Open.”Elsewhere, Daniil Medvedev defeated Sebastian Baez 6-2,…

The tragedy occurred following a car coming from Davanagere towards Bengaluru ramming into a parked truck on National Highway-150.The impact of the crash was such that the car was reduced to a skeletal mangle. The accident took place near Mallapura in Chitradurga taluk. The four persons were killed on the spot and the other three were shifted to hospital.The identities of the deceased and injured are yet to be ascertained. Chitradurga Rural police have rushed to the spot and taken up the investigation. More details are yet to emerge in the incident.–IANSmka/kvd

China didn’t allow India many chances throughout the match, limiting their opponents to only nine points in the first set en route to a 25-9, 25-10, 25-12 victory, reports Xinhua.China are grouped with Japan, India and Kazakhstan in the classification round. As China beat Kazakhstan in the previous group stage and the two teams will not play again in the classification, China have already secured a berth in the final four before taking on Japan on Monday.–IANScs

The rally, set to begin at 4:30 p.m. in front of the National Assembly, had originally been planned to mourn the death of a young teacher in the South Korean capital who took her own life in July after struggling to deal with a school violence case, reports Yonhap News Agency.But at least two additional teacher suicides happened last week, one in Seoul on August 31 and the other in the southwestern city of Gunsan on September 1, adding fuel to the anger about bad treatment of teachers and raising the possibility of Monday’s rally becoming the largest-ever teacher protest.Many…

Police have registered a case against eight people.According to reports, Ajay Kumar and his accomplices reached Sheela Devi’s house in Bhadohi village on Sunday night to complain about cattle grazing on his fields.An abusive argument ensued.”It is alleged that Ashok, Mahendra Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Brijesh Kumar, Shimla, and Shyama, who came with Ajay, started throwing stones at Sheela and her family members. Vinod Kumar a.k.a Kallu, a relative of Sheela Devi, tried to intervene. A brick hit his head and he fell unconscious,” said the police.Vinod was taken to Jalalpur CHC, where he was declared dead by doctors.Malipur police reached…

Haikui, the first typhoon in four years to directly hit Taiwan, made landfall along the southeastern coastal township of Donghe at about 3:40 p.m. on Sunday after which it storm crossed the island and then left land at 8 p.m., CNN quoted the Central Weather Bureau as saying.At least 7,113 people across 11 cities and counties were evacuated, according to the Interior Ministry.State electricity provider Taipower said 48,506 households were without power as of 10 p.m. on Sunday night.Before making landfall, the storm had packed winds of up to 155 km per hour (96 miles per hour), the Central Weather…

The couple that belongs to Chaubeypur area of the district have since moved out to an undisclosed location.Chaubeypur police station in-charge Sanjay Pandey said: “We are trying to get in touch with the family of the couple. The video, however, is of a ceremony that was performed a few months ago in an urban area.”The Vishva Hindu Parishad’s district convener Vipin Shukla, led protests at the Chaubeypur police station on Sunday demanding a fair investigation and strict action against those involved in the alleged conversion.“A Hindu youth has been converted and married to a Muslim girl. It should be investigated.…

The absence of the Shivling was discovered when devotees visited the temple at Kumhiyawaha Bazar, under the jurisdiction of the Maheva Ghat police station and alerted the temple authorities and police, while village head Om Prakash filed an FIR in connection with the disappearance.Police finally made a breakthrough and picked up a young man Chhotu from Kumhiyawaha on Sunday.The stolen Shivling was found “hidden under a pile of leaves and bamboo in a crop field”, according to Maheva Ghat police station officer Rajnikant.The accused has been charged under Section 379 of the IPC for theft and sent to prison.Chhotu openly…

The CBI has named Brigadier Naveen Singh, who was the station commander of Kanpur station headquarters between 2016 and 2019, his staff officers, Lieutenant Colonel R.P. Ram, Colonel Dushyant Singh and Indus Towers Limited, the Lucknow-based company that installed the towers. The three officers and the company have been booked under the charges of IPC 120 B (criminal conspiracy), IPC 420 (dishonesty) and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The FIR was registered on September 1. The approval for registering the FIR against the officers was received from the Union Ministry of Defence on July 25. The CBI collected important evidence…

According to a report in The Financial Times, citing veteran YouTube staff, the short-video platform Shorts “risks cannibalising its core business”. Google recently announced that Shorts now has more than 2 billion logged-in monthly users, giving it an edge over competitors like TikTok and Instagram Reels. “Recent YouTube strategy meetings have discussed the risk that long-form videos, which produce more revenue for the company, are ‘dying out’ as a format,” the report mentioned late on Sunday. YouTube staff feels that “content creators are making fewer long-form videos — driven by a lack of consumer appetite and commissions from brands that…