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Copenhagen (Denmark), Aug 27 (IANS) An Se Young of Korea Republic and Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand won the women’s and men’s singles titles while Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of China won the women’s doubles title for a record fourth time in the World Badminton Championship here on Sunday.An Se Young defeated sixth seed Carolina Marin of Spain 21-12, 21-10 in 42 minutes in the women’s singles final.Vitidsarn, the third seed from Thailand, quelled a strong fight from Japan’s Kodai Naraoka, coming back after losing the first game to win 19-21, 21-18, 21-7 in the men’s final that went on…

Lausanne (Switzerland), Aug 27 (IANS) The Netherlands won both the men’s and women’s titles in the EuroHockey Championships 2023 and secured direct qualification to the next year’s Olympic Games in Paris. The Netherlands women, the reigning champions, defended their title against Belgium in the final to lift the continental championship, for a record 12th time. The Dutchmen followed suit, defending their EuroHockey title, beating England 2-1 in a tense final.Following the Netherlands’ victory in the women’s competition, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain and Italy will now move on to the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 where they will get…

The incident, which occurred in Amreli district, has raised concerns over the violation of wildlife protection regulations and the preservation of these majestic creatures in their native surroundings. Gujarat is home to a significant population of the endangered Asiatic lions, with a 29 per cent increase in their count compared to the 2015 census. According to the 2020 census, the state houses a total of 674 lions, comprising 206 lions, 309 lionesses, 130 cubs, and 29 unidentified larger felines. The trespass event, which unfolded around three weeks ago, involved three locals and a hotelier who facilitated the entry of the…

“It is stated that ONGC, being a government company, power of appointment of Director (including Independent Director) is vested with the Government of India (GoI) as per the Articles of Association of the Company,” ONGC said in a reply to stock exchanges.The company was compliant with composition of Board upto 04.05.2023. Upon appointment of Director (HR) w.e.f. 05.05.2023, by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, Government of India (GoI), requirement for appointment of additional Independent Director was submitted to the Government of India (GoI) vide letter dated 08.05.2023 and copy of said letter was also submitted to Stock Exchanges, ONGC said.”It…

The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) and Committee on Tribal Unity (CTU), in a joint statement on Sunday night, said that the Assembly session scheduled on August 29 should be deferred until normalcy is restored and the Kuki-Zo community people feel absolutely safe in the valley areas. “If the government decides to go ahead with the session without considering the sentiment of the minority tribal people, any untoward incident arising out of it shall be the sole responsibility of the state government,” they said. ITLF Secretary Muan Tombing and CTU Secretary Lanminlun Singsit, in the joint statement, said that the…

An Se Young defeated sixth seed Carolina Marin of Spain 21-12, 21-10 in 42 minutes in the women’s singles final.Vitidsarn, the third seed from Thailand, quelled a strong fight from Japan’s Kodai Naraoka, coming back after losing the first game to win 19-21, 21-18, 21-7 in the men’s final that went on to one hour and 49 minutes.In the women’s doubles, defending champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan took a straight-game victory over Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia on Sunday, becoming the first women’s pair to win four gold medals in the tournament’s history.The top seeds,…

The Netherlands women, the reigning champions, defended their title against Belgium in the final to lift the continental championship, for a record 12th time. The Dutchmen followed suit, defending their EuroHockey title, beating England 2-1 in a tense final.Following the Netherlands’ victory in the women’s competition, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain and Italy will now move on to the FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers 2024 where they will get a second opportunity to qualify for the Olympics.With the Netherlands winning the men’s competition, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Spain and Austria made it to the Olympic Qualifiers 2024 where they will…

HMRL commenced a drone survey of metro rail alignment and properties likely to be affected after Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s direction to speed up metro rail preparatory works in the old city.Apart from the conventional survey, drone survey is also commenced to take exact measurements of the affected properties which are required for road widening in the narrow stretch between Darul-shifa junction and Shalibanda junction and for construction of metro stations, HMRL Managing Director N.V.S. Reddy said on Sunday.He said that the protection of about 103 religious and other sensitive structures including 21 masjids, 12 temples, 12 ashoor…

Bose said that “Kanyashree” will never be successful unless the lives of the “Kanya (daughters)” are secured. “I will do whatever is needed as a Governor and will be on the spot on Monday,” he said. Meanwhile BJP’s state President Sukanta Majumdar has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe on the blast. In the letter, he claimed that since insurgency-related activities cannot be ruled out there, hence, there is a necessity for a central agency probe in the matter. Even Naushad Siddique, the lone representative of All India Secular Front (AISF) in…

He made the remarks at the B20 summit here, while noting that India turning into one mega economy is going to be the trend for the next 20 years.”Whenever you use a digital platform, it creates data. India has invented a unique idea of how individuals and companies can use their own data footprint to monetise it. This data footprint is their digital capital. And individuals can use digital capital to get ahead in life. This concept doesn’t exist anywhere in the world,” he said. The B20 or the Business 20 summit concluded in the national capital on Sunday.–IANSans/sha