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Budapest, Aug 20 (IANS) The United States won the mixed 4x400m relay at the World Athletics Championships here on Saturday night, improving their own world record to 3:08.80 after the Netherlands’ world indoor 400m record-holder Femke Bol fell three strides from the finish line, having appeared on the brink of anchoring her team to victory. It was not the only dramatic moment on an eventful opening day of the competition.It started with the greatest depth men’s 20km race walk in championship history, won by Spain’s Alvaro Martin and culminated in the sensational 4×400 mixed relay.In between those, Ryan Crouser successfully…

San Francisco, Aug 20 (IANS) Google has introduced a new look for the Docs, Sheets and Slides apps on Android.”We’re introducing a modernised visual design for the Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides apps on Android devices,” the tech giant said in a Workspace Updates blogpost.Also, in the coming weeks, Android users will notice a refreshed look for things like the editing toolbar, icons, background colours and more.The company also announced that when opening a new spreadsheet or tab in Google Sheets, users will now see “Type @ to insert” to help them start using the smart canvas features available in…

“The woods are lovely, dark & deep, but I have promises to keep, & miles to go before I sleep.,Thank you Congress Party, & grateful to most of my colleagues, who always gave me good advice & the respect is mutual,” he wrote on micro blogging site X.The suspension order, signed by Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) member secretary Tariq Anwar, read, “The President, Punjab PCC has complained that you are indulging in anti-party activities.”The letter also mentioned that, “You have been speaking against the party and the PCC President; you are openly defending your uncle Sunil Jakhar.”Sunil Jakhar is the…

“Over here, the concern is the land which has been taken away by China and people are affected. People are saying Chinese forces have entered (into Indian territory),” he said.Taking a swipe at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gandhi said, “Prime Minister said that not an inch of land has been lost, but that is not true in Ladakh.”The Congress MP from Kerala’s Wayanad also said that the people of the Union Territory were facing various issues including unemployment and inflation.”In Ladakh, there are so many complaints. People are not happy by the status given to them, they need representation.…

The home side took the lead in the third minute on Saturday evening with a header from Sergio Arribas, with the player, who has just joined Almeria from Madrid showing his former club may have made a mistake.Bellingham levelled midway in the 19th minute after the VAR gave the goal as good after he used his shoulder to control the ball and shot home, reports Xinhua.Bellingham finished his brace with a header in the second half following a Toni Kroos cross and Vinicius Jr added a third with a shot that took a slight deflection on its way to goal.Athletic…

The fresh job cuts have been reported to state employment officials and will take effect at the end of the month, reports Sacramento Inno.The company is reportedly laying off 10 GPU software development engineers, eight system software development engineers, six cloud software engineers, six product marketing engineers, and six system-on-chip design engineers, along with others.This latest job cuts mark nearly 500 positions removed from the Folsom R&D campus in the current year. As of early 2022, Intel had 5,300 employees in Folsom, according to Tom’s Hardware.Intel’s Folsom campus has been used for a variety of R&D activities, including development of…

For executing its plan ahead of the elections, the party’s central leadership is deploying as many as 230 legislators from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, as well as from Bihar. Each legislator will be deployed in one particular assembly constituency of Madhya Pradesh to execute the task assigned by the party high command.All these 230 BJP legislators reached the state capital Bhopal on Saturday and for the next 24 hours, they will be made familiar with the particular assembly constituency to which they have been assigned.Subsequently, they will move to the respective constituencies to execute the task assigned to…

By handing over the responsibility of the assembly elections to be held in four states to Akash, she has started taking him forward. It is said that Mayawati is slowly preparing her second line leadership. The success and failure in these states will determine Akash’s future.If political experts are to be believed, after several failures in the Lok Sabha and assembly polls, Mayawati started promoting her nephew Akash Anand in politics and gave him important positions in the party.He has been given election responsibilities in all four poll-bound states. Along with this, the party, which has distanced itself from agitations,…

Two state bodies charged with skill development and digital economy — Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC) and the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) — partnered with the SaaS-based skilling platform t0 help identify hidden talent in the state with a view to enhance their employability.As part of its MoU with KSDC, HireMee will conduct a 100-minute assessment of all candidates registering on the Karnataka Skill Connect portal. The assessment test for the registered job aspirants will cover seven parameters — verbal, logic, quantitative, personality, communication, computers, and a core technical subject.As part of the ‘Future Digital Jobs’ initiative of Karnataka…

Within nine days of the ethnic violence breaking out in Manipur on May 3, ten tribal MLAs including seven belonging to the ruling BJP, two leading tribal organisations — Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) and Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM) — also started demanding separate administrations for the tribals, comprising Kuki, Zomi, Chin, Mizo and Hmar.Even though Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Chief Minister, the ruling BJP, Meitei body Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), and many organisations strongly opposed the separate administration demand, the ten tribal MLAs on August 16 once again sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra…