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Hangzhou, Sep 21 (IANS) India’s talismanic forward and goal poacher par excellence Sunil Chhetri on Thursday expressed relief after his side scrapped through to a narrow 1-0 victory against neighbours Bangladesh in a preliminary league match in the Asian Games men’s football competition here.Having started their campaign with a demoralising 1-5 defeat to hosts China on Tuesday (September 19), India overcame Bangladesh thanks to Chhetri converting an 85th-minute penalty in a group A match at Xiaoshan Sports Centre Stadium on Thursday.”I feel relief that we gave ourselves a chance to stay in the tournament,” Sunil Chhetri, the Indian football team’s…

Mohali, Sep 21 (IANS) India’s three-match ODI series against Australia, starting in PCA Stadium from Friday, serves as a balancing act for the two teams in vital preparation and fine-tuning their strategies before the Men’s ODI World Cup starting in the country from October 5.With skipper Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Kuldeep Yadav and Hardik Pandya rested for the first two matches, it gives chance to the team think-tank to assess the rest of the players who are certainties, will be on the bench or in some case, become last-minute additions.India are coming into the series after winning the Asia Cup,…

San Francisco, Sep 21 (IANS) Global networking giant Cisco on Thursday announced it is acquiring Splunk, the leader in cybersecurity and observability, for about $28 billion in the generative AI era.Upon close of the acquisition, Splunk’s CEO, Gary Steele, will join Cisco’s Executive Leadership Team, reporting to Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins.“We have incredible momentum, and this will be strengthened further with the addition of Splunk to our team. Together, we will bring trusted innovation leadership, an outstanding go-to-market engine, and a world-class culture that will help our customers move with greater speed to rapidly unlock new opportunities ahead,”…

Chennai, Sep 21 (IANS) Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras on Thursday launched a MovingMemory app that uses the technology of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) simultaneously and captures various moving models of memory through digital reconstruction.MovingMemory can be accessed either through mobile apps (Android and iOS) or through browser-based platforms, making it uniquely inclusive in quality. It is a spatial app, developed with the potential to inhabit the metaverse world.The functions of the app enable the user to select any desired avatar and navigate through three-dimensional spaces.It is embedded with additional layers of video, audio, 3D images,…

New Delhi, Sep 21 (IANS) Generative AI (GenAI) is expected to generate economic value worth $2.6-$4.4 trillion annually, of which around 75 per cent is expected to be concentrated in software engineering, customer operations, product and R&D, and sales and marketing, which are core service lines of many technology service providers in India, a new report showed on Thursday.Emerging GenAI use cases will drive productivity, growth for tech services players with reimagined service offerings over next 5 years, according to the report by Nasscom in association with McKinsey & Company.More than 100 generative AI use cases could potentially drive 15…

Baghdad, Sep 21 (IANS) Four Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an airstrike in Iraq’s Kirkuk province, the Iraqi military said on Thursday.Iraqi warplanes carried out airstrikes on IS hideouts in Wadi Zghaitoun based on intelligence reports, according to a statement from the Security Media Cell, a media outlet affiliated with the Iraqi Joint Operations Command.On Thursday morning, a joint army and intelligence force arrived at the bombarded site, found four bodies of IS militants, seized four rifles, and carried out controlled explosions of four explosive belts and other equipment, the statement said, Xinhua news agency reported.The security situation…

Bucharest, Sep 21 (IANS) Four people were killed and five injured in a gas pipeline explosion at a highway construction site in Romania early Thursday.Four bodies were found on site after the fire was put out, while five people sustained injuries, local media reported, citing emergency services.All the victims were working on the A7 Highway construction site in Calimanesti of the central-eastern county of Vrancea, Xinhua news agency reported.The explosion was caused during construction work by the “cracking of a gas transport main and appearance of mechanical sparks,” said Florin Olaru, spokesperson for the Vrancea Emergency Inspectorate.–IANSint/svn

The actor shared that to essay the character in its full glory, the trick was to tap into the honesty in himself.“When one speaks the truth, and is honest, he starts to get closer to the character of Manto. Because, when I got into the character of Manto, I thought that if Nawaz had to become Manto, he would have to start speaking honestly. And that way, the characterisation of Manto will be easy,” the actor told IANS.Written and directed by Nandita Das, ‘Manto’ also starred Tahir Raj Bhasin playing the 1940s Hindi film superstar Shyam Chadda. Shyam was Manto’s…

Thousands of agitators, mostly women, tried to storm various police stations in five valley districts — Bishnupur, Kakching, Thoubal, Imphal West, and Imphal East — but the huge contingent of Rapid Action Force and other security forces prevented them by firing tear gas shells.The protesters broke barricades at many places and the security forces had a challenging task while maintaining extra caution to check further deterioration of the situation.The district authorities have cancelled the routine curfew relaxation period in different valley districts. The 48-hour shutdown, called by various civil society organisations and local clubs across the state demanding unconditional release…

The film will be screened alongside the likes of notable international features, including Saudi Arabian feature ‘Mandoob’ by Ali Kalthami, US director Chloe Domont’s ‘Fair Play’ and Pietro Castellitto’s ‘Enea’, among others.The 19th edition of the Zurich Film Festival will be held from September 28 to October 8, 2023, with ‘Stolen’, directed by Karan Tejpal, scheduled to screen on September 29 at the festival.The film follows the story of a five-month-old baby being abducted from her mother, and this incident draws the attention of brothers Gautam and Raman, leading them to face various challenges that test their relationships and convictions.…