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Paris, Nov 6 (IANS) World no 1 Novak Djokovic eased past Grigor Dimitrov to claim a record-extending seventh ATP Masters 1000 title at Paris Masters. Djokovic delivered a typically resilient all-around performance to clinch a 6-4, 6-3 triumph, becoming the first player to win 40 Masters 1000 crowns on Sunday.The win means World No. 1 Serbian will now head to the season-ending ATP Finals on an 18-match winning streak, dating back to his Wimbledon final defeat to Carlos Alcaraz, ATP Tour reports“Its incredible. To be able to win it after quite challenging circumstances for me this week. Basically, coming back…

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) With Pakistan beating New Zealand on Saturday and Australia winning their match against England on the same day, the race to the semifinals of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 is more interesting than ever. Pakistan were down and out before they found the rhythm and defeated Bangladesh and New Zealand respectively to crawl back in the semifinal race of the World Cup.India and South Africa both have qualified for the semifinals, hence the result of Sunday’s match has not affected the scenario for the other teams who are still eyeing for the…

Madrid, Nov 6 (IANS) Espanyol has sacked coach Luis Garcia in the wake of the Friday’s 2-2 draw at home to Eibar. The result leaves the Barcelona-based outfit fifth in the Spanish second tier league LiLiga Hypermoton with 24 points from 14 games, three behind second placed Sporting Gijon, Xinhua reports.In a statement to explain the decision, the club owned by the Chinese ‘Rastar Group’ with Chen Yansheng as President, explained that “the results in recent matches, have led us club to take the decision with the only and clear objective to achieve promotion.”Former player, Luis Garcia joined Espanyol in…

Kampala, Nov 6 (IANS) Hosts Uganda are the champions of the regional Victoria Rugby Cup 2023.The Uganda Rugby Cranes defeated arch-rivals Kenya 21-20 in a hotly contested final match of the competition played at the Kings Park Arena in Bweyogerere on Sunday.The Kenya Simbas began the match strongly, scoring two tries through Joel Inzuga, while Jone Kubu added one of the conversions to take a 12-0 lead.But the home team, capitalizing on the strong home support, later fought back to score two penalty conversions with team captain Ivan Magomu to make it 6-12. Uganda went into the break leading 13-12…

Beijing, Nov 6 (IANS) The exciting 2023 Chinese Super League (CSL) concluded on Saturday after an intense battle spanning just under seven months. The top three finishers were Shanghai Port, Shandong Taishan, and Zhejiang FC, while Dalian Pro and Shenzhen FC faced relegationThe season was characterized by fierce competition for both the title and survival, although there was room for improvement in terms of overall quality, Xinhua reports.TWISTS AND TURNSWith the strongest squad, Shanghai Port kicked off the season radiating a distinct aura of strength. At their peak, Shanghai enjoyed a 17-point lead over Shandong. However, as the competition neared…

Bengaluru, Nov 6 (IANS) Over two billion cyber attacks were blocked in the third quarter (Q3) this year, 70 per cent of which (more than 1.6 billion) originated from India, a report showed on Monday.This figure reflects a sharp increase of 70 per cent in the frequency of cyber attacks on Indian websites during the third quarter as compared to the second quarter this year (which recorded 947 million attacks), according to the report from Indusface, a TCGF II (Tata Capital) funded application security software-as-a-service (SaaS) company.Notably, the healthcare sector, where 100 per cent of its sites faced bot attacks,…

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) Global technology leader in battery-swapping ecosystems, Gogoro on Monday announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) to rollout battery-swapping stations to more than 21,000 retail gas outlets across India in coming years.As India is in the early stages of a massive electric transformation of its urban two-wheel transportation system, the company said building out the swapping infrastructure is crucial.”There is nowhere on earth that needs smart electric transportation more than India, and Gogoro is joining together with the Indian business community and national and local governments to…

San Francisco, Nov 6 (IANS) Elon Musk on Monday announced that premium verified users can now send a direct message (DM) to the platform for support.However, the response time will vary from X customer service executives, according to other posts.X News Daily posted: “Verified users can now DM the @Premium account for support.”“Response times will vary but we’ve seen examples of users getting responses from agents in under 10 minutes,” it added.Musk replied: “Improved customer service.”A premium service user replied that this is a great move by X.“This is a super good news, @elonmusk. Under the previous team of #Twitter,…

London, Nov 6 (IANS) Researchers have said that the new generation of flexible X-ray detectors developed using new materials could revolutionise cancer treatment and can be used for other purposes, such as airport scanners. Traditionally, X-ray detectors are made of heavy, rigid materials such as silicon or germanium.The new flexible X-ray detectors are cheaper and can be shaped around the objects that need to be scanned, improving accuracy when screening patients and reducing risk when imaging tumours and administering radiotherapy, the study published in the journal Advanced Science said.”This new material is flexible, low-cost, and sensitive. But what’s exciting is…

New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) People who have a higher biological age than their actual chronological age have a significantly increased risk of stroke and dementia, especially vascular dementia, new research has revealed. The study, published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, showed that the increased risk persists even if other risk factors such as genetics, lifestyle and socioeconomics are taken into account.“Because people age at different rates, chronological age is a rather imprecise measure,” said Associate Professor Sara Hagg from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.In order to measure biological age and the link to disease, the researchers used…