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Deepika Kumari on Saturday qualified for the quarterfinals of the women's individual archery event after defeating Germany's Michelle Kroppen in the 1/8 elimination round but Bhajan Kaur crashed out following the loss to Indonesia's Diananda Choirunisa 6-5. Deepika will be in action again later on Saturday. Deepika defeated her German rival 6-4 in the elimination round after recording a score of 27-24 in the first set to garner two points. The two then shot 27-27 in the second set to share the points. Deepika won the third set 26-25 for two more points. In the fourth set, the German took two points with a 29-27 win but Deepika was already ahead by two points heading into the final set.

Indian Men's Hockey Team will lock horns with Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the ongoing Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday. The Indian men's hockey team bounced back in the men's competition with a 3-2 win over Australia in their last Pool B match on Friday. It is their first victory against Australia in the Olympics since 1972 Munich games. India bounced back from a 1-2 loss to the defending champions, Belgium, in their previous game. With this victory, India finished second and will now face Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the ongoing marquee event.

If Manu Bhakur is able to win, the 22-year-old shooter can become the first Indian athlete to win three Olympic medals in an individual sport. Plus, she could become only the first from her nation to win three Olympic medals in a single edition of the games. All eyes will be on Manu Bhaker when she will be in action from 1 PM IST onwards in Chatearoux, whereas the nation will also pin their hopes on Bhajan Kaur and Deepika Kumari to clinch a medal in archery after a close heartbreak on Friday.

Apple on Friday reported yet another quarterly revenue record in India for the third quarter ending June 29, 2024, continuing the high pace of growth in the world’s second largest smartphone market where consumers are continuing to buy premium products. Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook told analysts in its third quarter earnings call that Apple has set “quarterly revenue records in more than two dozen countries and regions, including Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, the UK, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand.” The bullish performance by the iPhone maker is when smartphone shipments in India fell 2% year-on-year in the June quarter as per market tracker Counterpoint Research which attributed the decline to the heatwave, seasonal slump, and a sequential slowdown in demand from the March quarter before.

Officials say an overnight protest by climate activists at Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany forced a three-hour halt to cargo flights

The basement of Scott Saxberg’s childhood home in Winnipeg was emblematic of a mid-1970s’ household whose most senior member, Mervyn, played a ton of hockey, as did his two sons.

Moscow released Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in a multinational deal, according to officials in Turkey, where the exchange took place. The Journal confirmed that Gershkovich had been freed. It's the latest exchange between Washington and Moscow in the past two years, following a December 2022 trade that brought WNBA star Brittney Griner back to the US in exchange for notorious arms trafficker Viktor Bout.

prisoner swap with Russia was «not an easy decision» and called on Russia and Belarus to free all political detainees. Russian citizen Vadim Krasikov was jailed for assassinating a former Chechen rebel commander in Berlin in 2019. German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said the decision to send him back to Russia had been informed by Berlin's duty towards German citizens and solidarity with the United States.

Former FTX executive Ryan Salame was granted a delay to his prison reporting date on criminal charges related to his time at the bankrupt crypto exchange, according to a July 30 court filing.

The Worldcoin Foundation has unveiled the rollout of World ID orb verifications in Austria, expanding its presence in Europe.

Global stocks have advanced and oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel after Hamas’s top political leader Ismail Haniyeh died in an air strike

Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro ticked up to 2.6% in July, stubbornly above the European Central Bank’s target and complicating the ECB’s next decision on whether to cut interest rates and boost growth as the economy struggles to stage ...

Mt. Gox, the Japanese crypto exchange that collapsed in 2014, transferred a further $2.5 billion more bitcoin on Wednesday, according to Arkham Intelligence data.

World shares are mixed ahead of key central bank meetings around the world

Europe’s economy enjoyed only modest growth in the April-June quarter even as the U.S. outperformed expectations, highlighting a persistent transatlantic growth gap with Germany, the leading European economy, remaining in the dumps and as hesitant cons...

Labradors, and German Shepherds, which can smell human remains and even the faintest of breath buried deep under mud, are on their way to the landslide-ravaged Meppadi in Wayanad.

Thousands of people have rallied in several towns in Serbia to protest a lithium excavation project the Balkan country’s government recently signed with the European Union

Asian stocks opened lower amid speculation investors are trimming some of their holdings before a rush of events in coming days including major central bank decisions, key economic data and earnings from US megacap companies. Equities slipped in Japan and Australia in early trading, while futures signaled a decline in Hong Kong. US stock futures edged lower in Asia hours following a rotation in the American shares that drove the Nasdaq 100 to the brink of a correction. The S&P 500 closed little changed and small caps slipped.

Guy Ritchie's most recent television series, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, has captured viewers' attention in no time. This World War Two drama, which follows five maverick warriors on a risky assignment, may sound unbelievable even for a James Bond story, as reported by The Sun.

Former FTX executive and co-CEO of FTX Markets Ryan Salame is requesting his prison surrender date for criminal charges stemming from his time at Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto exchange be pushed back after being “mauled” by a dog.

Slovenia has become the first member of the European Union to issue a sovereign digital bond.