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Paris Olympics' running tracks since the races began. Viewers observed that the running tracks were purple in color, which is a first in the entire Olympics history. Typically, tracks are red in color, and this tradition is popularly followed in major competitions and sporting events across the globe. However, in 2016, the Rio de Janeiro Olympics featured a blue running track, which was also a first in Olympic history.

Semiconductor startup Groq said on Monday it has raised $640 million in a Series D funding round led by Cisco Investments, Samsung Catalyst Fund and BlackRock Private Equity Partners, among others, bringing its valuation to $2.8 billion. The Silicon Valley firm, founded by a former Alphabet engineer, specializes in producing AI inference chips — a type of semiconductor that optimizes speed and executes commands of pre-trained models. Besides big firms such as Advanced Micro Devices, many startups including Groq have been trying to nibble away at Nvidia's dominant position in the booming AI chip industry.

Lakshya Sen vs Lee Zii Jia Live Score Updates: Although the World No. 22 shuttler Lakshya Sen's dreams of winning a gold were dashed on August 4, when he lost to World No. 2 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, he's now set for the bronze medal match today evening.

parliamentary panels, including the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), have started taking shape, mostly by consensus as against elections witnessed during the previous Lok Sabha. Besides the PAC, which examines government expenditure, the Committee on Public Undertakings, the Committee on Estimates, the Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, the Joint Committee on Office of Profit and the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes have been constituted without an election. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is expected to nominate the chairpersons of the panels soon, parliamentary officials said. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju and his team of floor managers worked to ensure that appointments to the committees take place by consensus.

BMX riders, and she can quickly recount some of her career totals: 18 world championships, two Olympic gold medals in racing (in 2012 and 2016) and one silver, in Tokyo in 2021. But Pajón, a Colombian, can also rattle off the much more painful totals of the cost of so much riding: 25 fractures, 12 screws, eight surgeries and countless tears of ligaments and tendons. The medical hardware in her left arm and knee included so much metal that she used to travel with her X-rays. Opening a door or serving a glass of water hurts. “My joints are of an 80-plus-year-old,” Pajón said with a laugh. She is 32. Pajón, who has been racing competitively since she was 4, wasn’t lamenting her injuries during a recent conversation. They are simply a fact of life for an athlete. Wear and tear naturally degrades human bodies, even the most talented ones. But performing at the elite level, especially in high-impact Olympic sports such as wrestling, rugby or gymnastics, inherently has more risks. Shoulders give out. Ligaments tear. And, for some, metal screws and titanium plates become just more hardware in the lifelong pursuit of gold, silver and bronze.

Barack Obama has been making headlines right after the time Joe Biden resigned as the Democratic Party candidate from the US Presidential Election race. Soon after, VP Kamala Harris assumed the role of the Democrat candidate, as Obama, already having served two terms as the President, would not have been Constitutionally able to take up the responsibility.

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.

Paris Olympics 2024 live performance on Day 8 is scheduled to start off on August 3, with a plethora of events lying wait to begin, including the likes of the women's 100m final, cycling, artistic gymnastics and a lot more. As 29 gold medals lie in offer for Olympic enthusiasts this time on Day 8 of Paris Olympics, countries like China, Japan, Great Britain, USA and others will be trying to win as many gold as possible to consolidate their positions in the Paris Olympics medal tally.

track and field events scheduled for August 3, at the Paris Olympics kick off within a matter of hours now and fans cannot hold their excitement as the past day of action in track and field has been nothing short of exciting, seeing phenomenal runs, selections, shocks and heartbreaks.

Vice President Kamala Harris ' campaign declared Friday that she had secured enough votes from party delegates to become the Democratic presidential nominee. The online voting process doesn't end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates' votes. The Democratic National Committee did not immediately confirm the ballot totals. The announcement came after the campaign said earlier that it raised $310 million last month, an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November's election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No. 2.

Paris Olympics. She was given first aid and then carried off on a stretcher.Potocka, 21, was seen wearing an oxygen mask as she was taken away for medical attention.

Donald Trump may win or lose the US Presidential Election 2024, as the voters will decide his political fate, but the billionaire businessman has started suffering economically. CNN has reported that the net worth of the Republican candidate has plummeted by an estimated $900m since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the presidential race and became the presumptive Democrat nominee last month. It happened after the market value of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of his Twitter clone Truth Social came down by 23% from $4bn to about $3.1bn since July 21.

speculation that his name was being considered for the BJP president's post, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday dismissed the reports saying the buzz was just a media creation. Reports in a section of media said Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, will be appointed to the top post of the saffron party replacing J P Nadda, who is now a Union minister in the third term of the Narendra Modi government.

Paris Olympics 2024 schedule for August 2, which is the seventh day of the sporting action, will be one of the most intense few hours. This is because as many as 23 gold medals lie in wait for the countries gunning for the top prize at the respective medal events. Be it the BMX racing finals or judo, there are some major surprises, shocks, and dominance lying in wait for all Olympic viewers on Day 7.

India's Vikash Singh and Paramjeet Singh finished at lowly 30th and 37th positions respectively while national record-holder Akshdeep Singh pulled out after the 6km mark as Indian race walkers produced a disappointing performance in the 20km event of the Olympics here on Thursday. Vikash clocked 1 hour 22 minutes and 36 seconds while Paramjeet crossed the finish line in 1:23:48sec in the race won by Brian Daniel Pintado (1:18:55) of Ecuador.

Swapnil Kusale won a bronze in the men's 50m rifle 3 position shooting event, becoming the first Indian to win in this discipline.

Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile.

Donald Trump falsely suggested to the country's largest annual gathering of Black journalists on Wednesday that his Democratic rival Kamala Harris had previously downplayed her Black heritage.

Megan Thee Stallion made a mark with her high-energy performance at Vice President Kamala Harris's recent Atlanta campaign rally. At the Georgia State Convocation Center, the hip-hop performer appeared dressed in a blue suit and tie. Megan played her hit song «Savage» in front of an estimated 10,000 people, which is known for its explicit lyrics, as per the reports of the New York Post.

US election 2024 documentary «Trump v Harris: The Battle for America» is all set to be released in August. One-hour long documentary will premier on August 7 on Channel 4. The documentary will delve into critical aspects of campaigns led by Republican nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris for the US Presidential election 2024.

A high-stakes race is taking shape between major money managers including BlackRock Inc. and Invesco Ltd. to combine Wall Street’s most trendy investment vehicle with its fastest-growing asset class.