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 Lakshya will be up against fifth seed Alwi Farhan of Indonesia while Mannepalli will take on Malaysia’s Justin Hoh in the last-four round. File. | Photo Credit: AP Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and promising Tharun Mannepalli advanced to the men’s singles semifinals of the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after registering hard-fought wins here Friday. Taking the court first, the 23-year-old Mannepalli, ranked 47th in the world, showcased speed and a versatile shot selection to edge out China’s 87th ranked Hu Zhe 21-12 13-21 21-18 in a 75-minute battle. Later in the day, Lakshya, a Commonwealth Games gold…

The compact flagship smartphone segment is picking up its pace, and personally, I am liking it. Earlier, the vanilla variants of Apple, Samsung, and to some extent Google occupied this space, but the scenario is changing post the entry of the OnePlus 13s. And now, Vivo has also joined this race with the launch of the Vivo X200 FE. Just to give you context, the 200 series of the company relied on its camera prowess, and we are expecting the same in this new compact variant. But beyond the cameras, how does the new Vivo X200 FE fare in the…

Living in New York City comes with endless perks, but the one thing it always seems to be lacking is space. Quiet is a close second. So when I was searching for Airbnbs to stay in during a weekend trip to Charlottesville, Virginia, for a dear friend’s baby shower, the apartments and townhouses directly in the college town didn’t have much appeal. For that reason—and to be closer to some of the wineries my travel buddy and I wanted to visit—I expanded our search to include the wider Charlottesville area, and came across this gem of a property in Crozet,…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said today it will start winding down its operations after it lost federal funding.

Actor, author, and former White House staffer Kal Penn was the latest guest at Express Adda, a platform for candid conversations hosted by The Indian Express Group. During the conversation with Anant Goenka, Executive Director of The Indian Express Group, Kal opened up about a time when he faced severe payment delays while working on an Indian film.ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO The actor said, “There was a film I did here years ago, not The Namesake. The rule in the U.S., and maybe here to some extent, is that your salary should go into an escrow account before you show…

Dignitaries launching the breastfeeding awareness campaign at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Carnatic vocalist Nithyashree Mahadevan inaugurated a week-long awareness campaign to mark World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 to 7) at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER). Drawing from personal experience, she stressed the role of emotional well-being in successful breastfeeding. S. Srinivasan, expert advisor to the National Health Mission, Tamil Nadu, said only 42% of Indian mothers breastfeed and cited a Spanish study showing that rate of breastfeeding increased with peer, professional, and family support. Uma Sekar, the…

Karun Nair stood firm on a spicy Oval surface to script a gritty, potentially career-saving half-century on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against England. Returning to the Indian XI after being left out for the fourth Test, Nair weathered the seaming conditions and a mid-innings collapse to remain unbeaten on 52 at stumps, guiding India to 204/6 on a rain-hit Day 1. London: India’s Karun Nair plays a shot during the first day of the fifth Test cricket match between India and England, at The Oval(PTI) As praise poured in from various quarters, former England skipper…

Tempers continue to flare and things keep getting spicier in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy between India and England. The second day of the fifth and final Test at the Oval saw Joe Root and Prasidh Krishna having a crack at each other. The former England captain didn’t take kindly to the Indian pacer exchanging words with him as the former charged towards Prasidh after hitting him for a boundary. Things got so tense that the on-field umpires Ahsan Raza and Kumar Dharmasena intervened to have a word with both parties. KL Rahul and Kumar Dharmasena had an intense discussion (Screengrab -…

Mumbai: Even in a lengthy series, you can single out moments of inspiration that can prove defining. Mohammed Siraj’s unrelenting spell of eight overs before tea on Day 2 at The Oval could prove to be one. The onus is on India as a collective to back up his brilliance. Mohammed Siraj celebrates after taking the wicket of England’s Jacob Bethell. (PTI) It was immediately after India had lost the Lord’s Test narrowly that Siraj doffed his hat to Ben Stokes for bowling tireless marathon spells. “If you can learn from someone, there’s no shame,” he said. No shame, indeed.…

Things keep getting intense in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. In the final few minutes of the second day of the fifth and final Test between India and England, Sai Sudharsan and Ben Duckett engaged in an intense confrontation after the former lost his wicket off the bowling of Gut Atkinson. The left-handed batter was adjudged leg-before wicket by the on-field umpire Ahsan Raza, and after discussing with the non-striker Yashasvi Jaiswal, the young left-handed opener went for a review. Sai Sudharsan and Ben Duckett were involved in a war of words after the former lost his wicket(Action Images via Reuters) However,…