London, May 6 (IANS) Wang Chuqin claimed two wins as China rallied to beat Romania 3-1 on Wednesday and reached the men’s team quarterfinals at the 2026 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals at the Wembley Arena in London.China fell behind early when Liang Jingkun lost 11-5, 11-7, 11-6 to Eduard Ionescu, the highest-ranked player in Romania’s lineup.”I was a bit tight at the start, and he performed better. After he had some excellent shots, my mentality was impacted, and I failed to …
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New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Former South Africa cricketer Jonty Rhodes has seen European cricket from the inside, including coaching Sweden. Now, as co-owner of the Rotterdam franchise in the European T20 Premier League (ETPL), the legendary fielding icon said he is finally positioned to convert everything he learned into a lasting impact and make a difference on the continent through the competition.Apart from Rhodes, fellow South Africans Faf du Plessis, who will also captain the Rotterdam side…
Seoul, April 29 (IANS) Senior officials of South Korea and the United States discussed the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and challenges facing the global disarmament and non-proliferation regime, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. Jeong Yeon-doo, South Korea’s Vice Foreign Minister for Diplomatic Strategy and Intelligence, met with Christopher Yeaw, US Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the State Department, in New York on Tuesday (US time) on …
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Sweden is a very good partner to India when it comes to the Make in India policy, and also supports Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s policy of making more in India. Swedish companies are investing a lot in India, said Head of Mission Sven Ostberg, Consul General of Sweden in Mumbai, on Monday.During South Africa’s Freedom Day celebrations at the South African Consulate in Mumbai, the Consul General of Sweden said that the India-Sweden partnership is very fruitf…
London, April 27 (IANS) Olympians Manika Batra, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manav Thakkar, and Harmeet Desai will headline a 10-member Indian squad at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026, set to begin at the OVO Arena Wembley in London on Tuesday.The championships will feature separate men’s and women’s competitions, the Swaythling Cup and the Corbillon Cup, with each tie comprising a maximum of five singles matches. Teams need to secure three wins to clinch a tie and advance.A to…
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Global tech layoffs are accelerating in 2026, with more than 80,000 jobs already cut in the first quarter and total losses likely to exceed 3 lakh this year, led by companies like Oracle, Amazon, and Meta, according to a report.The report by TradingPlatforms noted that the latest wave of layoffs builds on a broader post-pandemic correction, with over one million tech jobs lost globally since 2021 as companies recalibrate hiring after the Covid-era expansion.Artificial …
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) can identify early risk pattern among individuals at higher risk of melanoma, a new study showed on Wednesday.The study was based on registry data that is routinely collected on the whole of Sweden’s adult population.The analysed data included age, sex, diagnoses, use of medications and socioeconomic status.Of the 6,036,186 individuals included, 38,582 (0.64 per cent) developed melanoma during the five years of the study.“Our study show…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) India and Sweden held the eighth round of Foreign Office Consultations (FOCs) in New Delhi on Thursday, agreeing to strengthen cooperation in political engagements, trade and investment, defence and security, innovation, sustainability and people-to-people ties. The two sides also discussed regional and global issues of mutual interest. Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George and Sweden’s State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Dag Hartelius …
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) The Finnish Embassy in Islamabad will cease its operations this summer, with the mission continuing to function until the final date is announced. After reopening its Embassy in 2022 following a decade-long closure, Helsinki has decided to shut it again, the local media reported. Finland’s neighbouring country, Sweden, had already closed its mission in Pakistan indefinitely in 2023 due to security concerns.Citing Finnish Embassy sources, leading Pakistani daily ‘The New…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A team of researchers has shown that people with long COVID are likely to be at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease.The research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, found that the risk of conditions such as cardiac arrhythmias and coronary artery disease is higher even among those who were not hospitalised during the acute infection.“We found that cardiac arrhythmias and coronary artery disease were more…