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First Post
3 hours ago
- Sport
- First Post
Macau Open: Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty advance; Prannoy, Unnati Hooda crash out
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, and Tharun Mannepalli advanced to the second round of the Macau Open Super 300. Meanwhile, several others, including HS Prannoy and Unnati Hooda, crashed out early. read more Macau: Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty and Tharun Mannepalli progressed to the second round of the men's singles competition at the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after registering fine wins here on Wednesday. Lakshya, the Commonwealth Games champion, brushed aside Korea's Jeon Hyeok Jin 21-8 21-14, while world No. 31 Ayush eased past Chinese Taipei's Huang Yu Kai 21-10 21-11. Tharun defeated fellow Indian Manraj Singh 21-19 21-13. Lakshya will face the winner of the match between Indonesia's Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo and Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar. Ayush will take on Malaysia's Justin Hoh, while Tharun has set up a second-round clash with top seed Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD In mixed doubles, fifth seeds Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto, ranked 18th in the world, outclassed Thailand's Ratchapol Makkasasithorn and Nattamon Laisuan 21-10 21-15 in a brisk 26-minute encounter. In an all-Indian men's doubles clash, P Krishnamurthy Roy and S Pratheek K prevailed 21-18 21-19 over D Konthoujam and Amaan Mohammad to enter the second round. However, India's HS Prannoy made an early exit after losing 21-18 15-21 15-21 to Indonesia's Yohanes Saut Marcellyno in the men's singles opening round. It was also the end of the road for Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, who went down to Malaysia's Justin Hoh 19-21 12-21 in a 37-minute pre-quarterfinal match. In women's singles, Unnati Hooda — who had stunned two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu at the China Open last week — fought hard before going down 21-16 19-21 17-21 against Denmark's Julie Dawall Jakobsen in 59 minutes. Anupama Upadhyaya also found the going tough against Japan's Riko Gunji, losing 16-21 10-21. Sankar Subramanian and Aakarshi Kashyap suffered first-round defeats, losing 18-21 14-21 to China's Hu Zhe An and 14-21 16-21 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, respectively, in men's and women's singles. Kiran George was no match for Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus, losing 15-21 10-21 in 31 minutes. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Anmol Kharb put up a spirited performance before going down 21-23 11-21 to Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan. Former junior world No. 1 Tasnim Mir was outclassed 6-21 14-21 by Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei in just 27 minutes. In mixed doubles, Thandrangini Hema Nagendra Babu and Priya Konjengbam lost 11-21 14-21 to Thailand's Phuwanat Horbanluekit and Fungfa Korpthammakit. Ayush Agarwal and Shruti Mishra also bowed out in the opening round, going down 10-21 11-21 to Indonesia's Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja. India suffered another setback in mixed doubles, with the 34th-ranked pair of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde losing to Chinese Taipei's Wu Guan Xun and Lee Chia Hsin 20-22 17-21 in a 37-minute encounter.
New York Times
7 hours ago
- Health
- New York Times
The Battle to Beat Jet Lag: Can an App Make a Difference?
Nothing undermines the joy of travel quite like a bad case of jet leg. That's why an entire industry has popped up to help deal with it, hawking solutions like light therapy glasses, targeted supplements, apps and coaching. But do any of them actually work? I put two popular methods to the test on a two-week journey to Asia in May. I flew from New York City, where I live, to Seoul and Taipei, Taiwan — both on the other side of the globe, a difference that is literally night and day — and then back home. The two apps to which I ceded control of my daily rhythms, Flykitt and Timeshifter, are personalized programs based on scientific approaches to jet lag. Both directed me when to sleep, get light exposure, drink caffeine and take supplements. But they took different approaches: Flykitt featured a heavy vitamin regimen, while Timeshifter focused on preparing for jet lag days before flying. The science of jet lag Both apps rely on circadian science, the study of the body's internal clocks. The central clock is in the brain and follows a roughly 24-hour cycle. Many mental, physical and behavioral changes in the body, such as hormone release, and sleeping and waking, are influenced by the circadian clock. Research shows that exposure to light plays a key role in synchronizing these rhythms to the outside world. Jet lag happens when the body clock falls out of sync with the local time, resulting in discomforts like poor digestion, foggier memory and focus, and interrupted sleep. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Bloomberg
8 hours ago
- Business
- Bloomberg
Nvidia-Partner Foxconn Forms Pact With Taiwan's Teco for AI Push
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. formed a strategic alliance with Teco Electric & Machinery Co., a pact that should help the iPhone-assembler advance its push into artificial intelligence hardware. The Nvidia Corp. and Apple Inc. manufacturing partner will take a 10% stake in its smaller Taiwanese peer, which will in turn obtain a holding of less than 1% in Hon Hai, the companies said in a joint media briefing in Taipei on Wednesday. Each company will issue new shares to execute the swap.
Hans India
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Hans India
Macau Open: Satwik-Chirag cruise into second round
New Delhi: Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made a commanding start to their campaign in the Macau Open Super 300 with a straight-game victory over Malaysia's Low Hang Yee and Ng Eng Cheong in the men's doubles first round in Macau on Tuesday. Freshly reinstated in the top 10 of the BWF world rankings, the Asian Games gold medallists produced a clinical performance to outclass the Malaysian pair 21-13, 21-15 in just 36 minutes. The Indian duo started strong, racing to a 6-1 lead. Though the Malaysians clawed back to within one point at 10-9, Satwik and Chirag surged ahead to take the opening game with ease. The second game was more competitive, with the Malaysians staying close until 13-14, but the Indians then pulled away with a four-point burst to seal the match. In women's singles, rising stars Anmol Kharb and Tasnim Mir advanced to the main draw after impressive wins in their respective qualification matches. Anmol defeated Azerbaijan's Keisha Fatimah Azzahra 21-11, 21-13, while Tasnim came through a tough three-game battle against Thailand's Tidapron Kleebyeesun, winning 21-14, 13-21, 21-17. Tasnim will now face top seed and Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei of China, while Anmol is set to take on Thailand's second seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan. However, it wasn't a good outing for the top-seeded women's doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who suffered a hard-fought first-round exit. The Indian pair lost to Lin Xiao Min and Peng Yu Wei of Chinese Taipei 21-16, 20-22, 15-21 in an hour-long encounter. In men's doubles qualifiers, Dingku Singh Konthoujam and Amaan Mohammad secured a spot in the main draw with a 21-18, 21-17 win over Hong Kong's Law Cheuk Him and Yeung Shing Choi. They now face compatriots Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K. in the next round. In mixed doubles, Thandrangini Hema Nagendra Babu and Priya Konjengbam also progressed, setting up a clash with Thailand's Phuwanat Horbanluekit and Fungfa Korpthammakit. Meanwhile, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam's campaign ended in the qualification stage after a 15-21, 21-17, 13-21 defeat to China's Zhu Xuan Chen.
Times of Oman
2 days ago
- Business
- Times of Oman
Taiwan's semiconductor talent shortage reaches 34,000 in May
Taipei: Taiwan's semiconductor industry faced a labour shortage of 34,000 workers as of May this year, according to a report released Monday by the 104 job bank and the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Focus Taiwan reported. The shortages came on the back of the industry's continued expansion, fueled by increased investment in advanced processes, the news article said, citing the 2025 Semiconductor Industry Talent Report. The three main job categories in demand were "production/quality control/environmental safety," "research and development," and "operations/technical support and maintenance," it said. Job openings for production, quality and environmental safety grew from 5,600 in October 2023 to roughly 10,000 in May 2025, while demand in the research and development category rose from 6,000 in 2023 to 9,316 in May this year, the report said. Furthermore, the number of job openings in the operations/technical support and maintenance category grew from 4,300 in October 2023 to 7,240 in May 2025 -- an increase of 67 percent, Focus Taiwan reported. This reflects rising demand for equipment operators and maintenance personnel driven by the expansion of advanced processes and advanced packaging production lines, the news article noted. Taiwan alone accounted for 68.8 percent of the world's foundry market in 2024, and also led the world in IC packaging and testing with nearly 50 percent of the market, according to Jeff Lin, general director of ITRI's Industry, Science and Technology International Strategy Center. The country is also a key production base for chips at 7 nanometers and below, and produces as much as 83 percent of the world's AI chips, Lin added. From 2010-2024, the output value of the IC industry tripled, while the number of newborns in Taiwan has declined by about 20 percent, highlighting concerns over a potential talent gap as the high-tech sector continues to grow rapidly, he explained. Recruiting of talent in the field of operations/technical support and maintenance has been especially difficult because this requires people to work shifts, the report said, adding that there is also an emphasis on hands-on and on-site skills. Meanwhile, the report provided an analysis of the sector's salary structure, showing that among non-managerial positions, analog IC design engineers had the highest median annual salary at NT$1.78 million (US$60,320), followed by digital IC design engineers at NT$1.57 million, it said.
