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A spirited Indian women's fencing team bowed out in the quarterfinals in epee section, while the men went down tamely in the last-16 stage of the foil event at the Asian Games on Wednesday.

India narrowly missed out on a medal in Asian Games fencing when Taniksha Khatri lost to world No 2 Man Wai Vivian Kong of Hong Kong 7-15 in individual epee quarterfinal

Four people suffered minor injuries during a multi-vehicle pile-up due to fog on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Saturday morning, police said.

Educator Charles-Michel de l'Epee founded the first public school for the hearing-impaired in France. He devoted his life to developing the world's first sign alphabet for the deaf and is known as the "Father of the Deaf". Epee is also credited with creating a systematic method of teaching the hearing-impaired.

In a big step up for road infrastructure for Delhi, two newly-built expressways were inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The new routes include 'Phase 1 of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, with the latter being India's first smart and green highway.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel in an open jeep on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Sunday and also inaugurate India's first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), built at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

Fijian President Epeli Nailatikau called for a violence-free election on Tuesday as the South Pacific nation prepares to return to democracy almost eight years after a military coup.

The leader of an evangelical church in Fiji was jailed for two years on Wednesday after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman who approached him for counselling, reports said.

The International Fencing Federation acknowledged on Tuesday that timekeeping could have been flawed in the Olympic epee semifinal involving a South Korean fencer, but upheld the victory for her German opponent and defending champion, South Korean Olympic officials said.

The South Korean team staged an official protest after fencer Shin A-lam lost in the semifinals of the Olympic women's epee, claiming the match was already over when opponent Britta Heidemann of Germany scored the winning point.

A spirited Indian women's fencing team bowed out in the quarterfinals in epee section, while the men went down tamely in the last-16 stage of the foil event at the Asian Games on Wednesday.

India narrowly missed out on a medal in Asian Games fencing when Taniksha Khatri lost to world No 2 Man Wai Vivian Kong of Hong Kong 7-15 in individual epee quarterfinal

Four people suffered minor injuries during a multi-vehicle pile-up due to fog on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida on Saturday morning, police said.

Educator Charles-Michel de l'Epee founded the first public school for the hearing-impaired in France. He devoted his life to developing the world's first sign alphabet for the deaf and is known as the "Father of the Deaf". Epee is also credited with creating a systematic method of teaching the hearing-impaired.

In a big step up for road infrastructure for Delhi, two newly-built expressways were inaugurated today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The new routes include 'Phase 1 of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway and the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, with the latter being India's first smart and green highway.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel in an open jeep on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Sunday and also inaugurate India's first smart and green highway, the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE), built at a cost of Rs 11,000 crore, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said.

Fijian President Epeli Nailatikau called for a violence-free election on Tuesday as the South Pacific nation prepares to return to democracy almost eight years after a military coup.

The leader of an evangelical church in Fiji was jailed for two years on Wednesday after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman who approached him for counselling, reports said.

The International Fencing Federation acknowledged on Tuesday that timekeeping could have been flawed in the Olympic epee semifinal involving a South Korean fencer, but upheld the victory for her German opponent and defending champion, South Korean Olympic officials said.

The South Korean team staged an official protest after fencer Shin A-lam lost in the semifinals of the Olympic women's epee, claiming the match was already over when opponent Britta Heidemann of Germany scored the winning point.