Sindhu, Srikanth start well
The Hindu
Doubles pairs lose their openers
Former champion P.V. Sindhu and K. Srikanth registered straight-game victories to make impressive starts to their campaigns at the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals here on Wednesday.
World champion Sindhu saw off Denmark’s Line Christophersen 21-14, 21-16 in a lop-sided Group A women’s match after former World No. 1 Srikanth beat France’s Toma Junior Popov 21-14, 21-16 in his opening match of Group B.
Lakshya Sen was declared the winner in his opening Group A clash after World No. 2 Kento Momota of Japan retired with a back injury with the score reading 1-1 in the opening game.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.