Morning Filter: Lakshya Sen battles Olympic champ Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles semifinals

Amit Shah to inaugurate 24x7 Manimajra water supply project in Chandigarh Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the 24x7 Manimajra water supply project in Chandigarh on Sunday, officials said. Punjab Governor and Union Territory Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria will also be present on this occasion. Heavy rain lashes parts of India, bridge collapses in Jaharkhand; death toll rises in Wayanad, Himachal Heavy rains lashed large parts of the country on Saturday, especially in Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand where showers due to a deep depression affected normal life, while two children were killed in Madhya Pradesh after a house collapsed on them following incessant rains. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of extremely heavy rainfall in Maharashtra’s Palghar, Pune and Satara districts on Sunday and issued an orange alert, forecasting heavy rains, for Thane, Mumbai, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Nashik. Lakshya aims to dial-up ‘Sen-mode’ against Super Dane Axelsen in Olympic semis India’s Lakshya Sen will need to play out of his skin to keep his maiden gold medal hopes alive when he takes on the reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles semifinals at the Paris Games on Sunday. Confident India eyes Britain’s scalp to seal semifinal berth in men’s hockey High on confidence after the historic win over Tokyo Games silver medallist Australia in their final pool match, India would look to carry on the momentum and seal a win against Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the men’s hockey competition of the Paris Olympics on Sunday. India saved their best for their last Pool B match, stunning Australia 3-2 to record their first win over the Kookaburras in the Olympic Games in 52 years. Paris Olympics, Day 9: India schedule on Sunday Shooting 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification-Stage 1: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish -- 12.30 pm. 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification-Stage II: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish -- 4.30 pm. Women’s Skeet Qualification-Day 2: Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan -- 1pm Golf Men’s Individual Strokeplay-Round 4: Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar -- 12.30pm Hockey Men’s quarterfinals match between India and Great Britain -- 1:30pm Athletics Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Round 1: Parul Chaudhary -- 1:35pm Men’s Long Jump Qualification: Jeswin Aldrin -- 2:30pm Boxing Women’s 75kg Quarterfinals: Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian of China -- 3:02pm Badminton Men’s singles semifinals: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) -- 3:30pm Sailing Men’s Dinghy Race 7 and 8: Vishnu Saravanan -- 3:35 pm Women’s Dinghy Race 7 and 8: Nethra Kumanan -- 6:05pm. Alcaraz to play Djokovic for Olympics gold The Alcaraz on display during his Olympics debut is a much more finished product, someone who has won 12 consecutive matches at Roland Garros and collected a second consecutive title at Wimbledon last month, too. Alcaraz defeated 24-time Slam champion Djokovic in both of those finals at the All England Club, and there is a rematch for the men’s gold on Sunday. India looks to find a way past Sri Lankan spinners and slow pitch in the second ODI Measures to battle a sluggish pitch and an assortment of Sri Lankan slow bowlers will feature high on India’s strategy list for the second ODI to be played in Colombo on Sunday. Chasing a manageable 231, India were comfortably placed at 130 for three in the first ODI on Friday before losing their way against Lankan spinners, who showed enough pluck to bowl out the visitors for 230 to earn a tie. [morning filter logo] The Morning Filter 04 August 2024 [morning filter logo] The Morning Filter 04 August 2024 Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [View in browser]( [More newsletters]( Here are the latest news and big news stories to follow today Amit Shah to inaugurate 24x7 Manimajra water supply project in Chandigarh Union Home Minister Amit Shah will inaugurate the 24x7 Manimajra water supply project in Chandigarh on Sunday, officials said. Punjab Governor and Union Territory Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria will also be present on this occasion. Heavy rain lashes parts of India, bridge collapses in Jaharkhand; death toll rises in Wayanad, Himachal  Heavy rains lashed large parts of the country on Saturday, especially in Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand where showers due to a deep depression affected normal life, while two children were killed in Madhya Pradesh after a house collapsed on them following incessant rains. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of extremely heavy rainfall in Maharashtra’s Palghar, Pune and Satara districts on Sunday and issued an orange alert, forecasting heavy rains, for Thane, Mumbai, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Nashik. Lakshya aims to dial-up ‘Sen-mode’ against Super Dane Axelsen in Olympic semis India’s Lakshya Sen will need to play out of his skin to keep his maiden gold medal hopes alive when he takes on the reigning Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men’s singles semifinals at the Paris Games on Sunday. Confident India eyes Britain’s scalp to seal semifinal berth in men’s hockey High on confidence after the historic win over Tokyo Games silver medallist Australia in their final pool match, India would look to carry on the momentum and seal a win against Great Britain in the quarterfinals of the men’s hockey competition of the Paris Olympics on Sunday. India saved their best for their last Pool B match, stunning Australia 3-2 to record their first win over the Kookaburras in the Olympic Games in 52 years. Paris Olympics, Day 9: India schedule on Sunday Shooting - 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification-Stage 1: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish -- 12.30 pm. - 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men’s Qualification-Stage II: Vijayveer Sidhu and Anish -- 4.30 pm. - Women’s Skeet Qualification-Day 2: Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan -- 1pm Golf - Men’s Individual Strokeplay-Round 4: Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar -- 12.30pm Hockey - Men’s quarterfinals match between India and Great Britain -- 1:30pm Athletics - Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Round 1: Parul Chaudhary -- 1:35pm - Men’s Long Jump Qualification: Jeswin Aldrin -- 2:30pm  Boxing -  Women’s 75kg Quarterfinals: Lovlina Borgohain vs Li Qian of China -- 3:02pm  Badminton - Men’s singles semifinals: Lakshya Sen vs Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) -- 3:30pm  Sailing -  Men’s Dinghy Race 7 and 8: Vishnu Saravanan -- 3:35 pm - Women’s Dinghy Race 7 and 8: Nethra Kumanan -- 6:05pm. Alcaraz to play Djokovic for Olympics gold The Alcaraz on display during his Olympics debut is a much more finished product, someone who has won 12 consecutive matches at Roland Garros and collected a second consecutive title at Wimbledon last month, too. Alcaraz defeated 24-time Slam champion Djokovic in both of those finals at the All England Club, and there is a rematch for the men’s gold on Sunday. India looks to find a way past Sri Lankan spinners and slow pitch in the second ODI Measures to battle a sluggish pitch and an assortment of Sri Lankan slow bowlers will feature high on India’s strategy list for the second ODI to be played in Colombo on Sunday. Chasing a manageable 231, India were comfortably placed at 130 for three in the first ODI on Friday before losing their way against Lankan spinners, who showed enough pluck to bowl out the visitors for 230 to earn a tie. 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