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• India and Pakistan have received direct entry into the quarterfinals for both the men's and women's cricket competitions at the 2026 Asian Games. • The tournaments will follow the T20 format and be hosted at the Korogi Athletic Park in Aichi prefecture, Japan. • Shreyas Iyer will lead the Indian men's squad, while Harmanpreet Kaur will captain the Indian women's team.

• India, captained by Shreyas Iyer, has secured direct entry into the quarter-finals of the Asian Games cricket tournament. • The competition will be held in Nagoya, Japan, utilizing the T20 format for both the men's and women's events. • Other opening matchups include Bangladesh vs. China, Sri Lanka vs. Malaysia, and Pakistan vs. Thailand, with winners advancing to the semi-finals.

• India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh have been granted direct entry into the knockout stages of the Asian Games. • These four seeded teams will join four others who must first compete in a qualifying round consisting of Group A (Japan, Nepal, and the 2023 silver medalists) and Group B (Malaysia, Oman, and Hong Kong, China). • The tournament structure ensures that the top two teams from each qualifying group advance to the quarterfinals to meet the seeded nations.

• Google and other AI providers must now comply with the European Commission's Digital Markets Act to operate within the European market. • New regulatory frameworks, including the Cyber Resilience Act, NIS2, and DORA, establish cybersecurity as a fundamental requirement for participating in the digital economy. • This shift signifies a move away from treating security as an optional add-on, making robust protection a mandatory "price of entry" for tech firms.

• Entry-level hiring in South Korea's semiconductor industry surged by 47% during the first half of the year, according to data released by JobKorea on Monday. • The spike in recruitment is driven by the global AI boom, which has created a robust demand for specialized talent to develop high-performance chips. • This trend highlights the strategic shift of Korean tech firms to secure a new generation of engineers to maintain a competitive edge in the AI hardware market.

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