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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Viral Video: Chess champion Gukesh stunned by mentalist Suhani Shah; netizens react

On 16 December 2024, India's Gukesh Dommaraju returned to the country after becoming the youngest Indian chess grandmaster by winning the 2024 FIDE World Championship on 12 December. Recently, Gukesh sat with an Indian mentalist, mind reader and magician – Suhani Shah, and her interaction with her has gone viral on the internet. "She is going to enter the next …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Nara Devaansh Bags World Record in Chess, CM Naidu Overjoyed

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Nine-year-old Devaansh Nara, grandson of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and son of education, IT, electronics and RTGS minister Lokesh, has achieved the world record for being the “Fastest Checkmate Solver – 175 Puzzles.” The record-making event featured Devaansh tackling a sequence of progressively challenging checkmate puzzles, all selected from the renowned chess compilation by László Polgár, within a tight …

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1 month ago

Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian consequences

Deccan Chronicle

Way back in 2004, King Abdullah of Jordan had coined a controversial and loaded term called the “Shia Crescent”, that indicated land and territory from Shia-dominated Iran running across the Iraqi-Syrian swathes up to the southern coast of Lebanon. Since the time Israel launched the relentless bludgeoning of the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon, the Sunni Arab leadership has played …

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1 month ago

How Syria has become a pawn in global power play

Firstpost

The shifting geopolitics due to the Iran-Israel conflict, the Russia-Ukraine war, and alleged support from Turkey helped Syrian rebels to succeed in their game plan; the future of Syria now remains uncertain and dependent on the interests of the regional powers With the fall of Damascus, the supposedly inalterable authoritarian Bashar al-Assad regime came to an end. The fall of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

World Chess Championship: Gukesh seizes the day to level the scores

New Indian Express

SINGAPORE: For almost 12 minutes, D Gukesh did many things while in his gaming chair. But one slight inaccuracy — moving the rook to h5 in the 18th move — gave the Indian teen a tiny window of opportunity. After shutting his eyes and meditating, he played the only possible engine-recommended move towards changing the game narrative — moving the …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Jaipur Police surprises kidnapping victim at HP hotel: ‘Aapke liye hi aaye hain’

Hindustan Times

The Jaipur Police on Tuesday cracked the kidnapping case of a man who was abducted near Rajasthan’s Nahargarh Fort on August 18. Anuj, a kidnapping victim, was traced to Solan Footage that has been widely shared on social media shows that Anuj was asleep at a hotel in Solan, Himachal Pradesh when a team from Jaipur Police carried out a …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Here Are the Secret Backers of All Those Trump “Election Integrity” Efforts

Slate

Battles over “election integrity” are sometimes cast as policy-oriented disagreements about how elections should be administered, or even as partisan efforts to gain a political advantage. Related From Slate One of the Most Conservative State Supreme Courts in the Country Just Rebuked Dobbs In pursuit of these goals, the group is channeling millions of dollars toward backing anti-transgender ballot measures, …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

After harming TikTok, Biden's latest checkmate will impact China in billions as US sharply hikes tariffs – India TV

India TV News

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a bundle of steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports including electric vehicles, computer chips and medical products, risking an election-year standoff with Beijing in a bid to woo voters who give his economic policies low marks. Biden will keep tariffs put in place by his Republican predecessor Donald Trump while …

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10 months ago

Lost in Translation: Does Denis Villeneuve's Dune series live up to Frank Herbert’s vision?

Hindustan Times

Most reviews of Denis Villeneuve's Dune: Part Two so far have been generous, to say the least. With over six books, Frank Herbert's Dune is a dense universe — far more cerebral than any movie can contain. Chani is a welcome and time-sensitive addition to the plot — I say 'addition' because Chani is more or less perpetually in the …

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11 months ago

BJP eyes alliance with Rashtriya Lok Dal to shore up prospects in western Uttar Pradesh; Samajwadi Party reposes faith in partner

The Hindu

Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh leg of the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Bharatiya Janata Party has reached out to Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Chaudhary Jayant Singh with an offer that he will find difficult to refuse. “We are behind the Chaudhary Charan Singh family, but we can’t be taken for granted by the SP,” said Vikas Pradhan, a …

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1 year ago

Modi govt follows Sardar Patel’s realism, not Nehru’s ‘romanticism’ when dealing with China: EAM Jaishankar

Op India

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has reiterated that India should deal with China on the basis of realism and asserted that the relationship should be based on the three mutual understandings- respect, sensitivity, and interest. In an interview with ANI, Jaishankar reassessed India’s approach of engaging with China with realism in order to checkmate its aggressive measures, while also hitting …

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1 year ago

World Rapid Chess Championship 2023: Humpy finishes runner-up; Vidit, Praggnanandhaa, and 10 others tie for fourth spot

The Hindu

Eventually, it was a massive heartbreak for K. Humpy. After dominating her younger, lower-ranked rival Anastasia Bodnaruk in the nervy tie-break games, Humpy ran out of time on her clock after gaining an extra piece in the second 3-minute sudden-death blitz game and left the 51st seeded Russian with the women’s World rapid chess title in Samarkand on Thursday. Humpy, …

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1 year ago

Is iQOO 12 a flagship killer of 2024? OnePlus 12 and Samsung Galaxy S24 should watch out

India Today

The iQOO 12 has been launched in India and the company has priced it pretty aggressively. While the iQOO 12 has been announced at the end of 2023, it could be called a flagship killer in 2024, purely because of maintaining a good balance in terms of value proposition and giving consumers key flagship features at a lower price. Long …

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1 year, 2 months ago

FIDE Grand Swiss: Vaishali downs former world champion Mariya Muzychuk

The Hindu

India’s R Vaishali crashed through the defences of former world champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine to move to 3.5 points after the fourth round of FIDE women’s Grand Swiss, a part of the World Championship cycle. Vaishali, the sister of the more famous R Praggnanandhaa, had made her third and final Grandmaster norm at the just-concluded Qatar Masters and it …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Grand Master Praggnanandhaa Sister Vaishali Downs Former World Champion Mariya Muzychuk Chess News Chess World Cup

ABP News

India's R Vaishali crashed through the defenses of former world champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine to move to 3.5 points after the fourth round of FIDE women's Grand Swiss, a part of the World Championship cycle. Vaishali, the sister of the more famous R Praggnanandhaa, had made her third and final Grandmaster norm at the just-concluded Qatar Masters and it …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Call For Submissions: CHECKMATE - The Stage Is Set, My Lawyer! [Submit By 20th September]

Live Law

Gradyoumate Foundation, a social initiative started with the goal of supporting and helping deserving law students achieve their dreams without any financial barriers. These extra and co-curricular activities help law students become “industry ready” and boost their confidence. Gradyoumate provides tailored financial assistance programs centred on law school activities such as internships, certificate courses, moot courts, and so on, wherein …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Misinformation about the 1967 referendum is spreading again. Here's why the Indigenous 'flora and fauna' act is a myth

ABC

CheckMate, a collaboration between RMIT ABC Fact Check and RMIT FactLab, is a weekly newsletter that recaps the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation. In a number of recent posts shared to social media, users have claimed that Indigenous people were governed — prior to the 1967 referendum — under a "flora and fauna act". But as …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How the Siddaramaiah government plans to checkmate fake news in Karnataka

The Hindu

Published : Aug 31, 2023 12:24 IST - 8 MINS READ In a move aimed at tackling the surge of misinformation in Karnataka, the State government has decided to set up a fact-checking unit under the Home Department. Home Minister G. Parameshwara, who has been part of these deliberations over the past two months, also stated in June that the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

FIDE World Cup: Praggnanandhaa beats Caruana in tiebreaks, to meet Carlsen in final

The Hindu

Continuing his dream run, R. Praggnanandhaa took World No 3 Fabiano Caruana out of his comfort zone, and pulled him into shorter time-control games and nailed him to challenge favourite Magnus Carlsen in the final of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. Praggnanandhaa, who turned 18 during the World Cup and knocked out second seed Hikaru Nakamura on the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

FIDE World Cup: Praggnanandhaa nails Nakamura; Gukesh, Harika win

The Hindu

In an astonishing extended birthday celebration, R. Praggnanandhaa nailed second seed Hikaru Nakamura 2-0 before a fortuitous D. Gukesh took out Russian Andrey Esipenko on the way to the FIDE World Cup pre-quarterfinals in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday. In the first 25-minute rapid game, Praggnanandhaa punished Nakamura for an early mistake and gained a knight. Needing to win on demand, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘Nervous’ Federer faces 12-year-old chess master Tani Adewumi

The Hindu

Retired tennis legend Roger Federer tried his luck in chess by playing against 12-year-old chess master Tani Adewumi in New York. But I’ve never sat across a Chess Master, so today, well I may be a little nervous.” Federer vs 12-year-old chess master Tani Adewumi in New York - wholesome content 🎥 @UNIQLO_JPpic.twitter.com/JPFSTbfKsi — Bastien Fachan July 14, 2023 Adewumi …

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1 year, 5 months ago

What are WA's new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws, and how do they differ from the Voice?

ABC

CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab recapping the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation. In the midst of this confusion, Fair Australia has published a new social media ad that quotes the WA premier as saying: "Our Aboriginal cultural heritage laws do the same thing as the Voice". He continued: "Our Aboriginal cultural heritage laws …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Linda Burney says the Voice would not offer advice about changing Australia Day. Here's what the experts say

ABC

CheckMate is a weekly newsletter from RMIT FactLab recapping the latest in the world of fact checking and misinformation. CheckMate June 30, 2023 This week, we tackle Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney's assertion that the proposed Voice to Parliament would not offer advice about Australia Day. It's a detail that has been lost on many of the social media …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Rural residents told to brace for more medicine shortages after report on 60-day prescriptions

ABC

Pharmacist Leigh Houldsworth says she has had to turn away 20 customers before 10am because there was no medicine available to fill their scripts. Key points: A new report claims huge job losses in the pharmacy sector as a result of 60-day prescriptions The impact will hit vulnerable rural communities hardest, the report says, further widening the health gap in …

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Viral Video: Chess champion Gukesh stunned by mentalist Suhani Shah; netizens react

Nara Devaansh Bags World Record in Chess, CM Naidu Overjoyed

Bhopinder Singh | The collapse of Assad’s Syria to have sectarian consequences

How Syria has become a pawn in global power play

World Chess Championship: Gukesh seizes the day to level the scores

Jaipur Police surprises kidnapping victim at HP hotel: ‘Aapke liye hi aaye hain’

Here Are the Secret Backers of All Those Trump “Election Integrity” Efforts

After harming TikTok, Biden's latest checkmate will impact China in billions as US sharply hikes tariffs – India TV

Lost in Translation: Does Denis Villeneuve's Dune series live up to Frank Herbert’s vision?

BJP eyes alliance with Rashtriya Lok Dal to shore up prospects in western Uttar Pradesh; Samajwadi Party reposes faith in partner

Modi govt follows Sardar Patel’s realism, not Nehru’s ‘romanticism’ when dealing with China: EAM Jaishankar

World Rapid Chess Championship 2023: Humpy finishes runner-up; Vidit, Praggnanandhaa, and 10 others tie for fourth spot

Is iQOO 12 a flagship killer of 2024? OnePlus 12 and Samsung Galaxy S24 should watch out

FIDE Grand Swiss: Vaishali downs former world champion Mariya Muzychuk

Grand Master Praggnanandhaa Sister Vaishali Downs Former World Champion Mariya Muzychuk Chess News Chess World Cup

Call For Submissions: CHECKMATE - The Stage Is Set, My Lawyer! [Submit By 20th September]

Misinformation about the 1967 referendum is spreading again. Here's why the Indigenous 'flora and fauna' act is a myth

How the Siddaramaiah government plans to checkmate fake news in Karnataka

FIDE World Cup: Praggnanandhaa beats Caruana in tiebreaks, to meet Carlsen in final

FIDE World Cup: Praggnanandhaa nails Nakamura; Gukesh, Harika win

‘Nervous’ Federer faces 12-year-old chess master Tani Adewumi

What are WA's new Aboriginal cultural heritage laws, and how do they differ from the Voice?

Linda Burney says the Voice would not offer advice about changing Australia Day. Here's what the experts say

Rural residents told to brace for more medicine shortages after report on 60-day prescriptions