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Swiggy launches new standalone app SNACC. Here's all you need to know
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3 days, 9 hours ago

Swiggy launches new standalone app SNACC. Here's all you need to know

India Today  

Bengaluru-based food delivery company Swiggy has launched a new app called SNACC, which is focused on delivering snacks, beverages, and quick meals within 10 to 15 minutes. The app can be downloaded on both Android and iOS platforms, signaling Swiggy’s foray into the ultra-fast food delivery space, a market segment that's growing rapidly. With this move, Swiggy is entering a …

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Dutch housing market shows signs of cooling after rapid growth
5 days, 9 hours ago

Dutch housing market shows signs of cooling after rapid growth

NL Times  

The surge in Dutch housing prices seen since mid-2023 has begun to taper off, according to data from Makelaarsland, the Netherlands' largest online NVM real estate agency. "While the housing market remains tight, we are receiving signals that the market is cooling slightly," said Ivor Brevé, director of Makelaarsland in an interview with the Telegraaf. In the fourth quarter of …

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PM Modi in Delhi updates: National capital to get its first rapid transit connectivity
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6 days, 4 hours ago

PM Modi in Delhi updates: National capital to get its first rapid transit connectivity

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the inauguration of Grameen Bharat Mahotsav 2025, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on Saturday. PM Modi in Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for several developmental projects worth over ₹12,000 crore, including the Namo Bharat rapid transit train in Delhi-NCR region on Sunday. Key project details -A 13-km …

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Country towns feeling steamrolled by rapid growth of wind energy in regional WA
6 days, 9 hours ago

Country towns feeling steamrolled by rapid growth of wind energy in regional WA

ABC  

The erection of hundreds of wind turbines across Western Australia's agricultural heartland has communities questioning how fairly the state government is managing their rapid spread. "That's what I want from the WA government … a minimum sort of commonsense ground rules of how to make sure you can minimally impact the community, our farmland, the environment and our health," Ms …

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PM launches key Delhi section of Namo Bharat Rapid Rail in mega infra push
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6 days, 9 hours ago

PM launches key Delhi section of Namo Bharat Rapid Rail in mega infra push

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated an additional 13-kilometre Delhi section of the Namo Bharat RRTS corridor between Sahibabad in Ghaziabad and New Ashok Nagar in Delhi. The inauguration took place around 11 am when PM Modi boarded a Namo Bharat train from Sahibabad and travelled towards New Ashok Nagar. Additionally, Ghazipur Road from Kondli to Noida Link Road, …

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'Downplayed Magnus' attacks on Viswanathan Anand': FIDE CEO destroys Carlsen after controversial Rapid and Blitz C'ship
1 week ago

'Downplayed Magnus' attacks on Viswanathan Anand': FIDE CEO destroys Carlsen after controversial Rapid and Blitz C'ship

Hindustan Times  

Israeli Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky is currently at war with World No. The 47-year-old FIDE CEO caught everyone’s attention on X, formerly on Twitter, during the World Rapid Championship’s jeans scandal. When the jeans scandal happened, Carlsen accused FIDE of threatening players participating in the Freestyle Chess Tour that they would not be included in the World C’ship cycle. Responding to …

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Chess champion Koneru Humpy thrilled after meeting PM Modi: Incredible honour
1 week, 1 day ago

Chess champion Koneru Humpy thrilled after meeting PM Modi: Incredible honour

India Today  

India’s chess champion, Koneru Humpy, had the privilege of meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an experience she described as a "once-in-a-lifetime privilege." PM Modi had earlier congratulated Humpy on her victory at the 2024 FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship. pic.twitter.com/1ob3t2Jcsh — Koneru Humpy January 3, 2025 PM Modi took to social media to celebrate her win, posting, “Congratulations to …

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Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani meets the youngest Chess World Champion D Gukesh
1 week, 1 day ago

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani meets the youngest Chess World Champion D Gukesh

Op India  

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani met World Chess Champion D Gukesh and his parents. In April, Gukesh won the FIDE Candidates Chess Tournament 2024, becoming the youngest challenger to Ding Liren’s world title. Also, Humpy won the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Championship in New York after beating Indonesia’s Irene Sukandar with the black pieces in the final round of the …

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Quick commerce in India: Boon or bubble waiting to burst?
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1 week, 2 days ago

Quick commerce in India: Boon or bubble waiting to burst?

Live Mint  

Quick commerce has rapidly emerged as a fast-growing segment and a game-changer in India’s retail industry, merging the convenience of e-commerce with ultra-fast deliveries. Key players and market dynamics India’s q-commerce sector is dominated by Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy’s Instamart. According to news reports, q-commerce platforms have diverted approximately $1.28 billion in sales from these stores, representing 21% of the …

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Maharashtra forest officials capture tiger that spread panic in Telangana
1 week, 2 days ago

Maharashtra forest officials capture tiger that spread panic in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: A tiger, which is suspected to have killed two persons in Maharashtra and one in Telangana in the past few weeks, was captured by a rapid response team of the Maharashtra forest department in the Rajura taluka on Tuesday night. Officials said a rapid response team was deployed in the Virur forest range near Amruthguda village in Maharashtra after …

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Top chess player Magnus Carlsen returns to championship after dress-code clash
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1 week, 3 days ago

Top chess player Magnus Carlsen returns to championship after dress-code clash

ABC  

Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen has headed back to the World Blitz Championship after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament after refusing to change out of jeans. Lamenting the disagreement, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement on Sunday that he would …

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What a joke: FIDE slammed after Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi share World Blitz crown
1 week, 3 days ago

What a joke: FIDE slammed after Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi share World Blitz crown

India Today  

The chess world has ushered in the New Year with controversy. Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi sharing the 2024 World Blitz Championship title in New York on Wednesday, December 31, has not been well-received by a large section of fans. Carlsen, who had initially withdrawn from the Blitz Championship following a dress code controversy in the Rapid event, explained …

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Dubov sparks controversy after missing match against Niemann, accepts open challenge with lie detector test
1 week, 3 days ago

Dubov sparks controversy after missing match against Niemann, accepts open challenge with lie detector test

The Hindu  

Former World Rapid Champion Daniil Dubov has sparked a new controversy surrounding cheating in chess after missing his crucial round against the USA’s Hans Niemann during the Blitz event of the 2024 World Rapid and Blitz Championship in New York on Tuesday. When I woke up, it was too late, so I came back later and continued playing.” When asked …

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I didn’t want to quit like a loser: Koneru Humpy
1 week, 4 days ago

I didn’t want to quit like a loser: Koneru Humpy

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: After a brutal, barren run for months, the newly-crowned women’s world rapid champion from India, 37-year-old Koneru Humpy, has reason to fall back in love with the grind. In an interview with HT, the world No.6 spoke about struggling with motivation, training without engines for the tournament and her seven-year-old daughter winning a gold medal the same day. India's …

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Magnis Carlsen criticises FIDE officials after ‘Jeangate’ fiasco at World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2024
1 week, 4 days ago

Magnis Carlsen criticises FIDE officials after ‘Jeangate’ fiasco at World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2024

The Hindu  

Defending champion Magnus Carlsen criticised the FIDE officials following the ‘Jeangate’ fiasco during the World Rapid and Blitz Championship 2024, in New York, last week. My father said that we should maybe wait until the morning to make a decision to speak to the FIDE president, Arkady Dvorkovich, whom we have a good relationship with,” said Carlsen to Take Take …

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Tata Steel Chess 2025: Gukesh looking forward to playing duo that helped him become World champion
1 week, 4 days ago

Tata Steel Chess 2025: Gukesh looking forward to playing duo that helped him become World champion

The Hindu  

After his historic triumph at the World chess championship in Singapore a fortnight ago, D. Gukesh is looking forward to his next event. The Tata Steel tournament at Wijk aan Zee in the Netherlands, starting on January 17, will present an interesting challenge for him -- he will face off with two men who helped him win the World title. …

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How Kerala, with distinct rural-urban continuum, readies rapid growth plans
1 week, 4 days ago

How Kerala, with distinct rural-urban continuum, readies rapid growth plans

Hindustan Times  

Kerala is known to have a distinct rural-urban continuum, where the lines between villages and towns have long blurred, giving the state the appearance of one continuous city. Last year, Kerala became the first Indian state to set up an Urban Policy Commission through a state cabinet decision with financial support from the Centre’s Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban …

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What's Fueling the Rapid Rise in Illegal Immigration from India to the US?
1 week, 4 days ago

What's Fueling the Rapid Rise in Illegal Immigration from India to the US?

The Quint  

In USA, the labor force participation rate in March 2023 is nearly five percentage points lower than it was in early 2000’s, albeit female rates improved in 2024. The skill set, style and work preference of Gen-Z workers has changed drastically, many preferring self-employment in the fast growing "Digital economy", leaving a large proportion of conventional job vacancies unfulfilled. The …

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Koneru Humpy compared to chess legend Judith Polgar by World No. 3, who once accused Indian GM Arjun of cheating
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1 week, 4 days ago

Koneru Humpy compared to chess legend Judith Polgar by World No. 3, who once accused Indian GM Arjun of cheating

Hindustan Times  

First it was D Gukesh, who became the world chess champion, and now it is Koneru Humpy, who added to the list of chess laurels for India in 2024. Humpy clinched a historic second world title in rapid chess, winning the year-ended World Rapid Chess Championship by defeating Indonesia’s Irene Sukandar. Speaking on Magnus Carlsen co-owned Take Take Take chess …

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Amid immigration debate in MAGA camp, Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu cracks the code on rising talent migration from India
1 week, 5 days ago

Amid immigration debate in MAGA camp, Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu cracks the code on rising talent migration from India

Live Mint  

Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu has expressed several reasons for talent migration out of India. According to Vembu, talent migration is very high during a phase of rapid development in a country. Talent migration peaks during the period of rapid development,” he said. Rapid economic development is preceded by and happens due to rising aspiration levels; and talent migration also happens …

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MP: 10-year-boy pulled out of borewell after 16-hour-rescue Op, dies
1 week, 5 days ago

MP: 10-year-boy pulled out of borewell after 16-hour-rescue Op, dies

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A ten-year-old boy was pulled out of an open borewell in a village in Guna district in Madhya Pradesh in a 16-hour rescue operation on Sunday morning, but could not be saved. He was taken out of the borewell at around 9.30 am on Sunday”, Guna district additional superintendent of police Man Singh Thakur said. According to Guna district …

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World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2024: FIDE relaxes dress code after ‘jeangate’; Carlsen set to return to competition
Top News
1 week, 5 days ago

World Rapid & Blitz Championship 2024: FIDE relaxes dress code after ‘jeangate’; Carlsen set to return to competition

The Hindu  

The International Chess Federation on Sunday relaxed its dress code for players after world number one Magnus Carlsen was fined for wearing jeans at an event in New York. The FIDE said Carlsen, a five-time world chess champion, rejected the opportunity to switch out of his jeans, and he was issued a fine of USD 200. I’ll probably head off …

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Magnus Carlsen plays in World Blitz Chess Championship after resolving jeans controversy
1 week, 5 days ago

Magnus Carlsen plays in World Blitz Chess Championship after resolving jeans controversy

CNN  

CNN — World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen played his first match at the World Blitz Championship after initially quitting the chess tournament due to a dress code dispute with organizers. On Friday, Carlsen walked away from the World Rapid Chess Championship after refusing to change out of his jeans, which the International Chess Federation said breached the tournament’s dress code. …

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dy. CM congratulate Koneru Hampy on winning prestigious chess title
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1 week, 5 days ago

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dy. CM congratulate Koneru Hampy on winning prestigious chess title

The Hindu  

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu congratulated Koneru Humpy on winning the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship 2024. Congratulations to Koneru Humpy on winning the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship 2024. Her incredible triumph caps off a phenomenal year for Indian chess!” Human Resources Development Minister Nara Lokesh said: “Delighted to see Koneru Humpy crowned the 2024 FIDE Women’s …

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