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Saturday, May 11, 2024
TopicWorld Championships

Topic: World Championships

Meet D Gukesh, who beat Kasparov’s record at 17 to become youngest-ever contender for world chess crown

After becoming youngest player to win Candidates tournament in Toronto, Chennai-born grandmaster will now take on China’s Ding Liren for world crown later this year.

Naomi Osaka, Barbora Krejcikova pull out of Dubai championships

Former French Open champion Krejcikova, who won her maiden Dubai title last year withdrew because of a back injury.

Neeraj Chopra creates history, wins India’s first gold at the World Athletics Championships

Chopra final throw was of 88.17 metre, while Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem and Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch bagged silver and bronze with throws of 87.82 and 86.67 metre respectively.

16-year-old son of a farmer wins gold for India in shooting at Asian Games

Saurabh Chaudhary hails from a village in Meerut and is now ready to move on to the World Championships.

On Camera

RBI didn’t do heavy lifting under Subbarao. And Finance Ministry didn’t undermine the Governor

In my view as the finance secretary during UPA II govt, the least RBI could have done was not to further depress the sentiment with doomsday prophecies.

Day after mass sick leave by employees, Air India Express fires crew members, cancels 85 more flights

About 300 employees had called in sick Wednesday, allegedly in protest against mismanagement of airlines. Remaining staff given ultimatum to rejoin work by end of Thursday.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.