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Chess Olympiad gold: Chess has boomed amid COVID-19, brought audience together, says Vidit Gujrathi

Sep 01, 2020

New Delhi, Sep 01 (ANI): India won the chess Olympiad gold for the first time in the tournament’s history and the team’s skipper Vidit Gujrathi has revealed that this win is on par with how Indian cricket was put on the world map after their 1983 World Cup win against the West Indies in Lords. While speaking to media via video conferencing in the national capital, the Indian Chess Grandmaster and Indian Chess Player Vidit Gujrathi said, “It was the Indian campaign which was from August 22 to 30 but it feels like a month...
Unlock 4.0: Meenakshi Amman Temple re-opened after 165 days in Madurai

Unlock 4.0: Meenakshi Amman Temple re-opened after 165 days in Madurai

Sep 01, 2020

Pranab Mukherjee’s funeral procession takes place with full military honours in Delhi

Pranab Mukherjee’s funeral procession takes place with full military honours in Delhi

Sep 01, 2020

School teacher from Srinagar to get National Award for Teachers 2020

School teacher from Srinagar to get National Award for Teachers 2020

Sep 01, 2020

CM Hemant Soren condoles Pranab Mukherjee’s demise

CM Hemant Soren condoles Pranab Mukherjee’s demise

Aug 31, 2020

Sensex crashes by 839 points on geopolitical tensions, bank stocks hit badly

Sensex crashes by 839 points on geopolitical tensions, bank stocks hit badly

Aug 31, 2020

Mumbai, Aug 31 (ANI): Equity benchmark indices erased all morning gains and cracked by over 2 per cent on geopolitical concerns and ahead of the GDP first-quarter data. At the closing bell, the BSE S&P...
Harsh Vardhan inaugurates Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences in Karnataka

Harsh Vardhan inaugurates Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences in Karnataka

Aug 31, 2020

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Health Minister Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences in Bellary, Karnataka, via video conferencing. “This trauma centre has state of the art OTs & dedicated departments. I would...
7-yr-old Chennai boy identifies 150 car logos in a minute, sets new world record

7-yr-old Chennai boy identifies 150 car logos in a minute, sets new world record

Aug 31, 2020

Chennai (TN), Aug 31 (ANI): A seven-year-old boy, Kevin Raahul from Chennai became a world record holder for being able to identify names of 150 car logos in one minute. Raahul’s name has now...
Examination centre in Ranchi ensuring COVID-19 protocols ahead of JEE Main 2020

Examination centre in Ranchi ensuring COVID-19 protocols ahead of JEE Main 2020

Aug 31, 2020

Ranchi (Jharkhand), Aug 31 (ANI): Preparations for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2020 are underway at an exam centre in Jharkhand’s Ranchi. Precautions including social distancing circles, thermal scanning are being taken care...
Watch: Sanitisation being done in premises of Meenakshi Amman Temple in TN

Watch: Sanitisation being done in premises of Meenakshi Amman Temple in TN

Aug 31, 2020

Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Aug 31 (ANI): All places of worship are set to reopen in Tamil Nadu from September 1 as part of Unlock 4.0. In view of the COVID-19 spread, premises of Meenakshi Amman...
Civil Aviation Minister hopeful of privatising Air India this year

Civil Aviation Minister hopeful of privatising Air India this year

Aug 30, 2020

New Delhi, Aug 31 (ANI): Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on August 30 said that Government should not be running airports and airlines. Puri added that he hopes to privatise Air India during this...