The Indian woman GM beat Maka Purtseladze of Georgia and moved to joint-second position after the penultimate round in the World Junior Girls' Chess Championship.
Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who lost his UK high court appeal against an extradition order to India, has said that he is "disappointed" with the ruling but will continue to seek legal remedies as advised by his legal team. The 64-year-old former Kingfisher Airlines boss reiterated that he has repeatedly offered to pay the Indian banks the loan amount owed by his now-defunct airline, an offer which the banks have rejected.
IM Elisabeth Paehtz of Germany and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan won the girls' and boys' title respectively at the World Junior Chess.
D Harika drew with Gu Xiaobing of China in the 11th round of the World Junior Chess Championship
She had slipped into a coma following a fall at her home last Saturday and underwent an emergency operation.
An extradition expert in the UK said the strict social distancing norms in place to try and curb the spread of COVID-19 may add a further dimension to the UK's Article 3 obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, relating to inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment.
The leave to appeal to the Supreme Court is on a point of law of general public importance, which according to experts is a very high threshold that is not often met.
Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya on Monday lost his high court appeal against his extradition order to India in relation to charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an alleged Rs 9,000 crores.
India witnessed another fruitful day at the Canada Open as all its shuttlers, including Ajay Jayaram and H S Prannoy, entered the third round of the $55,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament, in Calgary, Canada.
Mallya said, the ED on the one side and the banks on the other are fighting over the same assets.
The 'power of women' resonated all through the evening in the most emphatic fashion.
Veterans Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lost out to Frances McDormand and Gary Oldman at the Golden Globes 2018.
The 65th Emmys will be held on September 22 in Los Angeles.
India's shuttlers continued their good run at the Canada Open. Six singles players, including Ajay Jayaram and H S Prannoy, qualified for the quarter-finals in the US $55,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament, in Calgary.
A lot of history was made on Emmys night!
Why were two of 2018's critically panned films awarded?! exclaims Aseem Chhabra.
Other nominations include Dunkirk, The Post and I, Tonya.
Who won at the Globes? We tell you!
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The Emmy nominations for 2018.
Oscar 2015 host Neil Patrick Harris has several big shoes to fill in.
A look at the hopefuls this year!
What does one deduce from this silence? That the minorities in the BJP era have been muted, perhaps even coercively, asks Sajad Ahmad Dar.
The 71th Annual Golden Globe awards have been announced. There have been quite a few surprises and some expected nods.
'That Mad Men is currently the best-written show and quite unlike anything else out there is an understatement.'
'My great grandfather Henry Ford would have been very happy with the lifestyle I am leading and the things I believe in.' He's a servant of god. A temple builder. Manu Shah meets the Ford who spreads word about the glories of Krishna.
Bibhu Mohapatra from Odisha gave up a degree in economics to design clothes and hasn't looked back.
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