Indian GM D Gukesh overwhelmed Dutch player Max Warmerdam for his third victory on the trot and elevated himself to a joint lead after the seventh round of the Tata Steel Masters Chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, Netherlands on Sunday.
What should have ideally been a slow-burn thriller pretty much turns into a game of predictive, uninteresting moments that simply delay the almost obvious climax, notes Divya Nair.
A lot of glamour and colour on this red carpet!
Grandmaster R Pragnanandhaa held tournament leader and defending champion Anish Giri of Holland to a draw on the day.
Indian shoppers accounted for 13 per cent of the total hours spent by mobile users across the globe on their shopping apps in 2023, next only to China in this regard. According to the "State of Mobile -2024" report released a few days ago by data.ai (previously known as App Annie), which looks into various segments of the app economy across the world, in the last calendar year, users in India collectively spent 12.84 billion hours on shopping apps. This represents an increase of over 73 per cent from the time they spent in 2020 and of more than 3.5 per cent over 2022.
Zee News Editor Sudhir Chaudhary on Thursday filed a defamation complaint against Congress MP Naveen Jindal for averments made against him in the FIR of alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid case and in a press statement in New Delhi.
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Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra, named in the FIR lodged in the alleged Rs 100 crore extortion bid from Naveen Jindal's firm, on Wednesday agreed before a court in New Delhi to undergo lie-detector test but his two arrested editors refused to do so.
The television channel is asking the court to set aside BCCI's decision to cancel the telecast rights contract for cricket matches held in India between 2004 and 2008.
Safed is a lame attempt at social commentary, with terribly dull and thoughtless direction, observes Mayur Sanap.
We are left with no other option but to resort to the law ' Rik Dovey, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports, Asia, said.
In the cable business, the group is connecting directly with subscribers by taking control of last-mile connections and has lined up Rs 500 crore as infrastructure investment.
ESPN-Star Sports is willing to match Zee Telelfilms' bid of $260 million for the rights to telecast cricket matches conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in the country for the next four years.
After the draw with Iranian turned French player Firouza, Gukesh has seven points for his sole second spot.
Zee News on Tuesday demanded the immediate release of its two senior journalists arrested in an extortion case filed by Congress MP Naveen Jindal, alleging that the police action was "illegal" and "designed for something else".
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It is likely he will rope in an international ATM manufacturer as a strategic partner with equity stake.
A look at the red carpet glamour.
With five points in his kitty from eight games, D Gukesh jointly leads the standings with Anish Giri of Holland.
DTH viewers subscribing to the Tata Sky platform may not be able to watch the channels from the Zee TV bouquet after July 28. The reason is that Tata Sky has an outstanding bill of Rs 9 crore (Rs 90 million).
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Zee Telefilms has maintained its bouquet pricing at Rs 55 for post conditional access system regime - becoming the first company to announce its price structure.
The National Company Law Tribunal has admitted an Indusind Bank plea for insolvency proceedings against Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL). The division bench of judicial member H V Subba Rao and technical member Madhu Sinha on Wednesday also appointed Sanjeev Kumar Jalan as the resolution professional in the matter. The matter pertains to a default of Rs 89 crore by Zee Group's multisystem operator arm Siti Networks claimed by Indusind Bank, for which ZEEL was a guarantor.
With seven rounds still to come in the first super tournament of the year, Anish Guru maintained his sole lead on 4.5 points out of a possible six and he is now trailed by Iranian turned Frenchman Firouza Alireza who is on 4 points.
The BCCI told the SC that Zee TV's writ petition challenging cancellation of the tender process for award of cricket telecast rights was not maintainable.
Zee TV is fast closing in on general entertainment channel leader Star Plus in terms of viewership.
The cricket telecast war has intensified with Zee Network, reportedly the highest bidder for the Board of Control for Cricket in India rights, claiming that it had the production expertise and was planning to launch a full-fledged sports channel.
February is a slow month when it comes to original Hindi content on OTT.
Grandmaster D Gukesh endured a heartbreak in the final tie-breaker against Wei Yi of China and had to be content with a joint second place finish at the Tata Steel Masters chess tournament in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands.
It was saris, an extravagant head gear and lost of fun on the red carpet. Take a look!
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