From D Gukesh to R Praggnanandhaa: Is everything all right with top chess players? Early World Cup exits expose harsh truths | Chess News

D Gukesh and R Praggnanandhaa (FIDE Photo) NEW DELHI: As Russian Grandmaster Daniil Dubov, rated 2674, outsmarted India’s 2768-rated R Praggnanandhaa last week, it wasn’t his gameplay that captured eyeballs as much as the boasting he did after the game: “Preparing for two classical games against Pragg took me 10 minutes with the phone altogether….

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Operation Castle Bay: 6 foreign poachers caught after week-long jungle hunt in Andaman and Nicobar island | Delhi News

A week-long, gruelling joint operation in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands led to the arrest of six foreign poachers NEW DELHI: Six foreign poachers were apprehended following a gruelling week-long joint anti-poaching operation in the remote and treacherous terrain of Look-out-Post (LoP) Tillongchoung.The breakthrough, under Operation “Castle Bay,” was the result of seamless coordination between…

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Private contractor abducted, beaten & threatened at gunpoint over business rivalry | Pune News

Pune: The Bharati Vidyapeeth police are on the lookout for four suspects from Mangalwar Peth and Dhayari for allegedly abductingm beating and threatening a 31-year-old private contractor with two guns.According to the police, the victim and the four accused are childhood friends. The contractor had relocated to Ambegaon Pathar and began succeeding in his business,…

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A16z’s Sees Arcade Tokens As Key To Crypto Evolution

More crypto projects should consider using a blockchain-based equivalent to airline miles to grow their user base and power their economies, according to executives from venture capital firm a16z. In a report published on Thursday, a16z stated that one of crypto’s most underappreciated token types is called “arcade tokens.” These tokens maintain a relatively stable…

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