Chess | ‘I decided not to play Grand Swiss’: How R Vaishali’s Chennai nightmare earned her a 2026 Candidates ticket | Chess News

R Vaishali won the FIDE Grand Swiss for second edition running. (Image: FIDE) NEW DELHI: Grandmaster R Vaishali became the third Indian – after Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy – to qualify for the Women’s Candidates tournament 2026 on Monday, having won the Women’s Grand Swiss in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, for the second time in a…

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New hoarding policy makes advertising agencies solely liable for accidents or safety lapses | Pune News

Pune: The state govt has approved a new comprehensive policy to regulate hoardings on govt land, making advertising agencies solely liable for any accidents or safety lapses. As per a govt resolution (GR) issued by the revenue and forest department on Monday, district collectors have been empowered to identify land, finalise hoarding sites, and carry…

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Inside ‘mihai’: How house music meets mridangam

Karunakar of Wind Horse Records Studio, mridangam artiste R. Srikanth and DJ-producer Hamza Rahimtula  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two celebrated musicians, Hamza Rahimtula and senior mridangamartiste R. Srikanth, join forces on their latest release, Mihai. The track fuses two distinct traditions: Hamza’s modern house music with Srikanth’s konnakkol (the vocal performance of percussion syllables) and…

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