Author: TNI Team

GM Viswanathan Anand, as well as GMs Koneru Humpy, Dronavalli Harika, Nihal Sarin, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu, will be offering simultaneous exhibitions on Chess.com to support COVID relief in India on May 13 at 19:30 IST/7 a.m. PDT/16:00 CEST. All proceeds go to RedCross India and the Checkmate COVID initiative of the All India Chess Federation […]

Australia has been relatively slow to roll out vaccines to the general population but Olympic and Paralympic athletes have been allowed to jump the queue before they travel to the July 23-Aug. 8 Games.

PSG, who were knocked out of the Champions League semi-final, suffered yet another blow after their Ligue 1 title hopes took a major hit following a 1-1 draw vs Rennes. Table-toppers Lille are now in need of just 4 points from 2 matches.

The Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India has announced the postponement of the 10th edition of the CREDAI Hyderabad property show, which was slated to be hosted during April 16-18. The property show has been postponed given the Government Order that No Public Gatherings and Events are allowed till April 30, 2021, because […]

The Indian Institute of Plantation Management (IIPM) Bengaluru is organising an online Techno-Management Development Programme (T-MDP)

The fifth session of the Codex Committee on Spices and culinary herbs begins virtual meet. Underlining the importance of safe and quality food amidst the pandemic situation, Rita Teaotia, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority

Reiterates the importance of micro-containment policies over lockdown in her virtual interaction with CII’s top members Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday assured “seamless supply” of medical oxygen to the States even while noting that several are being taken by the government to augments its supply for COVID19 treatment. Measures that the government is taking […]

‘There is a need to redo direct and indirect taxes and bring about deep reforms in the revenue system’ 15th Finance Commission Chairman NK Singh on Friday said India’s tax revenue potential is lower by 4 per cent of GDP and the country needs to bring in deep reforms in the revenue management system.

Indian students Prabnoor Singh Kohli, Tijil Gupta and Amol Singh Cheema of Amity International School in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, won the Husky Investment Tournament hosted by the College of Business at Michigan Technological University. “This spring drew high school business students from across the country and world to compete for a cash prize and scholarships […]

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet was sworn-in as ministers on Monday in a simple ceremony in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. 43 TMC leaders were sworn-in as ministers, including 19 ministers of state, and took oath at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata by Governor Gagdeep Dhankhar. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the […]