Aditya Samant becomes India's 83rd chess GrandmasterMaharashtra player Samant had already crossed the 2500 Elo mark in the live ratings and had obtained two GM norms, Hence, the third and fin...
26 Jul, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
US at WTO: India allows GM cotton, mustard at home but blocks importsThe US has asked India to revoke approval for routine cultivation of genetically modified cotton and the environmental release of GM mustar...
20 Jul, 2023, 12.35 AM IST
M Pranesh becomes India's 79th chess GrandmasterSeeded 22nd, the Indian made a clean sweep of the field in Stockholm, winning eight games and finishing a full point ahead of IM Kaan Kucuk...
06 Jan, 2023, 12.45 PM IST
Bengaluru teen Pranav Anand becomes India's 76th Chess GrandmasterPranav Anand had scored the third and final GM norm at the 55th Biel Chess Festival in Switzerland in July. He had also beaten GM Maxime La...
16 Sep, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
Chennai lad Pranav becomes India's 75th GrandmasterPranav is the 27th Grandmaster from Tamil Nadu, a list which includes the legendary Viswanathan Anand and teen sensations D Gukesh and R Pr...
07 Aug, 2022, 08.59 PM IST
Rahul Srivatshav becomes India's 74th GrandmasterThe 19-year old player reached the 2500 Elo live rating mark after drawing his 8th round game against Grandmaster Levan Pantsulaia in the C...
11 Jun, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Bharath Subramaniyam becomes India's 73rd chess GrandmasterFellow Indian player M R Lalith Babu emerged winner in the tournament with seven points, winning the title on the basis of a better tie-bre...
09 Jan, 2022, 09.24 PM IST
Another price hike may be coming, carmakers sayOwing to the rising input costs, India saw car prices steadily rise. However, companies still feel like the cost impact has still not fully...
27 Nov, 2021, 12.22 PM IST
Mitrabha Guha becomes India's 72nd Grand MasterThe Kolkata player had scored his second GM norm at the Sheikh Russel GM tournament in Bangladesh a fortnight ago and had also crossed the ...
09 Nov, 2021, 05.56 PM IST
Sankalp Gupta becomes India's 71st GM, maestro Anand congratulatesSankalp Gupta won five games, drew three and lost one to Rudik Makrarian (Russia) to take the second place with 6.5 points in the GM tourna...
08 Nov, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
Meet Abhimanyu Mishra, the 12-year-old boy who became youngest Grandmaster in chess historyThe prodigy scored his third GM norm in Budapest, Hungary.
01 Jul, 2021, 08.23 PM IST
SIAM to meet Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on March 2, seek deferment of CAFE normsThe 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was held in...
01 Mar, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
- Chennai lad crowned world's second youngest grand master
Gukesh achieved his third and final GM norm at the ongoing 17th Delhi International Open Chess tournament in Delhi after beating compatriot...
15 Jan, 2019, 07.50 PM IST
At 12 years 10 months, Chennai boy is world’s 2nd-youngest GrandmasterPraggu, as he’s affectionately known, achieved the feat when he defeated GM Moroni Luca Jr in round 8 of the 4th Gredine Open in Italy.
25 Jun, 2018, 09.20 AM IST
No ban on GM crop field trials: Prakash JavadekarThe minister informed Lok Sabha that government is of the view that research in GM and confined field trials for generating bio-safety data.
26 Nov, 2014, 04.09 PM IST
- Scientist bends rules for wife's GM trial
In a clear case of conflict of interest in clearing GM crop trials, a member of the environment ministry’s statutory appraisal body and sen...
02 Jul, 2011, 12.30 AM IST
- Gold futures contracts get smaller
In the Indian family’s treasure chest, old was gold as the yellow metal passed hands from generation to generation as stree-dhan (a wedding...
01 Dec, 2006, 12.04 AM IST