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R Nagalakshmi looked at her son Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa. Standing in a corner of a room with a glint in her eyes and a disarming smile, the proud mother looked at her son as he gave media interviews. The precious picture has become most of the favourite pictures on the Internet and has been doing the rounds on social media. Praggnanandhaa is enjoying his dream run at the final of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan. He recently became the first Indian, since five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand in 2002, to make it to the final of the FIDE World Cup. After defeating World No 3 Fabiano Caruana in tiebreaks on Monday, the teen sensation reached the final and will now compete against five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Legendary chess champion Garry Kasparov took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to laud the 18-year-old's feats and his mother's efforts. The former world champion remembered the good old days when his mother used to accompany him to every event.

reality in Germany. Far from falling into an abyss, Europe’s largest economy suffered only the mildest of technical recessions. Some have put this down to luck, notably a mild winter in much of Europe reducing the demand for heating.

Saudi Arabia announced that citizens of eight more countries will now be eligible for a visitor e-visa, state media reported. The e-visa will be available to visitors from Albania, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, South Africa, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, for leisure, business, and religious (Umrah only) travel, bringing the total number of eligible countries to 57, Xinhua news agency quoted the state media report as saying. The visitor e-visa is valid for an entire year, grants multiple entries, and permits a stay of up to 90 days. After launching the e-visa program in 2019, Saudi Arabia welcomed 93.5 million visits in 2022, a 93-per cent increase from 2021, registering a tourism expenditure of 185 billion Saudi Riyals ($49 billion). In 2022, Saudi Arabia decided to provide a visitor e-visa for holders of valid Schengen, British and US visas that have been used to enter these countries before arriving in Saudi Arabia and for permanent residents of the European Union, Gulf Arab countries, Britain and the US.

Gukesh D ended Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand's 37-year reign as India's highest-ranking chess player in the live world (FIDE) rankings on Thursday. The 17-year-old defeated Mistradin Iskandarov in the second round of the FIDE World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, and scored a live rating of 2755.9, while Anand's rating was at 2754.0. With this, Gukesh replaced his idol to move up to World No.

Sachin Bishnoi, who was allegedly involved in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, was extradited from Azerbaijan and brought back to India on Tuesday, officials of the Delhi Police said. He was produced in a Delhi court, which remanded him in police custody for 10 days. Officers from the Delhi Police's Special Cell had travelled to the Azerbaijan capital Baku to monitor the progress in the case.

DGCA has approved IndiGo's plans to start flight services to Almaty in Kazakhstan. The country's largest airline by domestic market share has embarked on an ambitious international expansion.

Gangster Sachin Bishnoi, who was allegedly involved in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, was extradited from Azerbaijan, officials of the Delhi Police said on Tuesday. Officers from the Delhi Police's Special Cell had travelled to the Azerbaijan capital Baku to monitor the progress in the case.

Sidhu Moosewala murder case accused Sachin Bishnoi alias Sachin Thapan was extradited to India from Baku, Azerbaijan on Tuesday by Delhi Police Special Cell. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Vikramjeet Singh alias Vikram Brar, a key aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, following his deportation from the UAE to India, an official said on Wednesday.

The Union government has dispatched a team to Azerbaijan to apprehend dreaded gangster Sachin Bishnoi who is accused of the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala. Sachin Bishnoi who is the nephew of Lawrence Bishnoi has been on the run since the murder of Moosewala and had left the country using forged documents. Meanwhile last week, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Vikramjeet Singh alias Vikram Brar, a key aide of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, following his deportation from the UAE to India.

China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) document at a recent ministerial meet of the grouping in Baku (capital of Azerbaijan). India was also successful in nixing efforts by Pakistan (at China's behest) to include reference to South China Sea disputes in the NAM document, ET has reliably learnt. SE Asian states, who are members of NAM and party to the South China Sea dispute, worked closely with India to defeat plans by Pakistan, hinted persons familiar with the development.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) — The European Union urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to refrain from «violence and harsh rhetoric» on Saturday at the latest round of talks in a tortuous peace process in which Russia is also pushing to retain a leading role.

The New Zealand central bank is ramping up its monitoring of stablecoins and crypto-assets following public submissions, but has stopped short of calling for a “regulatory approach.”

Energy costs for households across Europe nearly doubled compared to a year ago, new data has revealed.

Monday is the last full day of campaigning ahead of midterm elections in the US, with current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump making a final push for votes in the divided country. 

Armenian and Azeri leaders agreed "not to use force" to settle their disputes, following peace talks hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) organized a five-day training course on cryptocurrencies and Dark Web investigation for Uzbekistan's police and prosecution forces. The course is a part of OSCE’s consistent efforts to educate Central Asian law enforcers on the emerging technologies that criminals might abuse in a strategically important region for the global drug trade. 

Members of a 4,400-strong Discord group called the “UST Restitution Group” (URG) have been attempting to track down the whereabouts of Terra co-founder Do Kwon.

Angry demonstrators took to streets across Iran again Saturday despite more than a hundred casualties and continued harsh pushback, including internet access restrictions, as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered the fifth week.

Protestors came out across Iran on Saturday as anti-government demonstrations enter their fourth week. 

Greece and Bulgaria have started commercially operating a long-delayed gas pipeline, which will help decrease southeast Europe's dependence on Russian gas and boost energy security.

Vladimir Putin's announcement of a partial mobilisation to reinforce his troops in Ukraine sparked a rush on airline websites on Wednesday to try to leave Russia as soon as possible.