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** Indian chess prodigy Nihal wins Gazprom Brilliancy Prize for best game
In the past few months, Grandmaster Nihal Sarin has won four titles
** RIP Padma Vibhushan Dr. V Shanta: Renowned cancer care specialist, dies at 93
** MIT students ace IIT Bombay’s TechFest
A team of four students from Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT), Manipal, recently won the first place at the TechFest conducted by IIT, Bombay, for developing a model that could prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The team comprised Paresh K.V., fourth year student, ECE, Sai Arvind Chinthanippu, fourth year, Mechatronics, Anukul Jindal, fourth year, ECE, and Sreerag Mahadevan Cheeroth, fourth year student, Mechanical.
Film stars descend virtually as 51st IFFI begins with precaution amid COVID-19 pandemic
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** Fashion designer Rahul Mishra debuts as jewellery designer
** Rahul Riji Nair’s Kalla Nottam wins Best Film Award at Kolkata International Film Festival
** The Keralite who spread Maara’s magic through his mesmerizing wall art in Chennai
Chris Blair Vincent, an artist, designer and founder of Silverbrush Studios, talks to Onmanorama about his journey of seeking the artist in him.
** Statue of Unity gets more tourists than Statue of Liberty: PM Modi
** Memorial for soldier who saved Tawang
The foundation stone will be laid on February 14, the day Maj. Khathing is believed to have hoisted the Tricolour in Tawang for the first time in 1951.
The Arunachal Pradesh government will build a memorial to acknowledge the contributions of Major Bob Khathing, a Tangkhul Naga from Manipur, for formally bringing Tawang under India’s administrative control in 1951 when the threat from neighbouring China loomed large over the frontier state.