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Special Students watch telecast of India’s Gukesh Dommaraju competing against China’s Ding Liren during FIDE World Chess Championship.

How Chennai turned India into a chess powerhouse

  • World’s youngest chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju is from Chennai
  • One school chain, Velammal Nexus, has helped produce 22 Indian grandmasters
By Sanjay Kumar ·
A woman along with her belongings, wades through a flooded street after heavy rains in Chennai on December 6, 2023. (AFP)

Hundreds still stranded, plants closed in India’s flood-hit Chennai

By Reuters ·
Pakistan inspired by Anwar’s Chennai magic at World Cup

Pakistan inspired by Anwar’s Chennai magic at World Cup

By AFP ·
Renault-Nissan and Hyundai face shutdowns in India over workers’ COVID fears

Renault-Nissan and Hyundai face shutdowns in India over workers’ COVID fears

By Reuters ·
England tribute to phenomenal Root after double ton

England tribute to phenomenal Root after double ton

By AFP ·
Tens of thousands evacuated as India braces for cyclone

Tens of thousands evacuated as India braces for cyclone

By AP ·
700 tons of ammonium nitrate stuck in Indian port

700 tons of ammonium nitrate stuck in Indian port

By AFP ·
Doctors extract 526 teeth from Indian boy photos

Doctors extract 526 teeth from Indian boy

By Reuters ·
Cyclone 'Gaja' makes landfall in south India, kills 11 people

Cyclone 'Gaja' makes landfall in south India, kills 11 people

By Reuters ·
Veteran South Indian politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi dies

Veteran South Indian politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi dies

By AP ·
Special ‘Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3:’ A jaded cat-and-mouse roulette

‘Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster 3:’ A jaded cat-and-mouse roulette

By Gautaman Bhaskaran ·
India closes British-owned Vedanta copper smelter permanently after bloody protest

India closes British-owned Vedanta copper smelter permanently after bloody protest

By Reuters ·
MS Dhoni drives Chennai to five-wicket win over Bangalore in IPL

MS Dhoni drives Chennai to five-wicket win over Bangalore in IPL

By AP ·

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