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    When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims

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    Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh

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    Manipur: NSCN-IM objects to Meitei flag on peak held as sacred by Naga group

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    ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories

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    Can Indian MP delegations blunt Pakistan’s global narrative edge?

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    What the removal of actress Suchitra Sen’s name from a dormitory says about new Bangladesh dynamics

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    Twinkle, twinkle, little star: Cosmology and the composition of verse

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    ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation

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    Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge

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    Fiction: Satya flees to India after Partition and risks her life to secretly rescue abducted women

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Watch: Scuba divers with Chennai Chess Olympiad 2022 mascot Thambi play a game underwater

To celebrate the ongoing 44th Chess Olympiad, the mascot and other divers played a match 60 feet under water in Neelankarai, Chennai.

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Aug 02, 2022 · 04:16 pm
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'Thambi' dived into sea!@chennaichess22 @chesschennai22 @aicfchess @FIDE_chess pic.twitter.com/ZuJw7racvN

— Dr V P Jeyaseelan (@jeyaseelan_vp) August 1, 2022

Do you think Chess is played only on the land? Well, you are mistaken!🌟

While Thambi was exploring the underwaters of Chennai while displaying one of his several hundred superpowers, he found something unique! pic.twitter.com/m2MqsBQgR9

— Chennai Chess 2022 (@chennaichess22) August 1, 2022
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  1. When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims

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