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Daily Current Affairs 04.10.2019 1- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth jointly inaugurated two landmark projects in Mauritius through video conferencing. These are Phase-1 of the Metro Express and a new ENT Hospital. 2- Ameyo, a leading omnichannel call centre technology provider in India has been awarded the '2019 Contact Center Technology Award'. 3- OYO, the world's third-largest and fastest-growing chain of hotels, homes and spaces, has partnered with Biz2Credit, a leading online financing resource for small businesses, to provide working capital and commercial real estate loans to existing and potential hotel partners. 4- Miniya Chatterji Launches a Centre for Sustainability at Anant University. Miniya Chatterji is the CEO of Sustain labs Paris and considered one of the most influential practitioners of sustainability in India today. 5- Rohit Sharma and Mayank Agarwal became only the third Indian opening pair to share a 300- run partnership in the history of Test cricket. 6- Test opener Rohit Sharma equalled great Rahul Dravida's record of most number of consecutive fifty-plus scores in Tests in the country. 7- India's woman chess Grand Master (GM) Koneru Humpy has moved to the third spot in the latest rankings released by International Chess Federation (FIDE).The top two slots are occupied by two Chinese players Hou Yifan (2,569 points) and Ju Wenjun (2,586 points). 8- John Wiley and Sons Inc. a global leader in research and education, launched the WileyNXT Executive Education Program in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L), one of India's top autonomous public business schools. Write us - [email protected] .

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Annex 42 Commission for Women in Chess Batumi, Georgia 29Th
Annex 42 Commission for Women in Chess Batumi, Georgia 29th September 2018, 11.00-13.00 Chairpersons: Susan Polgar (USA), M. Fierro (ECU) Present: N. Cinar (TUR), P. Ambarukwi (INA), D. Chen (TPE), A. Sorokina (BLR), S. Johnson (TTO), U. Umudova (AZE), A. Dimitrijevic (BIH), K. Blackman (BCF), D. Murray (BCF), C. Zhu (QAT), P. Truong (CAM), M. Naugana (MAW), K. Howie (SCO), C. Meyer (USA), R. Haring (USA), U. E. Gronn (NOR), S. Bayat (IRI), S. Rohde (USA), M. Khamboo (NEP), Dr. G. Font (HUN), Dr. N. Short (ENG), A. Karlovych (UKR) MATTERS DISCUSSED At the beginning of the meeting, we addressed the items discussed in the official WOM report submitted to FIDE. The Chairperson (Ms. Polgar) especially praised FIDE for the Women’s World Blitz and Rapid Championships in Saudi Arabia which had a substantially increased prize fund, though it was only one third of the prize in the Open section. The total prize fund in the Women’s championships were $250,000 for each event. Beatriz Marinello reported on her project “Smart Girl” on behalf of the Social Action commission, which included projects in Uganda, Chile, France and the US. This projects seeks to increase participation by girls in chess in those countries. Martha Fierro elaborated on the project about chess in women prisons in Genoa, Italy, which involved the training of refugees in Italy who in turn, train women prisoners. Sophia Rohde from the United States shared some of the work their federation is in doing to promote chess for girls in the USA. They subsequently presented a video showing various interviews with young girls in chess, highlighting the benefits and challenges that they experience in chess.
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