January 06, 2025 06:26 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Bharatiya Janata Party releases first list of candidates for Delhi Assembly polls, fields Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma against Kejriwal | Firecracker unit explosion in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar kills 6 | Body of independent journalist, who went missing on Jan 1, found in a septic tank in Chhattisgarh | Delhi: 14-year-old student stabbed to death outside school after brawl with classmate | Rohit Sharma confirms he is not retiring amid speculations after skipping Sydney Test | India objects to China's 'new counties' announcement, says parts of these come under Ladakh | No cause for alarm over HMPV virus spread in China: Indian Health Agency | PM Modi gives a call for change in Delhi launching fierce attack on Arvind Kejriwal's AAP | Quran open to passage glorifying violence, bomb-making materials tracked in New Orleans attacker Shamshud-Din Jabbar's home | Jasprit Bumrah leads India in series decider after Rohit Sharma opts to rest in Sydney Test amid poor show with willow

Narendra Modi congratulates Vishwanathan Anad for winning World Chess Championship

| @indiablooms | Dec 30, 2017, at 12:03 am

New Delhi, Dec 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Viswanathan Anand on winning World Rapid Chess Championship.

PM said, " Congratulations Viswanathan Anand .You have proven your mettle time and again. Your tenacity inspires us. India is proud of your exemplary success at the World Rapid Chess Championship."

Indian Chess grand master Viswanathan Anand defeated arch rival and reigning champion Magnus Carlsen to lift up of World Rapid Championship in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.

The Indian grand master registered his win in 34 moves.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.