Two young girls of one family drown at NITK beach in Surathkal
Surathkal: Two members of one family drowned at the NITK beach in Surathkal on Sunday morning when they had come to the beach to complete rituals for the funeral of another member of the family.
The deceased have been identified as Vaishnavi (21) and Trisha (17), residents of Shaktinagar in Mangaluru. Vaishnavi and Trisha were reportedly first cousins. Vaishnavi was pursuing engineering in a private college in the city while Trisha was studying at Gurukul High School in Bengaluru.
According to the reports, Vaishnavi’s father Venkatesh along with his daughter and Trisha went into the sea when a high tide washed them away. Surathkal Police’s Home Guard who was present at the scene, along with other locals tried to rescue them and brought them ashore.
They were rushed to a local hospital for treatment in a police vehicle but both Vaishnavi and Trisha breathed their last before reaching the hospital. Venkatesh however, was rescued and is said to have recovered.
A case in this regard has been registered at Surathkal Police Station.
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Cheating made bigger than it actually is: Gukesh
Prague (PTI): World Champion D Gukesh has categorically stated that the problems around cheating in chess are made to be bigger than its existence.
Speaking during a press conference for the Prague International festival, Gukesh said he did not support Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who has been infamously levelling charges against quite a few chess players suspecting cheating during online games.
“Obviously, I’m against any kind of unfair or unethical play," “It’s a kind of problem that we have been seeing lately," Gukesh said.
The whole world had stood out for Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky of America who died at a young age of just 29 years. Naroditsky was a famous content creator in chess who appeared to be very emotional in his last stream just days before his untimely death.
Gukesh is not the only one to join the bandwagon as earlier World number one Magnus Carlsen, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich and Indian stars Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin had also criticised Kramnik as his allegations could not be substantiated with any definite proof.
Speaking about the forthcoming Candidates tournament, Gukesh said he did not believe in favourites and that he would love to play fellow city-mate R Praggnanandhaa.
Meanwhile in the first round of the super tournament, Gukesh will face Hans Moke Niemann of United States, another player who has fought his way to top level chess. Niemann is a dangerous customer and Gukesh likes to go for complex play which insures a fighting beginning for the World Champion.
The other Indian in the fray, Aravindh Chithambaram will take on Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, a recent winner of the Tata Steel Masters.
