Day: May 17, 2020

Celta’s Sisto fined for driving home to Denmark: reports

11:57 pm May 17, 2020

Madrid: Celta Vigo attacker Pione Sisto was fined a club record 60,000 euros ($65,000) for driving 3,000km home to Denmark by breaking strict coronavirus measures, local media reported on Sunday. The 25-year-old Danish international made the journey on March 27 as Spain was under lockdown and returned on May 6 to Galicia before refusing to […]

China warns US of ‘all necessary measures’ over Huawei rules

11:51 pm May 17, 2020

Beijing: China’s commerce ministry says it will take all necessary measures in response to new U.S. restrictions on Chinese tech giant Huawei’s ability to use American technology, calling the measures an abuse of state power and a violation of market principles. An unidentified spokesperson quoted Sunday in a statement on the ministry’s website said the […]

COVID-19 cases in Pune cross 4,000-mark; death toll 206

11:42 pm May 17, 2020

Pune: With 223 new detections, the number of COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra’s Pune district mounted to 4,018 on Sunday and that of fatalities to 206 with 11 more people succumbing to the viral infection, a Health official said. “Of the 223 new cases, 209 were reported in Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits, eight in neighbouring […]

Man loses Rs 38.50 lakh to online fraudsters

11:38 pm May 17, 2020

Pune: A real estate developer from Pune in Maharashtra was duped of Rs 38.50 lakh by online fraudsters under the pretext of procurement of a particular oil used for making a “vaccine” in the USA, police said on Sunday. The complainant lost the money in 14 different transactions between February and April this year, a […]

FIDE Online Chess Olympiad to start on July 25

Chess Gurukul wins Indian chess league

11:33 pm May 17, 2020

Chennai: Chess Gurukul, comprising young Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa and Karthikeyan Murali, beat Super kids in the ‘Superfinal’ on Sunday to win Indian chess.com League. Praggnanandhaa drew his game against fellow prodigy and GM Nihal Sarin to help Chess Gurukul captained by noted coach R B Ramesh clinch the title. In an earlier game of the […]

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