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CHESS #1394

The Candidates tournament has been cut off due to Russia closing borders on Friday.

Space exploration and calamities

The COVID-19 pandemic will upset the timelines of Nasa's next manned missions to the Moon

CHESS #1393

If any participant contracts Covid-19, the event will be "frozen" and finished six months later

Don't increase your equity allocations

Better bargains may be available in the next few months

The post-COVID-19 world

Policymakers and pharma companies will have to work together to speed up trials of new vaccines and legislate to ensure essential drugs and tests are affordable and available

Chess #1392

As of now, the Grenke Open, scheduled for mid-April in Germany is on. But Germany has issued advisories against large public gatherings and Grenke is massive

Today's picks: NTPC to Larsen & Toubro, hot stocks to watch on Friday

For NTPC, Keep a stop at 95.5 and go short

Chess #1391

The Third Grand Prix tournament for women is in play at Lausanne, Switzerland

Making sense of Covid-19: Panic looms large, perspective is in short supply

The disease could go down several paths. One possibility, the least likely, is that it will just disappear. The most likely is that it will have seasonal impact

Today's picks: Asian Paints to Hindalco, hot stocks to watch on Friday

For Hindalco, keep a stop at 157 and go short

Today's picks: Tata Steel to Wipro, hot stocks to watch on Thursday

For Tata Steel, keep a stop at 380 and go short

Rupee could come under pressure

High fiscal deficit and poor export performance are two possible triggers

The flawed idea of eugenics

Eugenics was put on a pedestal by scientists in the colonial era

Chess #1390

There's controversy brewing around Regium Chess, a new "chess-tech" company

Manipulating individual atoms

The results of a new experiment by a team from the University of Otago can have huge applications in nanotechnology in the future

The telecom mess

If the sector turns into a duopoly (ignoring the struggling BSNL-MTNL combine for the moment), Airtel and Jio will find it hard to absorb the 300-million-plus VIL customers who will have to be ported.

Threat... and opportunity

One positive outcome of the coronavirus crisis may be a review of vaccine research and development processes

CHESS #1389

The Madras High Court has set aside the election process to the All India Chess Federation

Are food and political preferences correlated?

We need more granular, hyper-locational data to see if there is a strong overlap in votes and diet, of course

CHESS #1386

Fabiano Caruana produced a standout performance to take the Tata Steel with a round to spare