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CHESS #1353

Carlsen ended with a record score of 26.5 despite two losses to Maxime Vachier Lagrave

Today's picks: From Sun Pharma to L&T, hot stocks to buy on Wednesday

Target prices, projected movements in terms of next session, unless otherwise stated

Today's picks: From Titan to Tata Steel, hot stocks to buy on Tuesday

For Titan, keep a stop at 1,135 and go long

Punting on election results

This is a short-term situation where traders could make big profits or big losses on their trading strategies

Political newsflow, global triggers may keep market volatility high

Q4 show may not be as impactful; volatility is most likely to spike some more after May 16, rising another notch after May 23

Today's picks: From Sun Pharma to Tata Motors, hot stocks to buy on Tuesday

For Sun Pharma, keep a stop at Rs 457 and go short

The limits of facial recognition

New privacy legislation will be required to limit the use of such technology and to provide checks and balances against abuse

Outbreak of 'yellow fever'

Central banks have started buying gold in large quantities and selling US dollars

Interesting times for equity investors

They stand to gain irrespective of who forms the next government at the Centre

Why betting on elections won't be legalised

But purely as a theoretical exercise, consider a system where political parties are funded by government largesse. Such systems exist in most democratic nations - India is big exception to the rule

CHESS #1350

The Grenke Chess Classic is interestingly poised

Not so secret ballot

There are no easy ways to anonymise voting data beyond a point without allowing massive scope for post-poll rigging

Debt carrying same risk as equity

The risk is especially high in long-term debt instruments

CHESS #1349

The Shenzhen GM has just got underway and the Grenke Chess Classic starts this weekend

Stalkerware: Violating your privacy by creeping up on you via your phone

Stalkerware is a subset of spyware - programs designed to infiltrate digital devices

Challenging times for Vodafone Idea

It could get pushed out unless it converts its voice-only customers to data users

Three cheers for a weak coalition

Policy is made by politicians working in tandem with favoured bureaucrats

CHESS #1348

Magnus Carlsen won the Gashimov Memorial at Shamkir with an amazing 2988 performance

The strangely magnificent technology used to capture the black hole on film

Black holes tend to be very massive but very small in volume

First ever images of black hole: How this landmark achievement came about

Apart from the basic science insights EHT has already produced, the technologies and algorithms developed for this research are likely to find many other applications