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Women's chess championship: India, Kazakh draw 1st match of Quarterfinal

India drew 2-2 against Kazakhstan in the first match of the quarterfinals of the FIDE World Women's Team Chess Championship here on Thursday. India's No.1 player D Harika drew Zhansaya Abdumalik on the top board as did R Vaishali on the second board against Dinara Saduakassova. Bhakti Kulkarni's loss to Meruert Kamalidenova on the third board was neutralised by Mary Ann Gomes on the fourth, with a fine 85-move win over Gulmira Dauletova. Harika, who had a good run in the FIDE Online Olympiad recently with 7.5 points from her nine games, could not force a win against Abdumalik. Vaishali, who has been in good form in this tournament, held higher-rated Saduakassova. Kulkarni (Elo 2149) faltered against lower-rated Kamalidenova but Gomes saved the blushes for India with a win in a marathon encounter against Dauletova. India and Kazakhstan will play the second match of the quarterfinal later tonight. In the other first matches in the quarterfinals, Russia took a big step towards a sp

India, Kazakhstan carry out 5th edition of joint military drills KAZIND-21

India and Kazakhstan carried out the 5th edition of the annual bilateral joint exercise KAZIND-21 strengthing military diplomacy between the two countries

Bharti Group-backed OneWeb to provide satellite internet in Kazakhstan

The announcement coincides with the 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight

Kazakhstan cancels PNB subsidiary's licence for failing to meet norms

PNB holds 41.64 per cent in JSC Tengri Bank, the bank said in a regulatory filing

US sanctions Chinese officials over repression of minorities in Xinjiang

The US has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on three senior Chinese officials for alleged human rights abuses targeting Uyghurs, ethnic Kazakhs, in restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang province

Bek Air plane with 98 on board crashes in Kazakhstan, 15 killed

The plane was flying to Nur-Sultan, the country's capital formerly known as Astana

How Kazakhstan govt is using social media to tame rebellion

By 2013, the percentage of internet users had skyrocketed to 54% in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan ambassador to India boasts mutual ties between nations

Bulat Sarsenbayev spoke on the reception held in Imperial hotel to mark the 25th Independence Day anniversary of Kazakhstan