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MOSCOW, March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Arkady Dvorkovich, President of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), presented Andrey Guryev, Vice-President of the Russian Chess Federation, with a gold medal for the significant contribution he has made to the development of the chess movement in Russia and abroad. The award marked the Russian National Team s victory in FIDE s first ever online chess olympiad.
The FIDE Online Olympiad held last summer was the largest tournament consisting of national teams ever held in a pandemic. It was a truly global competition, with 163 teams and over 1,500 chess players taking part.
Presenting the medal,
FIDE President and Chairman of the Skolkovo Foundation Arkady Dvorkovich, said that PhosAgro s support as a permanent general partner of the Chess Federation of Russia helped the Russian national team to put on an excellent game and secure a well-deserved victory.
Steve Martin quips he has no ‘fide resects’ after getting the COVID vaccine
Entertainment
American actor Steve Martin announced on Sunday that he received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Detailing his experience of getting the jab, the
Cheaper by the Dozen actor, 75, revealed that the entire process was as “smooth as silk.”
“Good news/Bad news. Good news: I just got vaccinated! Bad news: I got it because I’m 75. Ha!” he wrote on Twitter.
“The operation in NYC was smooth as silk (sorry about the cliché @BCDreyer!) and hosted to perfection by the US Army and National Guard. Thank you all, and thank you science,” he went on to say.
National
January 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani Thursday termed the presidential reference, filed by the President of Pakistan with reference to the Senate elections, is as mala fide and an attempt to mislead the Supreme Court (SC). “On the question of ‘open ballot,’ the federal government tabled the ‘Twenty Sixth Constitutional (Amendment) Bill’ on the 29th of October, 2020, seeking amendments in articles 59 and 226, Constitution, 1973 and the said bill was referred to and is pending before the Standing Committee on Law and Justice, National Assembly of Pakistan,” he said in statement on Thursday. Raza Rabbani said with such a bill, pending before Parliament, for the president to file such a reference, is impinging upon the sovereignty of Parliament to legislate. He said the federal government, having failed to materialise a 2/3rd majority to amend the Constitution in both the houses of Parliament, through this reference is trying to circu
Rabbani terms presidential reference as mala fide, bid to mislead SC
National
January 8, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Former Senate Chairman Mian Raza Rabbani Thursday termed the presidential reference, filed by the President of Pakistan with reference to the Senate elections, is as mala fide and an attempt to mislead the Supreme Court (SC).
“On the question of ‘open ballot,’ the federal government tabled the ‘Twenty Sixth Constitutional (Amendment) Bill’ on the 29th of October, 2020, seeking amendments in articles 59 and 226, Constitution, 1973 and the said bill was referred to and is pending before the Standing Committee on Law and Justice, National Assembly of Pakistan,” he said in statement on Thursday. Raza Rabbani said with such a bill, pending before Parliament, for the president to file such a reference, is impinging upon the sovereignty of Parliament to legislate.