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The Hindu
4 days ago
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- The Hindu
Women chess players must compete in open tournaments to improve, says Tania Sachdev
International Master and leading chess commentator Tania Sachdev suggested that women chess players should try to play more open tournaments to improve themselves, while also arguing that women-specific titles shouldn't be done away with. 'I feel like young girls should play in as many open tournaments as possible. They should train and compete against men and not focus only on women-only tournaments. But I also feel that there is no need to take away women's titles. Because, for many players, that is an aspiration, encouraging young girls to take up the sport. [Doing that] will take away an entire generation of chess players,' said Sachdev, who is in the city on commentary duty at the Chennai Grand Masters 2025. Sachdev believes a slower transition would be the key for women chess players to assimilate. 'I feel girls participating in open tournaments is great and through that getting these titles can be sort of a middle ground because I see value in both. I feel that young girls playing only women's tournaments will limit their potential a little bit,' says Sachdev. ALSO READ | Bodhana Sivanandan becomes youngest female chess player to defeat a Grandmaster The 38-year-old also applauded Indian players' performance at the recent FIDE Women's World Cup, where Divya Deshmukh beat Koneru Humpy in the final. 'I think the girls are also proving that they're not going to be left behind in this golden generation of chess. I think that the performance of having the two Indians, from different generations, in the finals is just so inspirational for young girls to watch that and to take up the sport,' added Sachdev. Sachdev was last seen in her playing role during India's gold medal-winning run at the Chess Olympiad last year. The two-time national champion has been a prominent presence in the broadcast scene and sees herself continuing in that capacity in the future. 'I don't think I want to balance [between playing and commentary]. I love commentating. I still want to play a little bit. I think I still have some game left in me. So, I will play maybe one or two tournaments a year. But I'm shifting pretty much full-time towards commentary,' added Sachdev.
Business Times
06-07-2025
- Business
- Business Times
ING looks to expand non-interest income pillars in Singapore to buffer rate risks
[SINGAPORE] Dutch lender ING is accelerating efforts to build up its fee-based revenue amid the prospect of lower interest rates. In Singapore, that means deeper investments in capital markets and advisory, and in transaction services. 'We've made some senior hires here in Singapore across both of those businesses; both across leadership and the levels below,' said managing director and Singapore country manager Anand Sachdev. 'The intent here is to leverage the strength of our balance sheet and our lending franchise, to then offer these capital markets advisory and transaction services products, and increase fee income growth – (reducing) our reliance on net interest income,' he said. In Singapore, ING's capital markets and advisory division includes debt capital markets, acquisition finance, corporate finance and loan syndication. The transaction services business covers trade finance, cash management and supply chain finance. Strengthening these capabilities is one of three priorities for the Dutch multinational's operations in Singapore, Sachdev told The Business Times in a recent interview. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up For the first quarter ended Mar 31, 2025, ING posted a net profit of 1.46 billion euros (S$2.19 billion), down 7.8 per cent from a year ago. Net interest income slipped 5.3 per cent to 3.6 billion euros, but was partly offset by stronger fee and commission income, which rose 9.6 per cent to 1.1 billion euros. Harnessing AI The bank's two other priorities in Singapore – which serves as its Asia-Pacific (Apac) headquarters – are to accelerate digital innovation, including the use of artificial intelligence (AI), and to push further on sustainability by supporting clients in their green transition. AI is having a 'huge positive impact' on banking in general, but it is on its own 'not a silver bullet', noted Sachdev. 'Trying to inject AI into fragmented and inefficient processes, on its own, is not going to solve complex problems,' he said. Instead, ING is using AI to 'marry up business and customer needs with technology, data and advanced analytics', he added. One example is ESG.X, an online tool developed in-house in 2023. It collects and assesses the publicly disclosed climate transition plans of ING's wholesale banking clients. The tool consolidates data from public databases and sustainability reports to produce a climate transition score for each client. This score reflects the maturity of a client's climate transition disclosures, based on publicly available information. As at end-2024, ESG.X had been used to assess the transition plans of around 2,000 clients. These scores are now factored into ING's internal risk assessment and transaction approval processes. 'Using that, we are really driving the conversation with our clients on what financing needs they have and how ING can support them in their transition ambitions,' said Sachdev. This year, ING plans to enhance ESG.X by incorporating year-on-year progress measurement. It also intends to capture private climate transition data when public disclosures are lacking, among other measures. 'Record quarter' in sustainable financing Sustainability remains a key focus for ING, Sachdev said, with 30.3 billion euros in sustainable finance volume mobilised globally in Q1 – a 23 per cent increase from a year earlier and the bank's strongest first quarter on record. In Apac, ING closed a record number of sustainable finance transactions and more than doubled the volume mobilised compared to the same period in 2024. The number of deals grew by over 50 per cent year-on-year. In Singapore, it served as the sole ESG (environment, social and governance) restructuring adviser for Stoneweg European Reit's 500 million euro green bond issuance in February. The bond was nearly five times oversubscribed. The bank continues to see 'lots of conversations' with clients on sustainable finance, with many pushing ahead on their decarbonisation efforts. 'Our own tools like ESG.X and others that we've developed and will continue to develop, is something that the bank is extremely focused on, given (that) sustainability is a key priority for us,' said Sachdev.
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26-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Sachdev on ending her first marriage: '20 weeks into my pregnancy, I felt this was not right and...'
Sachdev said, 'My ex-husband ticked all the boxes… He went to Wharton, worked at Morgan Stanley. I did mathematics at UCLA, a double major with UCLA and LSE… So I thought this is a perfect match.' read more Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Sachdev has recalled the time about ending her first marriage with American hotelier Vikram Chatwal. In an interview with Kin and Kindness on YouTube, Sachdev said, 'My ex-husband ticked all the boxes… He went to Wharton, worked at Morgan Stanley. I did mathematics at UCLA, a double major with UCLA and LSE… So I thought this is a perfect match.' She added, 'You know how you do your career path, but it doesn't always work. I thought I had it all right… but I guess I chose wrong. When I had her and I realised, a few 15 to 20 weeks into my pregnancy, I realised this marriage is not right. But I still continued to make this work.' STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD 'My ex-in-laws called me apologising… I wasn't valued or appreciated for the sacrifices I made. That was one victory.' Priya also fought a long custody battle and emerged victorious. 'The divorce wasn't easy, but I won those," she added. Karisma Kapoor's ex-husband and businessman Sunjay Kapoor passed away in England while playing Polo on Thursday due to a heart attack at the age of 53 in England. As per new reports, Sunjay swallowed a bee by mistake during a game of polo, which led to a heart attack. The businessman's sister Mandhira shared a long note along with their childhood pictures. The post also got a reaction from the businessman's first wife Nandita Mahtani. Mandhira wrote- 'My brother and I may not have spoken for the last 4 years, a silly sibling squabble escalated to crazy levels due to egos and natural bullishness, however, that will never take back what we were and what we had.'
Canada News.Net
23-06-2025
- Business
- Canada News.Net
"This is an escalation": Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev after US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev on Sunday described the US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities as an escalation to the week old Israel-Iran conflict, warning that the situation is likely to deteriorate further. His comments come in the wake of recent US airstrikes targeting three key Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordow, Iran's main enrichment location for uranium enrichment to 60 per cent. 'This is an escalation, and it seems there will be no end; the situation will worsen, go up and down. It seems that the region of the Middle East will now be plunged into Forever Wars... Iran will fight back with whatever resources it has. It will retaliate. However, it doesn't have much capacity, but it will still attempt to do its best,' he told ANI. Sachdev said that US President Donald Trump's claim of eliminating the entire nuclear programme of Iran is 'wrong'. 'Donald Trump is correct in saying that tonight's attack was a spectacular attack by the American Armed forces, but he is wrong in saying that this attack has eliminated the entire nuclear programme of Iran; it has not...... The Iranians have already trandffered Uranium though it is not weapon grade but whatever enriched uranium they had, it seems they have distributed and hidden in some other locations but yes, a major blow to Iran's nuclear programme has been delivered but it does not mean that the entire nuclear programme of Iran has been obliterated,' he added. He further said that Iran's attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz could lead India to suffer, as according to him, about 20 per cent of the world's crude oil and 25 per cent of the world's natural gas flow through one of the world's most important oil chokepoints located between Oman and Iran, connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. '...If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, India will definitely suffer. About 20 per cent of the world's crude oil and 25 per cent of the world's natural gas flow through these. Qatar's gas, which we buy, almost all flows through this. 70 per cent of Saudi oil comes through the Strait of Hormuz,' Sachdev said. 'India will suffer because oil prices will go up, inflation will rise, and there is an estimate that for every ten-dollar increase in the price of crude oil, India's GDP will suffer by 0.5 per cent,' the Foreign affairs expert added. After Northrop Grumman-made B-2 Spirit bombers struck nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, Trump, in his first public remarks, warned that he could order further action if Tehran does not agree to a satisfactory peace agreement. In his address to the nation from the White House on Saturday (local time), Trump said, 'There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than we've witnessed over the last eight days.' In a Truth Social post, Trump said, 'This cannot continue. There will be either peace or there will be a tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight's was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal. But if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill.' Trump also thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said, 'I want to thank Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we've gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel.' (ANI)
India Gazette
22-06-2025
- Business
- India Gazette
"This is an escalation": Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev after US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Foreign Affairs Expert Robinder Sachdev on Sunday described the US strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities as an escalation to the week old Israel-Iran conflict, warning that the situation is likely to deteriorate further. His comments come in the wake of recent US airstrikes targeting three key Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordow, Iran's main enrichment location for uranium enrichment to 60 per cent. 'This is an escalation, and it seems there will be no end; the situation will worsen, go up and down. It seems that the region of the Middle East will now be plunged into Forever Wars... Iran will fight back with whatever resources it has. It will retaliate. However, it doesn't have much capacity, but it will still attempt to do its best,' he told ANI. Sachdev said that US President Donald Trump's claim of eliminating the entire nuclear programme of Iran is 'wrong'. 'Donald Trump is correct in saying that tonight's attack was a spectacular attack by the American Armed forces, but he is wrong in saying that this attack has eliminated the entire nuclear programme of Iran; it has not...... The Iranians have already trandffered Uranium though it is not weapon grade but whatever enriched uranium they had, it seems they have distributed and hidden in some other locations but yes, a major blow to Iran's nuclear programme has been delivered but it does not mean that the entire nuclear programme of Iran has been obliterated,' he added. He further said that Iran's attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz could lead India to suffer, as according to him, about 20 per cent of the world's crude oil and 25 per cent of the world's natural gas flow through one of the world's most important oil chokepoints located between Oman and Iran, connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. '...If Iran closes the Strait of Hormuz, India will definitely suffer. About 20 per cent of the world's crude oil and 25 per cent of the world's natural gas flow through these. Qatar's gas, which we buy, almost all flows through this. 70 per cent of Saudi oil comes through the Strait of Hormuz,' Sachdev said. 'India will suffer because oil prices will go up, inflation will rise, and there is an estimate that for every ten-dollar increase in the price of crude oil, India's GDP will suffer by 0.5 per cent,' the Foreign affairs expert added. After Northrop Grumman-made B-2 Spirit bombers struck nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, Trump, in his first public remarks, warned that he could order further action if Tehran does not agree to a satisfactory peace agreement. In his address to the nation from the White House on Saturday (local time), Trump said, 'There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater than we've witnessed over the last eight days.' In a Truth Social post, Trump said, 'This cannot continue. There will be either peace or there will be a tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight's was the most difficult of them all, by far, and perhaps the most lethal. But if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill.' Trump also thanked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said, 'I want to thank Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we've gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel.' (ANI)
