World’s largest asset manager BlackRock to employees: You cannot carry your phones and laptops to China, instead …

BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has restricted employee device usage in China due to rising US-China tensions. Staff must now use temporary phones and cannot use company laptops. This policy enhancement, effective July 16, reflects growing corporate anxiety after incidents involving Western executives being prevented from leaving China.

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Chess | FIDE Women’s World Cup: India stars Koneru Humpy, Divya Deshmukh hold firm with semifinal first-game draws

In their first games of the FIDE Women’s World Cup semifinals, India’s Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh secured draws against their Chinese opponents, Tingjie Lei and Zhongyi Tan, respectively. Humpy, playing black, comfortably neutralized Lei, while Deshmukh’s solid defense thwarted Tan’s attempts. With the return leg seeing both Indians playing white, their chances of advancing…

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Vijay Deverakonda is back home from hospital after recovering from dengue, set to begin promotions for ‘Kingdom’: Report

Tollywood star Vijay Deverakonda is all set to make a big-screen comeback with his film ‘Kingdom’, and recent reports regarding the actor’s hospitalisation due to dengue had worried his fans. New reports now suggest that the actor has since been discharged from a private hospital in Hyderabad and is currently recovering at home.

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