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Jun 15, 2018
No place for religious or cultural codes in sports, says Indian chess Grand Master Soumya Swaminathan on pulling out from Iran event
This is not the first time that Soumya has played in Iran. She had also played in 2011 in Iran when she was 22 years old and had then worn a headscarf. -
Jun 14, 2018
Soumya Swaminathan's decision to opt out of Asian Nations Cup in Iran is personal call that doesn't warrant politicisation
Soumya Swaminathan would be wishing that she made a personal decision, that it would be respected as such and best left at that. -
Jun 13, 2018
Indian grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan says she believes in all religions but it shouldn't be mixed with sports
Soumya Swaminathan opted out of the Asian Team Chess championship after she found out about the organisers' instruction of 'compulsory headscarf'. -
Jun 13, 2018
India chess star Soumya Swaminathan pulls out of event in Iran over compulsory-headscarf rule
India's chess Grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan has withdrawn from the Asian Team Chess Championship, set to be held in Iran from 26 July 26 to 4 August, over the compulsory-headscarf rule in the country. -
Nov 28, 2017
Centre allows Soumya Swaminathan to take over as Deputy Director General at WHO
The Centre has cleared Soumya Swaminathan, Director General (DG) of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), to take up foreign assignment as a Deputy Director General at the World Health Organisation (WHO) for about two years. -
Nov 23, 2017
ICMR's new regional centre in Gorakhpur to be operational soon, will conduct research on encephalitis
The ICMR is likely to get a new regional centre in Gorakhpur soon, to carry out research on Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) child mortality and malnutrition -
Oct 04, 2017
Soumya Swaminathan becomes first Indian to hold deputy director general post at WHO: All you need to know
Soumya's position is also the highest post held by an Indian in the WHO. -
Oct 04, 2017
Soumya Swaminathan is WHO's new deputy director-general; ICMR chief known for work on TB, HIV
Dr Soumya Swaminathan, director general of the ICMR, has been appointed the Deputy Director-General, Programmes, of the World Health Organisation -
Aug 10, 2017
ICMR head Soumya Swaminathan calls current state of affairs 'unsatisfactory', lays out new vision for health
"There are only a few medical colleges in the country that encourage and promote the culture of research and we need to ensure that in the coming years many more medical colleges and medical college faculty get involved in research,” says Soumya Swaminathan, director of the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) -
Sep 14, 2016
Chess Olympiad: Harikrishna holds Magnus Carlsen as India finish in a creditable top 6 position
A slip at the last hurdle saw both the Indian Men and Women teams missing their slenderest chances of a podium finish, in the eleventh and final round of the Chess Olympiad.
