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Delhi News Live Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the torch relay for the 44th Chess Olympiad at Indira Gandhi Stadium in Delhi. Union Minister Anurag Thakur, Indian Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand were also present. Over 2,000 chess players from 188 countries will participate in this Olympiad.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the main tunnel and five underpasses of the Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project, an integral part of the Pragati Maidan redevelopment exercise. The Pragati Maidan Integrated Transit Corridor project has been built at a cost of more than Rs 920 crore and is entirely funded by the central government. It is aimed at providing hassle-free and smooth access to the new world-class exhibition and convention centre being developed at Pragati Maidan to facilitate easy participation of exhibitors and visitors in the programmes being held there. The much-awaited tunnel and six underpasses that are part of the project is expected to ease traffic for 1 lakh commuters.

Meanwhile, even as the incidence of Covid continues to remain high in the capital with 1,534 new cases recorded on Saturday, hospitals say there is no need to increase the number of beds earmarked for the treatment of the infection as hospitalisations continue to be low. The number of active cases or those with current infection has shot to 5,119, however, just more than 200 people are hospitalised, according to the daily health bulletin released by the government.

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Delhi News Live Updates: PM Modi launches torch relay for 44th Chess Olympiad - The Indian Express