Articles

  • 4 days ago | chessbase.in | Sagar Shah

    Quantbox - Powering Arjun Erigaisi and Indian ChessI first met the people at Quantbox in July 2023 when I visited their office in Bangalore. Quantbox - a high frequency trading company, had just made the announcement of sponsoring Arjun Erigaisi for a period of 5 years with a deal of US$1.5 million (Rs.12.4 crores). What stood out for me on that day was the genuine warmth that all the members of the Quantbox team showed towards Arjun.

  • 1 week ago | chessbase.in | Sagar Shah

    From feeding tube to freedomFor most of us, eating is second nature — a daily act of nourishment, comfort, and connection. But for an 18-year-old Mohan Raj, a 10th standard student, a simple meal was a lifelong impossibility. From the moment he was born, Mohan had never swallowed a bite of food. Born to a humble family in Tamil Nadu’s Ranipet district, Mohan is the son of a driver. His parents first noticed something was wrong when, as a newborn, he choked with every attempt to feed.

  • 1 week ago | science.org | Mingming Zhang |Sagar Shah |Wei Wong |Chunxiao Ren

    Editor’s summaryThe transcriptional coactivator YAP promotes development and wound healing and is implicated in various diseases. Shah et al. found that YAP promoted cell motility by inducing a switch in the activity of Rho family GTPases. YAP-TEAD4 complexes mediated the induction of TRIO, a guanine nucleotide exchange factor that activated Rac1 and consequently inhibited RhoA, resulting in increased cell migration and invasion.

  • 1 month ago | medium.com | Sagar Shah

    Manual testing has come a long way from just “following test cases.” In today’s fast-paced development environments, testers are expected to be sharp, resourceful, and aligned with real-world product needs. But here’s a truth that’s often overlooked:The real edge in manual testing doesn’t just come from tools or scripts — it comes from how well you communicate, think, and understand the domain you’re testing in.

  • 1 month ago | chessbase.in | Sagar Shah

    Vantika, Sarayu, Sahithi, Charvi and Shubhi receive support from 64 Squares64 Squares, a joint initiative of Hyderabad-based Pravaha Foundation and Chess Startup, MGD1, is working to grow the stature of women’s chess in India. The 2025 cohort features a fellowship grant worth ₹1 crore (approx. US$117,000) that will back five exceptional chess players, including IM Vantika Agrawal, WFM Shubhi Gupta, WFM Charvi Anilkumar, as well as strong players WIM Sarayu Velpula and WIM Sahithi Varshini.