Tidigare i dag gick det att läsa i ”The Hindu” att Världsmästaren Vis. Anand tackade nej till att bli hedersdoktor vid University of Hyderabad. Detta på grund av frågor om hans nationalitet som tydligen upprört honom (Anand är i Norge lördag-måndag och spelar snabbschack mot bland annat GM Magnus Carlsen. Läs mer under korta nyheter – ”Världsmästaren i Norge” – överst på denna sida).
World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand has declined to accept the honorary doctorate which was to have been conferred by the University of Hyderabad (UoH) at a special convocation during the ongoing International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2010.
Senare i dag hade han ändrat sig, efter det att Minister Kapil Sibal lagt nationallitetsfrågan till rätta, vilket också går att läsa i en artikel i ”The Hindu”.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal apologised to chess wizard Vishwanathan Anand on Tuesday over the controversy on conferring an honorary doctorate to him and made it clear that his nationality was never questioned by the ministry.
Anand has now agreed to accept the honour, Mr. Sibal said.
Replying to questions on reports that the ministry had raised doubts over the nationality of Anand, who had made Spain his second home for some years now but holds an Indian passport, he said, “There is no question, there is no issue. There is no question of nationality (about Anand).
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