Indian chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa has been confirmed as a participant alongside Magnus Carlsen in a 16-player Freestyle Chess tournament scheduled to take place in Las Vegas. The event features a prize pool of USD 750,000 and includes other notable players such as Arjun, Vidit, Ray Robson, and Sam Sevian, who replaced Alireza Maghsoodloo and Ian Nepomniachtchi. This tournament is part of the Chess Freestyle Grand Slam Tour. Meanwhile, a separate viral trend called "aura farming" has emerged on social media, inspired by a traditional dance from the Pacu Jalur competition in Riau, Indonesia. This trend has gained widespread attention, particularly due to an 11-year-old Indonesian boy, Rayyan Arkan Dhika, whose performances have garnered millions of views online.