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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

MHA defers making CAA rules, seeks another extension

Unless the rules are notified, CAA cannot be implemented

Anti-AFSPA march in Nagaland

Two-day march from Dimapur to Kohima to conclude tomorrow

Cops didn’t intervene to save Simdega lynching victim: Widow

Mob of over 200 people beat up the man on allegations of tree felling and then set his body on fire!

Punjab: PM Modi’s convoy blocked by protesters

The Prime Minister’s vehicle was stuck at the flyover for nearly 20 minutes

Outrage against BSF jurisdiction at Bengal border

Previously, the West Bengal Assembly has passed a resolution against the Centre's decision to extend BSF's jurisdiction, amid opposition by BJP legislators; now civil society organisations and common people are protesting

FCRA licenses cancelled: What happens now to the social work and institutions run by these NGOs?

Oxfam India reminds gov’t how it listened to PM seeking NGOs’ help during pandemic; around 6,000 organisations have been taken off the FCRA list, but no clarity why

No respite for Nagaland, MHA extends AFSPA for six months

Even though the Centre announced the formation of a panel to examine the possibility of withdrawal of AFSPA, it has yet again extended the provisions of the draconian law in the state

2021: The year of evictions

Families rendered homeless amidst a raging Covid-19 pandemic and sometimes even during the monsoon season

Restore electricity in Ajmer prison: PUCL

Prisoners foresee a cold, dark winter filled with dangerous reptiles

Death came calling with a vengeance in 2021

Covid-19, war, targeting and government apathy claimed many lives in 2021; most of those lost are best remembered as martyrs 

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The Ambedkarite Champ: 15-year-old Vandan Sawai defeats chess great Magnus Carlsen

Delhi Class X student beat Magnus Carlsen in an online blitz game after returning from a six-week Europe trip; his parents learnt about the result later from his Chess.com profile

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions

Pradip Prabhu, who brought hope to the oppressed, is no more

An academic activist, Pradip Prabhu worked among Adivasis as also contributed to academia and path-breaking legislation for indigenous land rights