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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

Centre seeks another extension till January 2022 to frame CAA rules

CAA aims to grant Indian nationality to persecuted minorities of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan except Muslims

Mumbo-Jumbo will Voodoo you!

Has the Voodoo of national security been cast to enfeeble and erase fundamental rights?

India’s Deep State: Is any citizen safe?

Crucial questions raised at online discussion co-organised by Free Speech Collective , NWMI and SabrangIndia on the implications of Pegasus Project, targeted surveillance and violation of privacy by the Indian Gov’t

No data on forest area under dispute: Centre in RS

In a written reply, the environment minister, Bhupender Yadav, told Rajya Sabha that the Union has not laid down any criterion to define forests

Turmoil in the North East: 5 killed as conflict re-erupts on Assam-Mizoram border

The age-old border dispute had been put on the back-burner due to Covid-19, but now requires urgent resolution

Pegasus scandal: Justice Lokur part of West Bengal’s inquiry commission

The two-member panel also includes Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya

Indian children grossly underweight or stunted across Indian states

41 percent children underweight in Bihar, 46 percent stunted in Manipur between 2019 to 2020 as per Centre's submission during the ongoing monsoon session; Centre could provide data only for 22 States and Union Territories

Parliament: Deluge of excuses, denials, disruptions dot 1st week of Monsoon Session

A stream of excuses and denials by government in Parliament compel citizens to keep a watchful eye. Here is a list:

No intention to bring in two child policy, fertility rates have declined: Centre in LS

At the same time UP has introduced a draft bill on population control and 3 BJP and 1 JD(U) Lok Sabha members have moved Private Members’ Bills on population control

Why has India still not ratified UN Convention against torture?

India still does not have a law condemning torture

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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