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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

Meet Ishrat Jahan citizen, advocate, activist, politician, daughter, sister, and wife

Fifteen months after she was first incarcerated, her bail application will be heard on Friday July 23

After 15 months in jail, Ishrat Jahan awaits bail: Delhi Violence Case

A lawyer-activist charged under the draconian UAPA, her bail application comes up before the Karkadooma court tomorrow. A timeline of her case under two different FIRs:

Tax raids unleashed on Dainik Bhaskar, Bharat Samachar media groups

Raids at Dainik Bhaskar premises in Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat Maharashtra, Bharat Samachar at Lucknow

Pay heed to Article 21 and its order in the Kanwar Yatra case: SC to Kerala Gov’t

Supreme Court has termed Kerala govt’s three-day relaxation in Covid restrictions due to Bakr Eid alarming, other states issue protocols ahead of festival

No Covid-19 deaths due to oxygen shortage reported by States/UTs: Centre in RS

The Health Ministry said that States and Union Territories have not reported any deaths due to oxygen shortage or inadequate medical infrastructure

No data on witnesses killed, turned hostile: Centre in Lok Sabha

The MoS Home Affairs, has answered in the Lok Sabha that data on witnesses killed is not centrally maintained

Make Right to Health a fundamental right: Oxfam India’s report on unequal healthcare

A detailed and comprehensive analysis, uses data since 2015-16 to understand the persisting issues of health inequalities in India

Pegasus spyware trotting into ministers’ phones, who is next?

In Parliament, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw dismissed surveillance of journalists, however he too is on the ‘list’ say latest reports

Why are so many people mourning Danish Siddiqui?

The photographs he took showed truth to power, and had empathy with the common man

Malad’s slum-dwellers demand immediate rehabilitation

Trapped within the danger-zone that residents call a “dump,” Ambedkar Nagar residents stage a protest, as Maharashtra CM for homes

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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