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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

Save the Saviours! IMA’s theme for National Doctors’ Day 2021

The medical association honours all healthcare and frontline workers for their dedication during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Justice PB Sawant: A strong voice a social & political conscience

CJP celebrated the extraordinary jurist’s life and legacy with his family and friends on what would have been his 91st birthday

How many “natural disasters” until the govt takes notice of Ambedkar Nagar residents?

A resident of this low-income neighbourhood in Mumbai's Malad area, and an interim report highlight the exclusionary tactics of India’s city of dreams

Indian Police Force: Abusive and tyrannical?

Despite the shocking number of police and judicial custodial deaths, very little seems to have been done about it

Unmaintained Toilets ‘hotbeds’ of Corona spread in India: Pragya Akhilesh

Interview with a sanitation crusader, often hailed as the “Toilet woman of India”; she found 46,000 active ‘dry latrines’ in India

The Spectre of Opposition Unity

They have all had a hand in weakening the foundations of democracy and paving the way for the present dreadful strength of the despotic forces

Prevention of torture Bill – the forgotten law

Questions about a law to tackle the menace of custodial deaths have been raised five times over three sessions in the Parliament this year; and questions about prison reforms, on the same lines have been asked many more times. The question of assigning punishment for custodial deaths has become all the more pertinent now, in the wake of the shocking encounter of the 4 accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder case.

From Lodi to Modi, Kabir will continue to be more powerful

June 24 marks the birth anniversary of a revolutionary poet and saint whose rebellious rhymes will always remain relevant

Was the entire Assam NRC process in vain?

Complaint against former NRC Coordinator alleges manipulation at the family tree verification stage

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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