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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

Bodies, believed to be of Covid patients, found floating in Yamuna

The locals and government officials have claimed that fear of cremation is leading to bodies being immersed in rivers

All you need to know about Mucormycosis

What is this “Black fungus disease” affecting Covid-19 patients?

IMA slams Union Health Ministry for failing to curb Covid-19

Calling out the glaring flaws of the current health infrastructure, the IMA suggests a well-planned lockdown, better testing, mutant tracking, and better funding in the health sector

We need to breathe!

The ‘George Floyd’ tragedy is painfully unfolding in India, today: thousands are dying, many in major cities throughout the country have no access to a hospital bed, oxygen or a ventilator

Drug to treat Covid-19 developed by DRDO approved for emergency use

The announcement of this new drug, which is in powder form and is to be taken orally after dissolving it in water, may bring a ray of hope for many

Election Commission’s Panel lawyer resigns citing conflict in values

Advocate Mohit D Ram says, “my values are not in consonance with the current functioning of the ECI”

Covid-19: Scientists say a third wave is inevitable; is India prepared?

Government seems busy with ‘effective communications’ when an emergency response is needed

RLD Chief Chaudhary Ajjit Singh dies of Covid-19

After more than two weeks of fight against the infection, Singh passed away on Thursday

EXCLUSIVE: 225 pilots Covid positive already but no vaccine or help from Air India: ICPA

Representative body of Indian Airlines Limited pilots condemns the national carrier’s behaviour towards its flying staff and threatens to stop work.

Supreme court strikes down Maratha quota law, says its unconstitutional

A five-judge bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan said that there was no extraordinary circumstance that required the Maharashtra government to break the 50% cap.

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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