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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

Probe claims of Rona Wilson’s laptop being hacked: Sudha Bharadwaj’s family and friends

Following cyber forensics reports by internationally-acclaimed Arsenal Consulting firm, friends and family of Sudha Bharadwaj demanded an independent examination into the findings

Covishield vaccine the costliest in India?  

With the new announcement of Rs. 600 per dose in private hospitals, Indians could end up paying the highest price for a single shot in the world

J&K forms task force to take on gov’t employees allegedly acting against ‘security of the state’

The administrative order draws its power from the Constitution which, in letter, empowers the President or Governor to take such action

Veteran Urdu publisher and writer Shahid Ali Khan dies

Khan’s bookstore was a treasure trove of valuable Urdu literature that is greatly appreciated by lovers of Urdu language.

Maharashtra: Think of lockdown after-effects, not just vaccination, says the Jan Arogya Abhiyan

The NGO recommends increased taxes on corporates and India’s richest one percent members for a COVID-response fund.

Battleground Bengal: Campaign ban on Mamata Banerjee parting shot by outgoing CEC?

The unprecedented action against a sitting Chief Minister raises concerns about political neutrality of a purportedly autonomous institution

Covid-19: Centre fast tracks emergency approvals for foreign produced vaccines

Russian-made Covid vaccine Sputnik V cleared for emergency use by the DCGI on a day that India’s reported over 1,61,736 new cases

Retail inflation rises to over 5 percent while factory output decreases: NSO data

Factors such as changing food and fuel prices along with the poor performance of manufacturing and mining sectors play a significant role in these percentage changes.

Babri demolition case judge appointed UP’s deputy Lok Ayukta

In his judgement delivered on September 30, 2020, Surendra Kumar Yadav had acquitted all surviving accused

Dalit trailblazer, Vira Sathidar succumbs to Covid-19

Although renowned for his work as an actor, Sathidar preferred to be known for his activist-work that voiced the plight of the Dalit community

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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