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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

CAA rules yet to be framed, NRC in Assam yet to be notified, says MHA

The government was faced with questions about NRC in Assam and CAA on the second day of budget session

UP: Maximum prison CCTVs, yet maximum custodial deaths?

The Ministry of Home Affairs was questioned on number of CCTVs and video conferencing facilities in prisons

Electricity workers and farmers unite for Feb 3 protests

Concerned about the possible enactment of the Electricity Bill, peasants and workers will come together on Wednesday to decry the anti-people policies of the central government.

Government tries to dodge questions about NRIC, says no decision yet

Says it will use social and traditional media to dispel fears about Census and NPR

Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today

Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?

Budget 2021-22 disappointing: Farmers’ Unions

Farmers and trade unions say the Centre continues to peddle lies and brazen privatisation while betraying people’s demands

Sub-standard testimony of survivor, no scuffle: Bombay HC acquits rape accused

The trial court had acquitted the man under the POCSO Act but convicted him for rape under the Indian Penal Code

Coming soon! The Right to Laugh: a virtual comedy show

South Asian American comedians stand up for jailed Indian comedian Munawar Faruqui, who remains in jail, to hold online show on February 6

Jharkhand, Manipur case clearance rate of 100 per cent: IJR 2020

The report ranks states on various quantitative measurements of budgets, human resources, infrastructure, workload, diversity across police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid

PIL in Delhi HC seeks release of over 200 ‘illegally detained’ farmers

The PIL filed by a law student states that Delhi Police did not follow procedure established by law after detaining such persons thus it amounts to illegal detention

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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