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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

BJP getting overconfident in Bengal after Bihar win?

Party proclaims will make Bengal into Gujarat, then the state chief compares state to Kashmir!

Delhi’s workforce voices their grievances at DRRAA’s Hunger Hearing

Keen on addressing the misconception that life has returned to normalcy after the coronavirus lockdown, the DRRAA organised a public hearing for the domestic workers, labourers and daily-wage earners of Delhi.

Meeting adjourned, farmers to meet Agriculture and Railway ministers on December 3

Government proposed formation of a committee to discuss contentious provisions of the farm laws with protesting farmers

AIKS organises nationwide rasta roko campaign

Farmers organisation plans a week-long protest to express solidarity with farmers in their demand for the withdrawal of the three anti-farmer-dubbed laws.

Employer and colleagues beat a man to death for demanding pending salary!

Killed for demanding his due, the man had come to Gurgaon hoping to get a job to support his family.

Shehla Rashid reveals domestic abuse history of father

Abdul Rashid Shora accused daughter of ‘anti national activities’ after he was restrained by court after family alleged prolonged domestic violence

Ensure proper medical treatment for Stan Swamy: Front Line Defenders

The international organisation expressed concern over the denial of a straw for the Parkinson’s Disease affected Jharkhand activist

Identity of the ‘Ordinary Indian’

Who is that silent yet preponderant Indian? Does he have no social character and ideological moorings?

Activists, intellectuals discuss the threat of NEP 2020 on Constitution Day

The AIFRTE celebrated Constitution Day with an online discussion on the new education policy and its impact on various sections of society

India says “Jai Kisan!”

As the peasants’ movement continues to gain momentum, more and more civic organisations and activists join in their voices to support Indian farmers.

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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