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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

India’s Covid-19 tally so far: 80 lakh and counting!

14 percent rise with over 49,881 new infections recorded on Thursday, govt states 1 Crore tests done in past 9 days

HRDA condemns attack on TN journalist who exposed corrupt practices under MNREGA

The HRDA demands an inquiry against district officials who encouraged the corrupt activities and brutally assaulted journalist S. K. Lenin who brought such events to light.

76 foreign nationals on hunger strike at Delhi detention camp!

Inmates are protesting inhuman living conditions such as lack of proper drinking water

President Ram Nath Kovind suspends Delhi University Vice Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi

The President has ordered an inquiry into the allegations of dereliction of duties and lack of commitment and devotion to duty against the VC

Bihar Elections: First phase of voting concludes

71 constituencies went to polls, elections peaceful though not entirely drama free

Criticising the Government, not sedition: Uttarakhand HC 

The court quashed FIR against journalist Umesh Sharma and also directed the CBI to file an FIR and probe corruption charges against the Uttarakhand Chief Minister.

Aarogya Setu: Whose App is it anyway?

Central Information Commission issues notices to various ministries, CPIOs for failure to provide information on who created the app

Centre opens Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh to the property market

Opposition leaders flay the Centre’s move to allow all Indian citizens to buy land in the UTs

Repressing academic freedom is a known feature of authoritarian regimes: InSAF

International Solidarity for Academic Freedom (InSAF India) and the Global Diaspora Alliance express solidarity, demand release of academics, artists, writers, activists jailed under UAPA

Kerala: New base prices for 16 agricultural produce won’t benefit rubber farmers

Although state government’s new policy has been hailed by farmers, NGOs and public officers alike, the scheme fails to bring plantation farmers under its purview

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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