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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

GN Saibaba gets medical care, khichdi, is safe from Covid: Maharashtra govt

The state has opposed GN Saibaba’s bail plea saying he gets adequate medical care, food, and is safe in his cell

ECI to probe Maharashtra electoral office hiring BJP linked firm

Election Commission of India's response to activist Saket Gokhale reveals Maharashtra CEO hired pro-BJP firm for voter awareness campaign

Gauri Lankesh’s Kannada news website banned by Facebook?

The slain journalist was a strong dissenting voice and the news website launched after her death continued her brand of fearless journalism

From Fauda to Ertugrul: Spreading radical agenda via entertainment

Both the series have polarised the majority and minority communities in India

Dairy farmers protest as milk procurement prices dwindle

While the farmers sold milk for Rs. 30 per liter to dairies at the start of the lockdown, low demand is now fetching them only Rs. 15 – 20 per liter

Amarnath Yatra cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic

The shrine board said that the decision was taken seeing the health concerns and the potential strain on the health system

Stop evicting workers from their homes in Bhilai: NAPM to Chhattisgarh CM

The government is planning to demolish 30 houses belonging to workers who work in factories in the Bhilai Industrial Area

Cancel mandatory university final exams: Joint Forum for Movement of Education

Demand to withdraw revised UGC guidelines about universities being required to complete final year examinations by September 2020

Bihar Adivasis revive the call for ‘Jal-Jungle -Zameen’

The Adivasis of Adhaora, Kaimur have been leading this struggle for decades, but the lockdown has exacerbated the government’s efforts to evict these tribes

Jammu and Kashmir: The impact of lockdowns on Human Rights

Forum for Human Rights in Jammu and Kashmir’s report highlights human rights violations in the UT

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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