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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

Karnataka’s Brahmins can get caste and income certificates, avail 10 percent EWS benefits

Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board had been set up before 2018 Assembly elections, by JD(S)-Congress govt

Zakir Naik Showcases the Rot within Islamic Theology

Image Courtesy:economictimes.indiatimes.comFor the Rwala Bedouins of Northern Arabia, heaven...

Covid 19 and furthering of sectarian agenda in education

Chapters on human rights and secularism deleted from curriculum

They abused us, asked us to worship their idols: Christians attacked in UP

Vikash a young Christian preacher recalls how he recently escaped from a right wing mob in Azamgarh

Three suspected Bangladeshi cattle-smugglers lynched in Assam

Second such incident in Karimganj, near the Bangladesh border, since June 1 this year

Why is the Ashok Gehlot Govt invoking Sedition law in Rajasthan?

MLAs are public servants, and they can be prosecuted for such offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, says PUCL

Did Labour Ministry delete its paper on Gov’t ban on asbestos mining and use? 

Paper was presented at India-EU Seminar 2011, but asbestos still used for for making Amphan, Covid-19 shelters, says Toxics Watch Alliance

Terrorised by trolls, comedians apologise for hurting religious sentiments

Many comedians reported that their numbers and addresses had been leaked and that they were getting threats to life and that of their families too

NHRC demands report on Varavara Rao’s health, jail condition

National Human Rights Commission issues notices to Maharashtra Chief Secretary and Director General (Prisons) seeking report within two weeks

Save his life: Poets and writers appeal to President of India to help Varavara Rao

Rao (79) is suffering from Covid-19, contracted due to abysmal conditions at Taloja jail, says family

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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