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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

SC judge visiting Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad says Guj HC order is in public interest

The Guj HC yatra took place in a symbolic manner in the temple premises after the HC quashed pleas for a procession

Reports of glaring vacancies of ASHA workers in Covid-19 hotspots, no pay emerge

It has surfaced that many states do not provide safety equipment to ASHA workers and most haven’t received their pay for months during the crisis

Kapil Mishra remains invisible and unnamed in Delhi Police charge sheet

“We will remain peaceful till Trump leaves. After that we will not listen to you,” Kapil Mishra had told Delhi Police official in February 2020

Migrants are victims, not criminals: Guj HC

The court granted bail to 33 migrant workers hailing from Jharkhand and West Bengal

US accuses India of unfair and discriminatory practices, restricts Vande Bharat charter flights

The US has also extended the 60 day ban on H-1B and H-2B visas, serving a blow to Indian IT companies

RJD on shaky ground in Bihar?

5 out of 8 MLCs jump ship to JD(U), Raghuvansh Prasad Singh quits

Delhi takes number two position nationwide as coronavirus cases cross 62,000

While five states – Bihar, Jharkhand, UP, Assam and WB saw a surge with migrants returning, the number of cases seems to be slowly decreasing now as the peak of this return is over

Sisodia urges Baijal to withdraw order ending home isolation

"Why should one go to a quarantine centre for checkup," the deputy chief minister asked the lieutenant governor

UBC confers honorary doctorate on Teesta Setalvad

Several well-known artists and activists also honoured

Haj 2020: GOI decides against sending Indian pilgrims to Mecca this year

Decision was taken in accordance with request made by Saudi authorities in wake of the Covid-19 crisis

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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