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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

Auction for Mining in 20 Coal Blocks given go ahead, protests break out: Jharkand

Mahasabha calls for mass protests against central government’s decision to allow commercial coal mining

Journalists, activists, express solidarity with Scroll’s Supriya Sharma

The journalist was recently booked for reporting uncomfortable truths from Uttar Pradesh, especially a village adopted by the PM

Uttarakhand: Van Gujjars injured, property destroyed in clash with forest officials

The forest officials even arrested more than 10 members of the nomadic tribe, who have been granted a stay on eviction from Rajaji National Park by the Supreme Court

UP Police book FIR against senior journalist, under multiple sections including SC/ST act

Image Courtesy:scroll.inA First Information Report (FIR) has been filed...

Stalled Murkongselek-Pasighat railway line grabs headlines amid escalating LAC tensions

The railway line is said to be strategic for ferrying soldiers and ammunition to the border but has been stalled due to land compensation issues

Assam’s flood situation turns grim as Brahmaputra and Jai Bharali continue to flow at dangerous levels

Flash floods and landslides have affected thousands of people across the state

Delhi Health Minister, AAP MLA Atishi test positive for coronavirus

The capital has decided to start the use of Rapid Antigen Methodology to increase testing

India elected as non-permanent member of United Nations Security Council

It was the only candidate from the Asia Pacific category

Delhi HC seeks status report from police by June 23: Safoora Zargar’s Bail Plea

Safoora’s bail plea was rejected by the Sessions Court earlier in June 2020 after it held that there was prima facie evidence to show that there was a “conspiracy” to, at least, blockade the roads

SC dismisses PIL seeking direction to Centre to approach ICJ against China

The bench headed by the Chief Justice of India refused to entertain the plea, which claimed that coronavirus was biological weapon created by China

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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