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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

Media, right-wing spew venom over Sushant Singh Rajput’s death

The Maharashtra Cyber police also warned social media users of circulating ‘disturbing’ photos of the deceased actors

Adieu Justice Suresh: His voice was his conscience

Activists and lawyers hold condolence meeting remembering Justice Hosbet Suresh’s life and work 

Remembering Hosbet Suresh: A voice for the voiceless and my chamber mate of 37 years

Senior Advocate Yusuf Muchhala pens a heartfelt eulogy to late Justice Hosbet Suresh (retd) who was a lifelong defender of human rights

Shortages of doctors, blood as healthcare crisis grows in Gujarat

With nurses protesting and fatality rate going up, Covid's grip tightens around the state

Are you protected by anti-Sexual Harassment laws when you work from home?

With virtual office space becoming or about to become the order of the coming days, it is important to keep the work space safe and secure for all employees especially women.

Jharkhand’s surrendered Naxals get gov’t grants

While two former naxals got Rs. 4 lakh each, 11 others got Rs. 2 lakh each

Defy, resist, combat: Farmers’ unions call for massive mobilisation

All India Kisan Sabha, All India Agricultural Workers’ Union and Centre of Indian Trade Unions will lead a nationwide mass movement on August 9

US slams India yet again on subject of religious freedom

International Religious Freedom Report for 2019 asks tough questions about CAA, cow vigilantism and Kashmir

“Obviously it is the government’s fault,” Sheen Bharti, Ajay Pandita’s daughter to the Centre

Larkipora’s sarpanch Ajay Pandita Bharti’s daughter puts the Union Government in the dock, seeks answers, and justice

K’taka Govt decides to honour Savarkar, a collaborator with both the British & Muslim League

Apart from collaborating with the British, the Hindu Mahasabha, which he led, had coalitions with the Muslim League and, in fact, wanted the king of Nepal to rule India if and when the British left

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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