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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

Victory! CJP secures release of four people from Assam Detention Camp

Previously released detainees pay it forward by referring new cases to CJP

Bombay HC’s Nagpur bench refuses to dismiss petition seeking CAG audit of PM CARES, issues notice

The petitioner has sought details on the amount collected by the fund, being a citizen of India and a donor to the fund

5 plus dead, 50 injured in chemical factory blast: Gujarat’s Dahej

Minutes after the blast, some workers managed to come out of the factory and informed the managers and owners

SC stays Gautam Navlakha’s bail proceedings at Delhi HC; NIA says HC acted without jurisdiction

The Delhi HC had deemed NIA’s decision to move Navlakha from Delhi to Mumbai “hasty” especially when his bail proceedings were pending before the court

Mob lynchings continue unabated despite Covid-19!

Six incidents of mob lynching reported from across India in a month

MP Forest Department allegedly burns down tribal family’s home

When residents contacted the forest ranger to report the violation, he threatened to burn more houses in the area!

Can’t keep accused in custody just to send message to society: Delhi HC

The court rejected Delhi police’s contention that releasing the accused on bail would send a wrong message to society. The court noted that the accused was among 2 people arrested for a crime committed by about 300 people.

Moody downgrades India’s rating to just above junk!

Big blow for PM Modi’s ‘Vikas Purush’ image

Muslim villagers in Bihar offer food to migrants on Mizoram-bound train in humanitarian gesture

Bihar was caught in a controversy after goons had attacked two north-east bound trains there last week

Unlock 1: Centre and States list lockdown exit strategy

The lockdown is in effect in containment zones till June 30, 2020

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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