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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 helps three more detention camp inmates come back home in Assam

All three Bengali Hindu detainees hail from extremely impoverished backgrounds, one of them is homeless

Vizag gas leak: High Powered Committee meets stakeholders, begins probe

The Andhra government has begun the process of returning the styrene stock to South Korea to HQ of LG Polymers

One killed, one injured critically by lynch mob in Jharkhand

The men were attacked on suspicion of being goat thieves in Jharkhand’s Dumka district

“We must all plan for the new world reality”: PM to address the nation at 8pm today

According to the government’s own data in the last 24 hours,  3,604 new  COVID19 cases  have been confirmed and 87 people have died of the disease.

Eight political parties condemn arrests of students and activists in letter to the President

The letter questions the timing of these arrests and condemns the use of UAPA against scholars; Representatives of the Congress (INC), Samajwadi Party (SP), Aam Admi Party (AAP) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and DMK are absent from the communication, though

Will the coronavirus be put on fast track when the special passenger trains start running?

If taking a rail journey was this simple even in the times of Covid-19, why are the state border sealed, public commute banned, and migrant workers still walking home?

Ahmedabad violence: Police accused of beating up, arresting innocents in Shahpur

Allegations of police brutality and violence against aged, disabled and pregnant women

After river-fronts, comes the season of water aerodromes

Priorities of Government of Gujarat in April-May 2020 amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

Free Safoora: Indians hold car rally in Canada in solidarity with student activist

Safoora Zargar was arrested by the police under the UAPA for being part of anti-CAA protests

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