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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

Caste, class, and a Pandemic: India 2020

The consequences of CoronaVirus Global Pandemic have laid bare the extreme social divisions of India in an unprecedented and painful manner. Is India fighting too many internal battles while also fighting a Pandemic?

Affluent flyers bring Covid-19 to India, but mainly chawls and slums sealed off

Worli Koliwada, a Prabhadevi chawl, Jambhlipada in Kalina, Lokhandwala in Kandiwali, Bimbisar Nagar in Goregaon and Neelkanth Regent in Ghatkopar have been completely sealed off in Mumbai

Covid-19: Worli-Koliwada sealed, residents struggle for essentials

TV channel reports people took a boat to Mahim to buy groceries, 3 people arrested

Madhya Pradesh invokes NSA against 4 who pelted stones on frontline workers amid Covid-19

The Uttar Pradesh gov’t too invoked the NSA against 6 Tabhligi Jamaat quarantined members after nurses complained of misbehaviour

The Great Betrayal of Aam Aadmi Party

 Image Courtesy:tribuneindia.com They came with a promise of cleansing the...

Stop publicity of AYUSH-related claims for COVID-19 treatment: Press Council

Science journals across the world have already dismissed claims of homeopathy etc curing or preventing Covid-19.

All who spread fake news and incite communal hate will face strict action: Jharkhand DGP

As an increasing number of social media posts targeting minorities surface, police officials and state heads say those who instigate hate won’t be spared

9 PM for 9 minutes: When the lights of India go out

Maharashtra Power Minister raises concerns, viral whatsapp forward about power grid collapse shot down by Karnataka power officials

Covid-19: NE on high alert after cases spike, 6 states close borders with Assam

Arunachal Pradesh reported its first case, Nagaland and Tripura take readiness measures

Dealing with Corona Virus: No place for blind Faith

A historian explains why we must invest our faith in science to tide over the Covid-19 pandemic

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