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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

Analysis: SC order on plight of migrants and related media reportage

Government attempts to muzzle the media in wake of heart-rending images of migrants walking back home

Covid-19 : Indian Society of Labour Economics pens letter to GoI to ramp up relief measures

The organization has written to the Prime Minister and Chief Ministers of all states suggesting additional relief measures for the vulnerable population in lockdown

Trouble for Karnataka as state battles virus with drought looming ahead

Nine districts in Karnataka are currently facing a water-shortage problem

Centre’s counsel asks Delhi HC to hold officials responsible for lapse in Tablighi incident

While he blames Delhi government and its officials, he refrains from holding Delhi Police responsible

Covid-19: Guj HC asks Center and state to submit action taken report on isolation of Tablighi event attendees

The court said it will take necessary measures if it doesn’t find the report satisfactory

Indian medics: Why should we risk our lives?

Our doctors don’t have enough, but made in India PPEs allegedly sent abroad, CSR money being diverted to PM Cares fund

Covid-19: Bohra reformists step up relief provision in Udaipur

The Bohra Youth Association delivers at least 300 food packets daily to the marginalized communities hit by the lockdown

BJP MP’s daughter-in-law booked for allegedly abetting suicide of migrant employee from Meghalaya

In his suicide note, Aldrin Lyngdoh alleged that he had been discriminated against and was feeling stressed due to the lockdown

Corona’s mirror

Illustration Courtesy: Milind R.Barely a week of staying indoors,...

Hunger, accidents and apathy killed migrants walking back home amid the Covid-19 lockdown

After the announcement of the nationwide lockdown, migrants walked for hundreds of kilometers in a bid to reach their home villages

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