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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

States start using Disaster Relief fund to help combat COVID-19

The Centre recognised the disease as a “notified disaster” under the Disaster Management Act but has limited disbursement

Lives of the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’ in the times of Corona

How exclusion and poverty make our underprivileged more vulnerable

Four accused in Coimbatore unrest charged under NSA

The police acted fast after initially booking only the suspects belonging to Muslim community under UAPA

Covid-19: No international flights to land on Indian soil starting March 22

The government has already banned entry of passengers from severely Covid-19 hit countries in India

RSS cancels meeting in B’luru over Covid-19; Twitter slams them for hyporcrisy

Tweeple pull up RSS asking why it cancelled the meeting if it and its affiliates promote cow urine as a cure for coronavirus

Bhiwandi Shaheen Bagh to go on with only 5 protestors till March 31 due to Covid-19

The organizers of the Bhiwandi Shaheen Bagh said that keeping public safety paramount, the protest would go on symbolically until further orders

Statelessness a greater fear than COVID-19?

Apparently yes, as many people still queuing up to get their names corrected at Aadhaar centres and protestors still staying put.

Haji Ali, Mahim Dargah close for devotees amid Covid-19 pandemic

“People’s lives are of utmost importance,” said trustee Suhail Khandwani

Citizens pen five-point letter to Centre and State gov’t to tackle Covid-19

The letter talks about a subsistence scheme for vulnerable citizens and the postponement of discussion and implementationon contentious issues

BREAKING: NRC related activity put on hold in Assam due to Corona Virus

Rejection slips will not be issued from tomorrow, NSKs shut down

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