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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

Her ‘projected’ father’s daughter

Assam woman declared foreigner due to discrepancy in father’s name

LG grants Delhi Police emergency detention powers under NSA

Move comes in light of burgeoning anti-CAA protests in Delhi, fears of misuse of provisions against peaceful protesters

Hitler, Mussolini were products of democracy: BJP’s Ram Madhav

At the Raisina Dialogue he implied that the Opposition was involved in violence as it had lost in the democratic process

Turmoil in the North East: A Bru Story

Part-2 of a series that explores the diverse and complex socio-political dynamics in the Northeast.

Oppn ruled states object to question of ‘date and birthplace of parents’ in NPR

MHA officials say respondents can refuse to share information pertaining to the same

Modi must withdraw CAA: Ashok Gehlot

The Rajasthan CM said that the law was BJP’s plot to polarise the country

International educational institutions condemn police brutalities in JNU, Jamia, AMU

Education International, CSA and NTEU called upon the GoI to ensure that universities uphold democratic values and human rights for all

Performer stopped midway for dancing to “Qawwali”

The incident took place in Manjari Chaturvedi’s hometown where she was invited to perform by the UP government

NPR 2020: What does it want to know?

The Central government has released the NPR instruction manual directed towards guiding enumerators and state as well as district co-ordinators for conducting the updation of NPR.

After Kerala, Punjab Assembly passes resolution against CAA

“It is divisive and stands for everything opposed to a free and fair democracy” the resolution stated

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