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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

Communal statements by Muslim Maulanas come to the rescue of Modi & Mohan Bhagwat

It’s clearly not a coincidence that at the recent...

Shutdown Observed in Parts of Kashmir Against Ongoing ‘Eviction’ Drive

Many shopkeepers alleged that they received calls from the authorities to open their shops

29% increase in daily wage workers suicides in 2 years: Labour Ministry

The increase in incidents needs to be seen in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic during which migrant daily wage workers were amongst the worst hit section

Farmer suicides: From 2019 to 2021, more than 5000 farmers died by suicide each year

From the 3 controversial farms laws to decreasing allocations in every major schemes for the farmers, whose interest is the government protecting?

Dr. Ambedkar, India’s 1st Law minister’s resignation letter missing from records

Despite an extensive inquiry and search, the document could not be located: President’s Secretariat

Crackdown on child marriage claims four lives, including three women and one child

As of Friday, February 10, 2789 individuals have been arrested in Assam for child marriage, causing chaos in the jails and administration due to limited space.

J&K: Row over Proposed Move to Make Hindi Language ‘Mandatory’ for Students

The NC and CPI(M) leaders said that they are not hostile to the Hindi language but argued against its imposition without taking into account the social and historical realities of Jammu and Kashmir.

Is Modi govt in denial about female genital mutilation in India?

At the 41st UPR recently, Costa Rica recommended India develop a national plan to tackle an issue that is barely spoken about; so far the Modi regime, immune to international scrutiny, has had an ostrich like attitude on the subject

UP cancels Adani’s tenders even as RSS’ Organiser inspires a social media onslaught alleging a conspiracy against ‘Adani brand of nationalism’

UP and AP are two Indian states apart from the Maharashtra HNPT that have cancelled Adani tenders and penalized the conglomerate for concealing facts, bad business practice; yet RSS’ Organiser and BJP IT cells trolls equate the exposure of Adani by Hindenburg to an attack on ‘India’

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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

Six-year-old detained during Patna teacher aspirants’ protest, parents allege police assault

Patna Police say the child was ‘rescued’ from a potentially dangerous crowd, while his parents allege that the family was taken to a police station, where they were assaulted and kept for nearly seven hours

The ‘Reservation Hatao Andolan’ Isn’t a Gen Z Uprising. It’s a Rerun

The demand to “remove reservation” is one of the oldest, most recycled slogans in independent India’s political life, and it has failed, in more or less identical form, every single time it has been tried.

112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity

Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.

Eid Milad 2026: Processions, clashes and the politics of communal provocation across India

From Mumbai’s Parel-Chinchpokli belt to Bengaluru and Rajasthan, August 26 saw a series of confrontations, disputes and allegations of provocation around Eid-e-Milad processions