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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
Agra to be renamed? Univ panel to examine if city had ‘ancient’ name
The Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra has now constituted a committee to go into the issue, following a letter from the local administration, Vice-Chancellor Arvind Dixit told PTI on Monday. A former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA, late Jagan Prasad Garg, had demanded that Agra should be renamed Agravan.
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Condemning the arrest of over 100 Jawaharlal Nehru University...
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Thousands of teachers to cease work in West Bengal colleges today
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Students and members of ABVP have protested against his appointment in the Sanskrit department
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