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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

Kashmir After Abrogation of Article 370: Lies and Propaganda Galore

Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.comIt is over three months that the...

Amnesty International targeted once again, this time by CBI

The government’s veiled efforts to completely clamp down human rights activists in India has now become quite apparent.

Office of NRC State Coordinator lying vacant for a week: Assam

Deadlock over appointment of Hitesh Dev Sharma caused by his biased propaganda on social media

SFI bags top four posts in Presidency University polls after 9 years

It wrested the union from the Independents’s Consolidation

Understanding SC Verdict while BJP promises defectors Ministership if elected: Karnataka

The Karnataka MLAs disqualification case recently adjudged by the Supreme Court reflected poorly on the political environment in our Country. Defection is an unhealthy practice and is a betrayal of the mandate of the voters. Here’s a look at why the judgment allowed the legislators to recontest and how was the disqualification upheld.

“Fee hike rollback is fake”: JNU students

The JNU Executive Committee has also proposed a scheme to provide financial help to students from the Economically Weaker Sections

Election Commission reveals Tatas gave Rs 356 crore to the BJP in 2018-19

This was the highest amount received by the party from any corporate

Babri-Ayodhya verdict: Will appeal for peace apply to Hindutva hardliners in future?

 With the exception of few, every leader of political...

Reading SC order on Ayodhya: Condemn the Sin but Concede to Sinners

Senior journalist Biswajit Roy decodes Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya and also highlights the 'twist in the logic' of the apex court

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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

Pradip Prabhu, who brought hope to the oppressed, is no more

An academic activist, Pradip Prabhu worked among Adivasis as also contributed to academia and path-breaking legislation for indigenous land rights

KPSS: Kashmiri Pandits need security, not ceremonial brotherhood

KPSS says Kashmiri Pandits cannot be expected to return to their ancestral homes while living with the possibility of renewed targeting