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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

The Big Question on Rafale and the Farce of ‘Anti – National’

In this episode of Hafte ki Baat, Senior journalist...

My birth is my fatal accident, remembering Rohith Vemula’s last letter

His letter is a searing reminder of how little...

SC gives relief to dance bars, Maharashtra govt unlikely to dance to SC’s tune

The ban was overturned by the Bombay High court...

“From Shadows to the Stars”: A Tribute to Rohith Vemula

Rohith Vemula, a young Dalit scholar at the Hyderabad...

APCO to Kotler – The Artificial Glossing of Modi’s Image

Narendra Modi is the first mainstream Indian politician who...

ABVP planned JNU row in 2016 and shouted anti-national slogans: ex ABVP members

Jatin Goraya and Pradeep Narwal, the former vice-president and...

BJP leader in Thane found selling weapons from beauty shop

As many as 170 types of weapons worth around...

Indians should be ashamed over what’s happening to Anand Teltumbde

To arrest him is to try and silence a...

Is Bangladesh on the cusp of electing its first transgender MP?

The MPs elected to the parliament during the polls...

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