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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

Election Watch Chhattisgarh: What do the Party Manifestos say?

BJP, Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Janata Congress Chhattisgarh have...

How anti-Semitic stereotypes from a century ago echo today

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Bangladesh: Decision on Rohingya repatriation today

Around 150 Rohingyas were set to return to Myanmar...

Remembering J.B Kripalani, the Congress chief who criticised Nehru, Indira Gandhi

The misguided youth of today, trying to build their...

19th-century Hindu reformers would cringe at the Happenings at Sabarimala Today

Congress and BJP have descended on Sabarimala temple in...

Mizoram assembly elections may get postponed

With less than two weeks left for the polls,...

Explainer: Why Sri Lanka is sliding into political turmoil, and what could happen next

This week, Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court made a dramatic...

34 eminent South Asians call for Shahidul Alam’s release

They have written to Prime Minister Sheikh HasinaPhotographer Shahidul...

Rafale Deal: Govt’s Reply to SC Reads More Like a Cover-up for PM Modi’s Culpability

The 16-page reply is silent on many questions but...

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