India Coronavirus Dispatch: Delhi runs short of space to bury its dead

Why Chandigarh students are shifting to govt schools, a peek into Delhi's post-Covid clinic, findings of Mumbai's second sero survey--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

Students shift to govt schools: Nearly 54 per cent of the students who sought admissions in Chandigarh’s government schools are those who have shifted from private schools. The UT’s education department said that this shift was due to financial crunch faced by the parents of students attending private schools post-pandemic. The admissions to the government schools took place in August and September this year through online mode. This is just another major change that school authorities are now dealing with since the pandemic hit. Private schools have hiked their fees since the Covid crisis began to be able to pay