India Coronavirus Dispatch: Stigma is the main worry for Dharavi residents

Trauma of a JEE aspirant, how erratic weather is confusing Karnataka medics, citizens' woes as Vasco becomes Goa's first containment zone--news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

An exam amid pandemic: This story follows the life of a JEE aspirant as he prepares to appear for the ‘most important exam’ of his life. Students across the nation were unhappy with the government’s decision to go ahead with entrance tests during the crisis and their anger only grew after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of holding the exams in under four minutes of the hearing. Repeated rescheduling and looming uncertainty made the situation even more stressful for students. The aspirant, hailing from a lower middle class family, found the lack of arrangements especially jarring as the family