Former students at a school set up for children of survivors of the 1984 disaster recall their families’ struggles in the aftermath. Oriya Basti school – also fondly known as the “barefoot school” because many of its children attend without slippers or shoes, as their families cannot afford to buy them – is one chink of light to have come …
The railways modified isolation coaches parked at the Shakur Basti Station here received the first suspected COVID-19 patient on Wednesday, officials said, adding around 15 more are expected to arrive. Around 50 such modified coaches are currently stationed at the Shakur Basti Railway Station's maintenance depot. "First patient arrived at Shakur Basti COVID Care Center of Railways in New Delhi. …
