Leftist organizations and trade unions have been calling for greater protections for the most vulnerable in the face of COVID-19 pandemic

We also speak to Newsclick’s Editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha on the spread of the disease and India’s strategy to cope with it. In our last story, we look into the curious case of a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court being nominated by the president to the upper house of parliament just four months after his retirement.