{
  "id": 19599724,
  "title": "Rs 50 lakh debt, visa nightmare: Indian chess prodigy risks losing US scholarship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/rs-50-lakh-debt-visa-nightmare-indian-chess-prodigy-risks-losing-us",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-12T03:30:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/chess/rs-50-lakh-debt-visa-nightmare-teenage-indian-chess-prodigy-risks-losing-us-scholarship/articleshow/135753600.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Seventeen-year-old Indian chess prodigy Md Imran is just one Grandmaster norm away from the coveted title, but a US visa crisis threatens his full scholarship at the University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley. After losing his passport and visas in Slovakia, he faces mounting family debt, bureaucratic hurdles and a January 2027 deadline that could derail his chess and academic dreams.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - Lifestyle",
        "title": "China visa rules: 6 documents Indian applicants need to keep ready",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/china-visa-rules-6-documents-indian-applicants-need-to-keep-ready",
        "published": "2026-11-11T16:30:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}