India Coronavirus Dispatch: A long way to go before the curve flattens

What a delay in Bihar polls can mean, students upset over fee demand even as colleges are shut, Kolkata woman dies waiting for kin to bring Rs 3 lakh--news on how India is dealing with pandemic

Bihar polls loom: Elections in Bihar are scheduled for later this year. But the corona-hit and flood-ravaged state may be forced to delay polls. Parties are already anxious about how a low voter turnout will swing the election. The opposition is in disarray and according to Congressmen, Tejaswi as the inevitable face of the opposition campaign is something they’re not happy about. At an all-party meeting held in June, it was only RJD that raised the issue of polling schedule. The ruling JD(U), meanwhile, is not in a good position either. Nitish, in power for 15 years, is facing anti-incumbency