Nitish Kumar To Be Chief Minister For 4th Term, Will Take Oath Today; Other Big Stories
Nitish Kumar will be the Chief Minister of Bihar for a fourth straight term, the NDA said on Sunday after a meeting of its legislators. The NDA, which won the recently-concluded election in Bihar with a wafer-thin majority, has met the Governor to stake claim to form a government. The BJP's Tarkishore Prasad, the MLA from Bihar's Katihar, will replace Sushil Modi as his deputy.
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Delhi will get hundreds of more intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients, testing for the coronavirus will be doubled, and doctors from central paramilitary forces will be flown in, the government announced following a high-level meeting that on Sunday underscored what numbers have been indicating of late: the Capital is in the grip of an unprecedented wave of infections.