| Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today: 1. First phase of Bihar polls Voting in the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections for 71 seats across 16 districts began on Wednesday. 2. Modi, Rahul Gandhi in Bihar on Wednesday for second round of campaigning This will be the second electoral visit of the two leaders to Bihar. Both of them had plunged into campaigning for the three-phase polls on October 23 and addressed a series of rallies. 3. Pawar to meet Nashik onion cultivators on Wednesday over suspended auctions “I am going to Nashik on Wednesday. I will meet representatives of onion cultivators and try to understand the issue,” said Pawar, while speaking to reporters in Pune on the sidelines of a meeting at Vasantdada Sugar Institute. 
4. Karnataka MLC elections for four seats on Wednesday under COVID-19 shadow Karnataka will go for its first elections on Wednesday for four legislative council seats amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent flood fury in several parts of the State. 5. Deepika Padukone’s manager Karishma Prakash summoned again by NCB The Narcotics Control Bureau on Tuesday raided a residence of Karishma Prakash, the manager of Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone, and seized a small quantity of hashish, an official said. He was questioned by the NCB last month. 6. IPL 2020 | Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Abu Dhabi Rohit Sharma is likely to miss his third game in a row when Mumbai Indians face Royal Challengers Bangalore in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday with both teams aiming to secure their spot in the IPL play-offs. 7. Coronavirus | India COVID-19 numbers to cross 8 million The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 79,86,741 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,20,056.
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