| 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. Bihar Assembly polls | Third and final phase on Saturday All eyes are now on the polling for third and final phase of assembly elections in Bihar that began on Saturday. The stakes are quite high both for the ruling NDA which is trying to avert the anti-incumbency factor, and the opposition Grand Alliance led by an apparently resurgent RJD. 2. U.S. Election | Counting continues with Joe Biden on the cusp of presidency Democratic candidate Joe Biden continues to secure leads in key battleground States of Georgia and Pennsylvania, as President Donald Trump and Republican party filed numerous lawsuits citing "ballot dumps" without evidence. 3. Bypolls to four Assembly seats in Manipur on Saturday Adequate security forces have been deployed and all the COVID safety protocols are in place for smooth conduct of bypolls to four assembly constituencies in Manipur on Saturday, an Election Commission official said. 4. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha to take oath as CIC on Saturday Journalist Uday Mahurkar, former Labour Secretary Heera Lal Samariya, and former Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General Saroj Punhani will be administered the oath as the Information Commissioners by Mr. Sinha 5. Gupkar alliance meeting on Saturday In his first political rally since the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status, Farooq Abdullah on Friday said he won't die until constitutional rights of the people of the erstwhile state are restored and dared the BJP to respond to his questions rather than "misleading the country" and making "false promises".  Republic TV editor and owner Arnab Goswami. File 6. Arnab Goswami arrest | No bail yet, hearing in High Court to continue on Saturday There was no immediate relief for Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, arrested in a 2018 abetment of suicide case, on Friday as the hearing on his interim bail plea before the Bombay High Court remained incomplete. 7. Security stepped up in Assam's Silchar ahead of Barak bandh Security has been intensified in Silchar and other parts of Assam's Cachar district in view of a proposed 12-hour Barak bandh on Saturday, a government order said. 8. Women's T20 Challenge | Supernovas vs Trailblazers at Sharjah Defending champions Supernovas will have to get past an upbeat Trailblazers to stay alive in the Women's T20 Challenge. The match starts at 7.30 p.m. 9. Zimbabwe confidence high after ODI win for Pakistan T20s Beating Pakistan at the end of the one-day international series has energized Zimbabwe for their Twenty20 series starting on Saturday. 10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 84,57,725 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,25,548. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day's biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter. Click here to get it in your inbox. | 
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