In early March, India's health minister Harsh Vardhan declared the country was "in the endgame" of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Interviews with officials and workers at cremation grounds across the state provide a glimpse into the massive official undercounting underway.
The US government blacklisted Russian firms, expelled Russian diplomats and barred US banks from buying sovereign bonds from Russia's central bank, national wealth fund and finance ministry.
Lalu Prasad Yadav had withdrawn over Rs 3 crore from the Dumka treasury while he was the chief minister of undivided Bihar.
Over the last week, there have been serious discrepancies between municipal corporation records and the state government's official bulletin.