The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to busy the news day ahead. Here are the latest updates and the big stories to follow today:
1) Mega-merger of PSU banks to be effective from Wednesday; 6 banks cease to exist
The exercise assumes significance as it is taking place at a time when the entire country is under the grip of the COVID-19 outbreak, which has triggered a 21-day lockdown.
2) Coronavirus | Tablighi Jamaat - follow up With at least 24 of its occupants testing positive for the novel coronavirus, an Islamic centre in the national capital has turned out to be the latest hotspot of COVID-19. More than 400 people with symptoms were admitted to different hospitals and over 1,100 shifted to government-run quarantine facilities in Delhi alone over March 30 and 31.
3) Coronavirus | 57 more test positive in T.N.; highest single-day rise Fifty of the patients had taken part in a Tablighi Jamaat conference in Delhi; total count is 124.
4) Coronavirus | Supreme Court upholds right to discuss COVID-19 A Bench, led by Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde, was responding to a request from the Central government that media outlets, in the “larger interest of justice”, should only publish or telecast anything on COVID-19 after ascertaining the factual position from the government.
5) Coronavirus | Medical devices to be regulated as drugs for quality control, price monitoring: Govt All medical devices shall be regulated by the government as drugs for quality control and price monitoring from Wednesday, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers said in a statement on Tuesday.
6) Coronavirus | Myanmar reports first death - follow up from our northeast correspondents Myanmar reported its first coronavirus death -- a 69-year-old man who returned to the country in mid-March after receiving cancer treatment in Australia. The country of 54 million people confirmed its first case last week.
7) Coronavirus | U.S. virus death toll exceeds official China tally The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in December, according to a toll published on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University.
8) Coronavirus | Delhi aims to feed 12 lakh people daily from Wednesday: Kejriwal “From tomorrow, in about 2,500 schools and 250 night shelters, food will be distributed. Each centre will have the capacity to feed about 10 to 12 lakh people. Till now, we were serving about four lakh daily from 800 locations,” the Chief Minister told the media on Tuesday.
9) Coronavirus | Social distancing to be followed during ration distribution in Gujarat The Gujarat government has made arrangements for distribution of free-of-cost ration to 3.25 crore people starting Wednesday.
10) Coronavirus | Kerala tipplers pass — doctors fume The Kerala Government Medical Officer’s Association (KGMOA) has decided to observe ‘black day’ on Wednesday in protest against the order of the State government asking to issue certificates for supply of liquor to those showing withdrawal symptoms.
11) Coronavirus | Assam exempts work in tea gardens, agri-farms from lockdown Assam has allowed to function tea gardens from Wednesday with permission from respective deputy commissioners, while permitting farmers to start agriculture related works from Wednesday.
12) Coronavirus | Stranded cruise ship hit by virus begs Florida to dock The Zaandam’s plans to dock as early as Wednesday in Florida are still up in the air but have already been rebuked by local officials and DeSantis, who says health care resources are stretched too thin.
13) Coronavirus | Wimbledon will be cancelled, believes Jamie Murray Tennis is at a standstill until June 7, with the entire European clay-court season already wiped out and the only Grand Slam event played on grass is expected to be officially cancelled on Wednesday.
14) India-China to commemorate 70th year of diplomatic ties amid coronavirus outbreak On April 1, 1950, India became the first non-Communist country in Asia to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day’s biggest stories with concise analysis from The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter, delivered to your inbox every weekday evening. | 
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