The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying home and staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today: 1) Coronavirus | Latest numbers The number of positive cases reported in India stands at over 27,800 with at least 880 fatalities. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that 5,913 people have recovered from coronavirus infections and placed India’s recovery rate at 21.9%. 2) Coronavirus | PM to interact with CMs today to discuss way out of lockdown, COVID fight
This will be the third video conference of the PM with the CMs after the spread of the COVID-19 in the country.
3) Coronavirus | Boris Johnson to be back to work at Downing Street from today British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will return to work at 10 Downing Street in London on Monday, three weeks after he was admitted to a hospital here as his coronavirus symptoms worsened.
4) Coronavirus | Himachal to give relaxation in curfew for morning-walkers Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur Saturday indicated the curfew will remain in place in the state till May 3, but extended the daily relaxation from existing three hours to 5.5 hours from Monday, including 1.5 hours for morning-walkers.
5) Coronavirus | 376 students set to return to J&K from Rajasthan’s Kota As many as 376 students from Jammu and Kashmir, who were stranded in Rajasthan’s Kota, would return to the Union Territory on Monday as all arrangements have been finalised, officials said.
6) Coronavirus | Delhi minorities panel demands release of Jamaat members who have spent 28 days in quarantine camps In a letter to Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, the commission said people brought to quarantine camps from the Tablighi Markaz in Nizamuddin would complete 28 days in isolation on Monday.
7) Coronavirus | Frontline COVID-19 warriors to get multi-vitamin pills in T.N.
All employees working in the field from departments, including public health, revenue, local administration and police, will be provided zinc and multivitamin tablets for 10 days from Monday.
8) Coronavirus | Sri Lanka curfew to be partially relaxed from today While the curfew in Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara and Puttlam districts will remain in force until May 4, it will be lifted from all other districts of the island nation at 5 a.m. on Monday and reimposed at 8 p.m. on the same day.
9) Coronavirus | PCI donates 500 PPE kits to Delhi government PCI Secretary General Gursharan Singh said the PCI donated 500 PPE kits to the Delhi government on Saturday and is ready with 1000 kits which will be given to the central government on Monday.
10) TRS enters 20th year: Foundation day to be low-key affair Telangana Rashtra Samithi president and Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will hoist the party’s flag at the TRS headquarters here marking the entry into twentieth year of its existence on Monday morning.
11) Plea in Delhi HC to stop airing of web series ‘Hasmukh’ on Netflix for allegedly maligning lawyers The suit filed by a lawyer is listed for hearing before Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva on Monday.
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