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 62662 with 2090 fatalities. On Saturday, the Indian Council of Medical Research said it will initiate a study in the worst affected 75 districts to check for community transmission. 2. First batch of 326 Indians stranded in U.K. arrives in Mumbai They arrived this morning via a special evacuation flight, AI 130. Passengers with symptoms will be moved to isolation centres, authorities at the Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport said. Two flights from Oman and Kuwait with 362 stranded Indians reached Kerala yesterday. 3. Ship from Maldives with over 600 stranded Indians to arrive today INS Jalashwa, part of the Indian Navy's ‘Operation Samudra Setu’ whose mission is to bring back Indians home from foreign countries at the time of the pandemic, will likely arrive at the Cochin Port Trust this morning. It has over 600 Indian nationals on board. 4. Delivery of CBSE answer sheets to teachers to begin Evaluation for Class 10, 12 board exams will be done by teachers at their homes and 3,000 schools have been identified as exam centres to deliver the answer sheets to them, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said. 5. Vizag gas leak | 48-hour safety period for staying away from chemical plant area ends today On Saturday, villagers placed two bodies of victims in front of LG Polymers on Saturday demanding its closure as people barged into the factory as well while top police officials were around. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. |
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