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 49374 with 1685 fatalities. The Telangana government has extended its lockdown till May 29 2. Govt hikes excise duty on petrol by Rs 10/L, diesel by Rs 13/L The government on Tuesday night hiked the excise duty on petrol by a steep Rs 10 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 13 a litre. The hike in duty has taken away gains from falling global crude oil prices. Last month, benchmark Brent crude oil dropped to as low as USD 18.10 per barrel. 3. Coronavirus lockdown | Sonia to hold meet with Cong CMs on lockdown 3.0 Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting of Chief Ministers of the Congress ruled states to take stock of the situation following the lockdown phase three. The meeting will be held on Wednesday through video conferencing. 4. COVID-19: Central team likely to meet Bengal govt representatives The central team deployed by the Union Health Ministry to assist the Health Department in containing the COVID-19 pandemic chalked out plans for its next course of action and could likely meet with state government officials tomorrow. 5. Detention of Mehbooba Mufti, two J&K leaders extended by three months The detention of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti under the stringent Public Safety Act was extended by three months, hours before it was due to expire. In a similar move, the detention of former minister and senior National Conference leader Ali Mohammed Sagar, and senior PDP leader and uncle of Mufti, Sartaj Madani, was also extended by another three months, officials said. 6. Coronavirus | Germany to reopen all shops, allow soccer matches: sources Germany's state premiers will agree on measures to further ease coronavirus restrictions in a teleconference with Chancellor Angela Merkel scheduled for Wednesday, two people familiar with the preparations told Reuters. 7. Asia coronavirus cases hit 250,000 but pace much slower than U.S., Europe Coronavirus cases in Asia rose to a quarter of a million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, driven by outbreaks in Singapore, Pakistan and India, even as China, South Korea and Japan significantly slowed the spread of the disease. At 250,650, Asia now accounts for just 7% of global cases, compared with 40% for Europe and 34% for North America, although experts worry that unreported infections are masking the true extent of the pandemic. 8. Liquor vends to reopen in Haryana from Wednesday Liquor vends in Haryana, which were shut after nationwide lockdown against coronavirus in March, will re-open from Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said. 9. Coronavirus | UK becomes virus epicenter of Europe Britain on Tuesday became the first country in Europe to confirm more than 30,000 coronavirus deaths and infections rose sharply again in Russia. 10. Coronavirus lockdown | Shops in Arunachal Pradesh to be open on rotation The Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to allow the opening of shops on a rotational basis in order to avoid and regulate crowding amid the COVID- 19 outbreak, officials said on Tuesday. 11. Coronavirus | Part of Shastri Bhavan sealed after law ministry official tests positive for COVID-19 Authorities sealed a floor of Shastri Bhavan, which houses several important ministries, on Tuesday after a senior official tested positive for the coronavirus, the second incident of a government building being partially cordoned off in Lutyens Delhi within a week. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. | 
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