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 46416 with 1494 fatalities. The government has decided to allow hundreds of thousands of Indians stranded around the world to return in stages from May 7. 2. Coronavirus | Tamil Nadu touches new peak in COVID-19 3. cases - followup In the biggest single-day surge in the state so far, Tamil Nadu on Monday reported 527 new COVID-19 cases, a large number of them linked to Koyambedu market in Chennai, taking the tally to 3,550 while the toll rose to 31 with the death of one person, the government said. 3. Coronavirus | Rahul Gandhi in conversation with Abhijit Banerjee A video of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in conversation with Nobel Laureate Prof. Abhijit Banerjee discussing the critical issues of COVID-19 and its economic impact will be released on Tuesday at 9 a.m. 4. Coronavirus | Telangana to decide on lockdown extension, relaxations The Telangana government will decide on Tuesday over extending the lockdown, ending on May 7. The state cabinet will discuss the issue and take a decision on extending the lockdown further in the wake of the Centre extending it for two more weeks from May 4. 5. Coronavirus lockdown | MP: Liquor shops to reopen on Tuesday except worst-hit cities Liquor and hemp (bhang) shops in Madhya Pradesh will reopen on Tuesday, excluding Bhopal, Indore and Ujjain falling under Red zone. 6. Coronavirus | Italy starts slow return to normality, fears resurgence of virus – followup Grandparents hugged their grandchildren, toddlers rushed excitedly through parks and factories revived their long-stalled production lines as Italy started the slow process of unwinding Europe's longest coronavirus lockdown. 7. Coronavirus | Aus, NZ leaders to discuss int'l travel 'bubble' New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been invited to attend Australia's National Cabinet meeting on Tuesday to ramp-up negotiations on a "travel bubble" between the two countries, the media reported here on Monday. 8. Major Anuj Sood's mortal remains reach Chandigarh, cremation on Tuesday The mortal remains of Major Anuj Sood, who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in Kashmir, arrived on Monday at the Air Force station here where floral tributes were paid to the martyr. 9. HC to pass order on interim plea to stay airing of Netflix's web series "Hasmukh" The Delhi High Court is scheduled to pronounce on Tuesday its order on an interim application seeking stay on airing of webseries 'Hasmukh' on online media streaming platform Netflix for allegedly maligning image and reputation of lawyers. 10. India lodges protest with Islamabad over Pak court’s order on Gilgit-Baltistan India has conveyed its strong protest to Pakistan over an order by that country’s supreme court allowing the conduct of general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. |
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