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 52,446 with 1,771 fatalities. On Wednesday, the Centre indicated that it was preparing for an “increase in cases” and readying railway coaches to function as COVID care centres.
2) Coronavirus | PM to address Vesak event today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a virtual Vesak global celebration on Buddha Purnima on Thursday. He will deliver the keynote address in the morning.
3) Coronavirus | Air India repatriation flights to begin operation from late Thursday Air India’s flight to Singapore to leave from Delhi at 11.15 pm on Thursday. Other flights, which were scheduled for Thursday, have been postponed to Friday. “While the flight to London is now scheduled to leave from Mumbai at 6.30 am on Friday, the flight to San Francisco will leave at 3.30 am on Friday,” officials noted.
4) Coronavirus | AYUSH and Health Ministry to launch study on using Ayurveda as add-on to standard care AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan will jointly launch on Thursday three AYUSH-based studies related to COVID-19 situation.
5) Lockdown | Inland Water Transport's Guwahati ferry services to resume from Thursday Assam Transport Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary has directed that the IWT resume its passenger ferry services in Guwahati, suspended since the beginning of the first period of lockdown.
6) Lockdown | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation allows reopening of single electronics, hardware shops According to BMC officials, in view of the order some electronics and hardware shops could be opened from Thursday.
7) Lockdown | Tamil Nadu Police gear up to handle rush in Tasmac shops from today The shops will open for business at 10 a.m. and will close by 5 p.m. However, bars attached to Tasmac outlets will remain closed.
8) Coronavirus | Pakistan's National Command and Operations Centre proposes easing lockdown restrictions Prime Minister Imran Khan has summoned a National Coordination Committee (NCC) meeting on Thursday to mull over the NCOC’s proposals.
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