| Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today:
1. Coronavirus | Latest numbers The number of coronavirus cases in India stands at 1,50,848 with the death toll at 4,345.
2. Lockdown | Schools, colleges still not allowed to open: MHA
No decision has been taken on the opening of schools and colleges and all education institutions across the country are still prohibited to open, the Union Home Ministry (MHA) said on Tuesday night. The statement by the Home Ministry spokesperson came after a section of media reported that the Ministry has given permission to all States to open schools.
3. India-China | Three-day commanders conference from Wednesday
Top commanders of the Indian Army will carry out an in-depth review of the situation in several areas along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) at a three-day conference beginning Wednesday.  Army patrol teams along the Line of Actual Control with China. File
4. 3rd day of domestic flights resumption
Airlines ferried nearly 42,000 passengers on 325 flights till 5 pm on Tuesday as a traveller tested positive for coronavirus in perhaps the first case during the resumption of domestic air services and an AirAsia flight carrying 74 people made an emergency landing in Hyderabad.
5. Heat wave in several parts of north, central India; very heavy rainfall forecast for Assam, Meghalaya
Heatwave conditions are expected to persist over large parts of north and Central India with no respite till the 28th of May at least. The IMD meanwhile, has issued a 'Red Alert' for very heavy rainfall in Assam and Meghalaya. 
6. Coronavirus | Spain declares 10-day mourning period for nearly 27,000 dead
Starting Wednesday until June 5, flags will be at half-mast in more than 14,000 public buildings across the nation as well as on the navy's vessels, the government announced.
7. Canadian court to rule on Huawei CFO extradition to the U.S. China has asked the Canadian government to release telecom company Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou ahead of a court ruling on the Chinese executive's extradition to the U.S. on Wednesday.
8. SpaceX rocket scheduled to blast off from Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday afternoon
Hans Koenigsmann, a vice president for SpaceX, said the launch control team will incorporate global weather patterns and models to determine whether it's safe to launch. "If the weather gods are working with us," he said, liftoff will occur at 4:33 p.m. SpaceX has a split-second launch window. If SpaceX doesn't launch on Wednesday, its next attempt would be Saturday.
Morning Filter will return tomorrow. | 
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