| 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 181969 with the death toll at 5181. The Health Ministry on Saturday said that India's recovery rate had improved to 47.4% 2. First Mann Ki Baat of Modi 2.0's second year The Prime Minister will address the nation at 11 a.m. today, a day after addressing a letter to all Indians on the occasion of the end of the first year of his second term.
3. As lockdown 4.0 ends, it's now Unlock 1.0 As Lockdown 4.0 comes to an end, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued new guidelines called Unlock 1.0 allowing malls, restaurants, religious places to open in all areas except containment zones from June 8. It however prohibited opening of bars, gymnasiums, entertainment parks, cinema halls, metro rail and international air travel.  4. Curbs should not be eased in Chennai, 3 other T.N. districts, says medical panel An expert medical panel, constituted by the Tamil Nadu government to advise on Covid-19 on Saturday said the ongoing lockdown should not be relaxed in four high-prevalence districts including Chennai. It also indicated that local conditions need to be factored in before removing the lockdown in the respective districts.
5. Tirupati laddu subsidised sales to start in Hyderabad from Sunday The "laddus" would be made available at the information centre of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that governs the shrine, at Himayat Nagar in Hyderabad.
6. Ceylon Workers Congress leader Arumugam Thondaman's cremation on Sunday | Sri Lanka fears second wave of coronavirus Tens of thousands of his supporters gathered to pay respects to Thondaman, defying all quarantine regulations put in place to curb the pandemic.
7. Bangladesh set for restricted reopening despite surge in COVID-19 fatalities Bangladesh first declared a nation-wide holiday from March 26 to April 4 while the country confirmed the first coronavirus death on March 18, ten days after the detection of the first three COVID-19 cases.
8. IOA chief urges sports federations, olympic committees to get staff tested Indian Olympic Association President Narinder Batra has urged all National Sports Federations (NSF) and National Olympic Committees (NOC) to get their employees checked for COVID-19 after Hockey India staff members tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. | 
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