| 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) Army Chief continues Ladakh visit The visit comes a week after 20 Indian Army personnel were killed in a brutal assault by the Chinese military in Galwan Valley which escalated the border tension. "The Army chief will be visiting Ladakh for reviewing the ground situation, discuss the ongoing stand-off with ground commanders, visit forward locations and interact with troops on the ground," a source said.
2) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to attend Victory Day parade  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Mr. Singh is on a three-day visit to Moscow to attend the grand military parade on Wednesday to mark the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War. Mr. Singh will not have any bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of a grand parade in Moscow, a senior official said.
3) Decision on scrapping remaining CBSE Class XII exams likely today The Centre and the CBSE told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that discussion on whether to scrap the remaining exams of Class XII from July 1-15 in view of increasing number of COVID-19 cases is at an advanced stage and a decision is likely to be taken on Wednesday.
4) Alleged IS operative claims developing COVID-19 symptoms, seeks treatment in Tihar The plea, moved by advocate M.S. Khan on behalf of Asif Ali, urged the court to direct Tihar Jail authorities to provide him proper medical treatment or send him to a hospital. The plea is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday.
5) CBI summons former Manipur CM Ibobi Singh in Rs. 332-crore misappropriation case  Former Manipur CM Okram Ibobi Singh A CBI team has reached Imphal for questioning Mr. Singh and other accused, who will be quizzed at the agency office on Wednesday.
6) Delhi to get new mayors for three corporations on Wednesday The mayoral elections for the three municipal corporations in Delhi are slated to be held on Wednesday. The exercise will be a mere formality, as the three BJP candidates for the posts of mayors and deputy mayors are set to be elected unopposed.
7) Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade to hold meeting with ecommerce firms on Wednesday Representatives of e-commerce companies including Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, Nykaa, Pepperfry and ebay will attend the meeting, which will be held through video conferencing.
8) Mongolia holds national elections Mongolia conducts parliamentary elections on Wednesday, upholding a nearly 30-year democratic system in a vast but lightly populated country sandwiched between authoritarian regimes in Russia and China and beset by economic problems.
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