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 and developments
The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India is 6,05,181 with the death toll at 17,847. India has gone from 5 lakh reported cases to over 6 lakh in a period of five days.
2) Goa to open for domestic tourists from today
250 hotels have been given permission to operate. Goa has been shut for travellers since the nationwide lockdown was imposed in March.
3) SC hearing on blacklisting of foreigners in Tablighi case
Centre to respond in SC on whether blacklisting of 3,500 foreigners in connection with the Tablighi gathering was based on individual orders or a general directive.
Members of the Tablighi Jamaat Alami Markaz Banglewali Masjid are seen at a quarantine centre set up at a Delhi Government School during the nationwide lockdown, in wake of the coronavirus pandemic, in New Delhi on April 21, 2020.
4) SC hearing on ICAI guidelines for CA exams in July
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India will place on record its draft notification for conduct of exams in July. The Court had asked the ICAI to rework its opt out option for the exams to be held in July.
5) Plasma bank set up at the ILBS Hospital in Delhi to be inaugurated on Thursday
Delhi govt sets up 500-bed COVID-19 facility at CWG village.
6) Chouhan Cabinet to be expanded on Thursday
The Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh Cabinet will be expanded on Thursday with some of the former Congress MLAs who joined the BJP in March expected to get ministerial berths.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. File
7) Coal India trade unions to proceed with 3-day strike from Thursday as talks fail
A virtual meeting was held between Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi and representatives of trade unions on Wednesday, Nathulal Pandey, president of HMS-affiliated Hind Khadan Mazdoor Federation said.
8) West Bengal Transport Dept officials meet private bus operators, discuss ways to normalise services
The number of privately-owned buses in the city and districts is likely to increase from Thursday, All Bengal Bus Minibus Samannoy Samity General Secretary Rahul Chatterjee said.
9) Museum or mosque? Turkey debates iconic Hagia Sofia's status
On Thursday, Turkey's Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, begins reviewing a request by a group devoted to reverting Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
An aerial view of the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia. 10) Premier League: Manchester City vs Liverpool
The Newly crowned Premier League champions take on last year's winners. As is tradition, Manchester City's players are expected to greet Liverpool's with a guard of honour.
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