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 coronavirus cases reported from India stands at 8,22,613 with the death toll at 22,143.
2) LAC standoff | First phase of disengagement completed, say sources
Chinese troops have fully moved back from the base of Finger 4 to Finger 5 at Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh while they continue to occupy the ridge lines of Finger 4, a Defence source said.
3) WHO experts arrive in China to begin probe into COVID-19 origins
An advance team from the World Health Organization (WHO) has arrived in China to prepare an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
4) Sonia Gandhi to address Congress Lok Sabha MPs
The video conference will begin at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday. The meeting is expected to discuss the challenges posed by COVID-19 and the current political situation.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi. File
5) 20,000 antigen tests to be carried out in Bengaluru from today
The government said it hopes that the rapid antigen tests would help in increasing the number of tests and bring down the load on testing on labs, as antigen kits would allow faster diagnosis without laboratory examination.
6) JNUSU protest against exams during pandemic at UGC office today
Final year university examinations may be postponed until the end of September, but must be conducted in either online or offline mode, the University Grants Commission (UGC) had earlier decided.
7) Tablighi Jamaatis bail plea hearing
Bangkok and Nepal nationals, who participated in the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz, will appear for bail in the special court. 8) Air India to operate 36 India-US flights
National carrier Air India will operate 36 flights between India and USA from July 11-19, 2020, under Vande Bharat Mission.
File photo of Air India planes parked at the IGI airport in New Delhi.
9) Assam flood situation; Arunachal landslips
The flood situation in Assam deteriorated on Friday as vast areas of two more districts were inundated, affecting 1.70 lakh more people; Incessant rainfall caused landslides that killed seven people in Arunachal Pradesh on Friday.
10) Bosnia marks 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre
The brutal execution of more than 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys by Bosnian Serb troops is being commemorated in a series of events and the reburial of some of the victims' remains at a memorial site near the town.
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