| 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. PM to inaugurate college, admin building of agri university in Jhansi on Saturday In a tweet, Mr. Modi said on Friday, "At 12:30 PM tomorrow, the College and Administration Buildings of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi would be inaugurated. This would improve the education infrastructure & contribute to cutting edge research in agriculture as well as further farmer welfare." 2. IPL schedule likely to be announced Though it has been more than a week since all the teams landed in UAE, the BCCI is yet to announce the schedule for the upcoming season of IPL. There has been a delay in the announcement of IPL 2020, due to a spike in COVID-19 cases in Abu Dhabi, which is one of the main venues of the tournament, apart from Sharjah and Dubai. 3. Two more die in rain-related incidents in Odisha, downpour in Delhi disrupts normal life  Incessant rains claimed two more lives in Odisha on Friday while the IMD issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in six districts of Madhya Pradesh even as a steady downpour led to waterlogging and traffic snarls in Delhi. The weatherman has predicted generally cloudy skies with a possibility of very light rain or drizzle towards afternoon or evening for Saturday. 4. 'Valour wall' of gallantry winning CRPF officers to be inaugurated A 'valour wall' depicting the names of gallantry award winning CRPF officers will be inaugurated at the forces' training academy in Gurgaon on Saturday, officials said. 5. West Bengal secretariat to be shut for 2 days for sanitisation  West Bengal Secretariat 'Nabanna' will remain closed on Saturday and Sunday for a sanitisation drive, an official said. 6. Athletes praise government for arranging virtual National Sports Awards ceremony A total of 65 awardees are expected to attend the ceremony on Saturday. 7. Chess Olympiad | India enters semis after Armenia withdraws following rejection of appeal India will take on the winner of the Azerbaijan versus Poland match in the semifinals on Saturday. 8. Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad's new political party to make debut in by-election  Mahathir had announced on August 7 that he is forming a new ethnic Malay party, more than two months after he was sacked from his previous party during a political struggle with his successor. 9. Trump to visit storm-hit Louisiana and Texas Trump said he would visit Texas and Louisiana on Saturday or Sunday to survey the destruction caused by Laura, which Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said has killed at least four people. 10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 34,60,058 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 62,724.
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