| 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 now stands at 23,95,583 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The toll from the disease stands at 47,148.
2. PM to launch ‘transparent taxation’ platform “At 11 am on Thursday, 13th August, the platform for ‘Transparent Taxation — Honoring the Honest’ would be launched. This adds strength to our efforts of reforming and simplifying our tax system. It will benefit several honest tax payers, whose hardwork powers national progress,” Modi tweeted.
3. Sushant Singh Rajput death case: Supreme Court to hear another PIL on Thursday The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a PIL seeking an “unified” CBI probe into the death case of the Bollywood actor, contending that “the entire country is shocked with the way the Mumbai Police is handling this case”.
4. Pranab Mukherjee’s health continues to remain critical - follow up
5. I have not spoken to Nitish Kumar in almost a year: Chirag Paswan  LJP’s attacks on Nitish have widened the rift between the NDA partners ahead of election.
6. Bihar flood situation deteriorates; over 77 lakh affected  The Met office at Patna has forecast light to moderate rain in the catchment areas of all rivers flowing in the State on Thursday while heavy rain is likely at a few places in the catchment areas of the Gandak.
7. IMD predicts heavy rains in parts of Gujarat, issues red alert “Due to the formation of a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and neighbouring areas on Thursday, Gujarat is very likely to experience an active wet spell for the next five days,” the IMD said.
8. Nagaland’s one-day monsoon session today Speaker Sharingain Longkumer said that the session is being held in order to fulfil the constitutional requirement of holding the sitting within a six months period.
9. West Bengal Secretariat to be shut for 2 days for sanitisation  ‘Nabanna’ will remain closed on Thursday and Friday for a sanitisation drive, an official said.
10. Sports round up UEFA Champions League quarterfinal: RB Leipzig vs Atletico Madrid (12:30 am, Friday). England vs Pakistan, 2nd Test, Southampton, Day 1.
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