| 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 23,28,382 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The toll from the disease stands at 46,200. 2. COVID-19 vaccine panel to discuss procurement, logistics and priority groups "It will also look into aspects related to logistics like cold chain and inventory, arrangement of resources for procuring the vaccine and issues of equity. This expert group will continue its engagement with all state governments and vaccine manufacturers in India," said Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan at a press briefing on Tuesday. 3. Janmashtami: No entry to devotees in Mathura temples, 'puja' to be live streamed at Janmasthan Janmashtami festival in Krishna Janmasthan here will be observed on Wednesday with all the rituals, but the devotees will not be allowed entry to the temple due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a temple official said. 4. Death toll in Idukki landslide rises to 52; floods worsen in Assam, Bihar  The death toll in the Idukki landslide rose to 52 with three more bodies being recovered on Tuesday as life limped to normalcy in Kerala even as the flood situation worsened in Assam and Bihar, affecting lakhs of people. 5. Pompeo opens anti-China, anti-Russia tour in Czech Republic In Prague on Wednesday, Pompeo will meet Czech President Milos Zeman and Prime Minister Andrej Babis to discuss nuclear energy cooperation and efforts to counter malign actions of Russia and communist China, the State Department said. 6. Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 days  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Auckland, the nation's largest city, will be moved to Alert Level 3 from midday Wednesday through midnight Friday, meaning that people will be asked to stay at home, while bars and many other businesses will be closed. 7. Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate Former Vice President Joe Biden named California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate on August 11, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party's Presidential ticket
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