| 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. Parliamentary panel to discuss Facebook issue on Wednesday The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, has summoned representatives of Facebook and will hear their views "on the subject of safeguarding citizens' rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space," according to the agenda of the meeting. It has also called representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the same issue. 2. Govt. to release SOP for Metro operations on Wednesday Detailed guidelines for resuming operations of Metro trains from September 7 would be announced on Wednesday, the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry said on Tuesday. 3. Proceedings over, judge to start writing Babri mosque demolition case verdict The special judge hearing the Babri mosque demolition case will on Wednesday start writing the judgment, expected to be pronounced by the end of this month. The proceedings in the case at the CBI court ended on Tuesday with the advocates for some of 32 accused presenting their oral arguments.  4. Railways to run 20 pairs of special trains from Sept 2-15 for JEE, NEET A day after the Railways permitted NEET and JEE candidates to avail special suburban services in Mumbai on exam days, the national transporter has now decided to run 20 pairs of special trains from September 2 to 15 for the convenience of those appearing for these exams in Bihar. Announcing the move, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal said the facility will also be extended to students appearing for the National Defence Academy exam. 5. SC to hear pleas waiver of interest on deferred EMIs for moratorium period Supreme Court, on Tuesday, said it will hear the pleas seeking waiver of interest on deferred EMIs for term loan during moratorium period amid pandemic, on Wednesday. On Tuesday, the Centre and RBI Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the moratorium period on repayment of loans amid the COVID-19 pandemic is extendable by two years. 6. DDMA meeting to be held on Wednesday, Unlock 4 guidelines on agenda A meeting of Delhi Disaster Management Authority will be held on Wednesday in which the decision regarding the guidelines for Unlock 4 and resumption of Delhi Metro rail services will be taken. 7. Rajnath to leave for Russia on Wednesday to attend SCO meet Defence minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Russia on Wednesday to attend a crucial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) which is expected to deliberate on regional security scenario, officials said. 
8. Final flourishes on eve of unprecedented Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival counted down to the movie industry's first post-Covid-19 international competition on Tuesday, with excitement, anxiety and a truckload of coronavirus safety signs still to install. 9. All residents within radius of 50-mtr micro containment zones to be tested for COVID-19 in Srinagar In a move to ascertain the exact spread of coronavirus in summer capital Srinagar, the local administration decided to conduct COVID-19 testing of all residents in localities where five or more positive cases have been reported. The decision comes in the wake of the soaring number of positive cases in the district and is aimed at containing further spread of the disease, Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said. 10. US Open tennis championship - Day 2 On Day 1, Top seeds Novak Djokovic, Karolina Pliskova and Naomi Osaka were among the big names to shrug off the deathly quiet at Flushing Meadows and progress to the second round as a “weird,” spectator-free US Open started with heightened safety protocols for some players following a positive COVID-19 test. 
11. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 37,65,897 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The toll from the disease stands at 66,481. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day’s biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter. | 
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