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. Punjab, Haryana farmers to go on strike on Friday
Farmers in Punjab have started a three-day rail roko on Thursday.
2. Congress supports ‘Bharat bandh’ call given by farmer organisations
The Congress on Thursday supported the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by farmer organisations for Friday, saying millions of party workers stand in solidarity with the farmers’ cause and will participate in their dharnas.
3. Samajwadi Party to organise protests across U.P. on Friday against farm, labour bills
The Samajwadi Party will organise a state-wide protest against farm sector and labour reform bills on Friday that they term as “harmful” and submit memoranda to the Governor through respective district magistrates.
4. BJP president to address Deendayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary function on Friday
Deendayal Upadhyay
J.P. Nadda will address Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay’s 104th birth anniversary celebrations in Jaipur on Friday through video conference. 5. Union Ministers to inaugurate post-harvest management centre for medicinal plants, AYUSH units in J&K
Shripad Yesso Naik and Jitendra Singh will launch on Friday a post-harvest management centre for medicinal plants in Bhaderwah and 21 AYUSH health and wellness centres across Jammu and Kashmir.
6. Telangana to resume inter-State, Hyderabad bus services from Friday
After a gap of over six months, the Telangana government has decided to resume bus services in Hyderabad from Friday. Inter-State bus services from Telangana to Karnataka and Maharashtra will also start from Friday.
7. Tarun Gogoi in ICU after oxygen level falls in post-COVID complications
Tarun Gogoi
The 85-year-old leader tested positive for the virus on August 25 and was admitted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) the next day. He tested negative recently but remained in the hospital.
8. Rakul Preet Singh and Deepika Padukone’s manager Karishma Prakash to appear before NCB on Friday
Deepika Padukone and Sara Ali Khan have arrived in Mumbai ahead of the NCB appearance on Saturday.
9. Bombay High Court seeks Sanjay Raut’s reply on Kangana Ranaut’s plea over bungalow demolition
The Bombay High Court on Thursday asked Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to file a reply to actor Kangana Ranaut’s petition against the demolition of a part of her bungalow here, and said it will start final hearing from Friday.
10. Ruth Bader Ginsburg to lie in state at the Capitol on Friday
Huge loss: A file photo of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | AFP
First time a woman receives that distinction, and only the second time it will be bestowed on a Supreme Court justice; Crowd jeers as Donald Trump pays respects at court on Thursday. 11. Golf | Tvesa Malik shoots even par in second round, makes cut in Switzerland
Tvesa, who finished T-10 last week at the Lacoste Open de France on the Ladies European Tour, was T-38 after the first round and moved up to T-31 at the end of 36 holes. The 54-hole event finishes on Friday.
12. IPL 2020 | CSK ponder over Dhoni’s batting order, Delhi fret on Ashwin’s shoulder niggle
Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s much-awaited promotion in the batting order will be an area of interest when Chennai Super Kings strive to pick up pieces against a confident Delhi Capitals in their third IPL encounter on Friday. Chennai Super Kings captain M.S. Dhoni
13. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments
The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 5,813,861 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 92,323.
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