| 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. India's COVID-19 tally becomes second highest in the world India's COVID-19 case tally became the second highest in the world after surpassing Brazil's on Saturday. Cumulative cases in the country stood at 4,104,497 at 10 p.m., about 12,700 cases more than that of Brazil’s tally at that time. The case tally of U.S. -- 62,10,699 -- remains the highest. 2. Sushant Singh Rajput death | NCB arrests late actor’s personal staff member Dipesh Sawant will be produced before the Mumbai's Esplanade court at 11 a.m. on Sunday. 3. Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah to reopen from Sunday Safety measures like use of sanitisers and face covers as well as social distancing will be strictly followed at the dargah of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizmuddin, which was closed in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the dargah's caretakers said. 4. IPL 2020 schedule to be announced today: Brijesh Patel All eight teams are currently awaiting the release of fixtures but due to different quarantine rules in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, IPL’s operations team took time to finalise the schedule. 
5. Australian police make arrests at anti-lockdown rallies Government officials are expected to announce on Sunday how and when Melbourne and regional Victoria will come out of respective stages of lockdowns. 6. Typhoon Haishen unleashes rain, strong winds in south Japan The second powerful typhoon to slam Japan in a week, Typhoon Haishen unleashed fierce winds and rain on southern islands on Sunday, blowing off rooftops and leaving homes without power as it edged northward into an area vulnerable to flooding and mudslides. 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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