| 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. LAC standoff | Sixth round of Corps-Commander talks between India and China to take place on Monday Monday's Corps Commander-level talks between India and China to take place at Moldo on Chinese side of LAC in eastern Ladakh, according to government sources. 2. Parliament Monsoon session to see fierce debate Rajya Sabha is expected to be ground for fierce debate on Monday as both the Opposition and the ruling parties are set to move motions regarding the manner in which the farm Bills were passed on Sunday. 3. Rains wreak havoc in parts of Karnataka, Kerala; heavy showers expected in Odisha, Bengal  Heavy rains continued to lash Kerala with eight districts put on red alert on Sunday. The IMD has sounded an orange alert in 10 districts for Monday. A red alert is sounded for rainfall of over 20 cm while an orange alert is for 6 cm to 20 cm of rain. 4. Haryana Congress to hold protests against farm bills on Monday The party will hold protests on Monday against the farmer bills passed by the Parliament at district headquarters across Haryana. 5. Railways set to roll out 40 clone trains from Monday These clone trains — primarily 3AC trains with fewer halts, higher speeds and a departure time before the parent train — come as a boon for the passengers who have to travel in an emergency or have made last-minute plans, an official said. 6. Sudarshan TV seeks vacation of stay on telecast of episodes of 'Bindas Bol' programme The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the matter on Monday. 7. New Benches at Calcutta High Court for hearing criminal cases against lawmakers  The Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court has constituted two Division Benches and a Single Bench for taking up criminal cases involving sitting and former lawmakers and ponzi scheme matters, according to a notification issued by the registrar general. 8. Madhya Pradesh Assembly session on Monday Arrangements have been made in all districts of Madhya Pradesh for legislators who want to attend Monday's one-day session of the Legislative Assembly virtually, pro-tem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma said on Sunday. 9. Monsoon session of Gujarat Assembly from Monday; no Question Hour Nearly 20 bills will be taken up for discussion during the session which will be conducted while adhering to all COVID-19 prevention protocols. 10. Monsoon session of Karnataka Assembly begins on Monday The session is likely to be stormy with the Opposition eyeing to corner the B.S. Yediyurappa-led BJP government on a host of issues, including management of the pandemic, which has affected over 5.11 lakh people in the State. 11. Italians vote in 7 regional contests shaped by pandemic Italians in seven regions headed to the polls Sunday for two days of voting shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Polls will close at 6.30 p.m. IST on Monday. 12. Sunrisers opens campaign against Royal Challengers on Monday Virat Kohli will begin his quest for an elusive IPL title when perennial under-achievers Royal Challengers Bangalore take on David Warner's low profile but consistent Sunrisers Hyderabad in their opening IPL encounter in Dubai on Monday. 13. West Indies, England women's teams to take a knee in support of BLM Players of the West Indies and England women's cricket teams will take a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in all five games of an upcoming T20 International series, starting in the United Kingdom on Monday. 14. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 54,86,625 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 87,939.
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