| 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. Hathras | Victim’s family to appear before Allahabad High Court on Monday The court will record the version of the victim’s family members in the case. It had on October 1 asked the woman’s parents to come and apprise it of their version of the incident. 2. GST Council to discuss compensation issue for third time in a row on Monday The GST Council, in its meeting on Monday, is likely to discuss the suggestion of non-BJP ruled States of setting up a ministerial panel to develop consensus on the issue of compensation, sources said. 3. Ladakh standoff | India to press for early and complete disengagement at Monday’s military talks The talks are slated to begin at noon in Chushul on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh. 4. Nitish to hit campaign trail in Bihar with virtual rallies  Sanjay Kumar Jha, JD(U) national general secretary and a key aide of the Chief Minister, said he will be addressing people in a total of 35 assembly constituencies over the next couple of days. 5. Commemorative coin as part of Vijaya Raje Scindia’s birth centenary celebrations: Modi “Tomorrow, 12th October is the Jayanti of Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia. On this special day, commemorative coin of Rs. 100 would be released at 11 a.m.,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. 6. Two killed as heavy rains lash Telangana, more rains likely in South India According to the India Meteorological Department, a depression in the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further and cross the north Andhra Pradesh coast on Monday. Heavy rains are expected in isolated places in Telangana and north interior Karnataka. 7. Supreme Court to work with full strength from today  The Supreme Court will work with its pre-pandemic strength from Monday as its 12 Benches with about 30 judges would assemble through video conferencing daily. Five Benches of two to three judges in different combinations had been sitting on working days to hear around 20 cases daily since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March. 8. Delhi Assembly panel to resume hearing of witnesses on complaints against Facebook on Monday The Peace and Harmony Committee of the Delhi Assembly will resume its hearing of witnesses on complaints against social media giant Facebook on Monday. 9. The 2020 Prize in Economic Sciences to be announced by 3.15 pm 10. Donald Trump insists he is free of virus, ready for campaign trail He is poised to host his first rally in Florida on Monday. 11. U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearings set to begin on Monday U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to tell Senators that courts should not try to make policy, leaving those decisions to the political branches of government, according to opening remarks for her confirmation. 12. Boris Johnson expected to impose additional COVID-19 restrictions One of the main medical advisers to the British government has warned that the country is at a tipping point in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic, a day before Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce fresh lockdown restrictions for virus hot spots in the north of England. 13. IPL 2020 | Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore at Sharjah  Kolkata Knight Riders will have a lot on their plate when they take on a resurgent Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday with their lethal weapon Sunil Narine blunted by a chucking complaint and fitness clouds hovering over enforcer Andre Russell. 14. Coronavirus | India's COVID-19 numbers have crossed 7-million mark The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 71,19,221 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,09,223.
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