| 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. Ram Vilas Paswan funeral
Paswan will be cremated on the banks of the Ganga at Digha ghat with full state honours on Saturday.
2. Fake TRP racket: Police call Republic TV’s CFO for questioning
Shiva Subramaniyam Sundaram, CFO of Republic TV, was asked to join the investigation on Saturday morning.
3. DU likely to announce first cut-off Saturday; applicants asked not to visit colleges
 Delhi University
The Delhi University is likely to release its first cut-off list on Saturday for admission to nearly 70,000 seats up for grabs.
4. Rajasthan Congress to hold Kisan Sammelan against farms laws on Saturday
Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasara said farmers across the country are resented over the legislations, which, he termed “anti-farmers”.
5. Fresh low pressure over Bay of Bengal, heavy rainfall likely in Odisha
It is likely to concentrate into a depression over central Bay of Bengal by Saturday and move west-northwestwards and cross north Andhra Pradesh coast as a depression on October 17 morning, it said.
6. Asian Online Chess: India start favourites in both men’s and women’s events
The Indian men and women teams will start as favourites in the Asian Online Nations (Regions) Cup Team Championship, beginning on Saturday.
7. IPL 2020 | Chennai Super Kings vs Royal Challengers Bangalore in Dubai  Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli with Chennai Super Kings skipper M.S. Dhoni.
8. IPL 2020 | Kings XI Punjab vs Kolkata Knight Riders in Abu Dhabi
9. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments
The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 69,76,990 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,07,475.
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