| 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. Rajasthan Assembly session on Saturday Gehlot government may bring bill against Centre’s farm laws. 2. Modi Gujarat visit, day 2 On the morning of October 31, PM Narendra Modi will first visit the Statue of Unity to pay floral tributes to Sardar Patel on his birth anniversary. On the occasion, a parade, named the Ekta Diwas Parade, by the Central Armed Police Forces and the Gujarat Police, will be organised in the PM’s presence. 3. Delhi’s air quality ‘very poor’, likely to improve by Saturday The national capital’s air quality was recorded in the ‘very poor’ category on Friday, while a government forecasting agency said some improvement is likely due to favourable wind speed. 
4. Teenager’s custodial death sparks stir in Bengal A 15-year-old boy has died in police custody in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, triggering a mob attack on the police station on Friday and prompting the BJP to call a 12-hour bandh in Mallarpur area on Saturday. 5. Jishnu Baruah is new Assam chief secretary Baruah, who is currently serving as the additional chief secretary for Home and Political, Revenue and Disaster Management and Assam Accord Implementation departments, will take charge as the state’s chief secretary on Saturday. 6. Philippines orders evacuation as world's strongest typhoon so far this year approaches Philippine officials ordered evacuation of thousands of residents in the southern part of the main Luzon island as a category 5 storm that is the world's strongest this year approaches the Southeast Asian nation. 7. IPL 2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Sunrisers Hyderabad at Sharjah An IPL Play-offs spot at stake, Royal Challengers Bangalore need to shrug off the disappointment of two back-to-back defeats and put up a strong challenge against strong-willed Sunrisers Hyderabad when the two teams clash, here on Saturday. 
8. IPL 2020 | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals at Dubai Their play-off berth secured, defending champions Mumbai Indians would look to add to the woes of Delhi Capitals, who are on a three-match losing streak, and consolidate their position at the top when the two teams face each other in their penultimate IPL league game here on Saturday. 9. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 81,35,918 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,21,696.
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