| 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. G20 Summit in Saudi Arabia - Day 2 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is among those participating in the closed-door virtual sessions that are taking place Saturday and Sunday.
2. PM to lay foundation stones for water supply projects in parched Vindhya region Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday digitally lay the foundation stones for rural drinking water supply projects worth Rs. 5,555 crore in Mirzapur and Sonbhadra districts of Uttar Pradesh.
3. Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi’s health worsens due to post-COVID complications - follow up  Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s health condition deteriorated with multi-organ failure and he has become unconscious with difficulty in breathing, Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.
4. AIADMK-BJP alliance to continue for 2021 elections, say Palaniswami, Panneerselvam
The ruling AIADMK leadership declared in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Chennai that the party’s alliance with the BJP will continue for the 2021 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
5. Perarivalan release | Tamil Nadu Governor can decide, says CBI The Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court that convict A.G. Perarivalan has nothing to do with the further investigation conducted by its Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Agency (MDMA) into the “larger conspiracy” behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991.
6. BPF lone MP resigns from Rajya Sabha, to join BJP on Sunday  BJP ally Bodoland People’s Front’s founding member and MP Biswajit Daimary resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Saturday and announced he will join the saffron party on Sunday.
7. First meeting of MP’s cow cabinet on Sunday The first meeting of the ‘Gau Cabinet’ (cow cabinet) in Madhya Pradesh, formed with the aim of promoting and protecting the cow, will take place on Sunday.
8. Skilling Open Chess: Vidit Gujrathi to open campaign against Firouzja  Grandmaster Vidit S. Gujrathi will be the lone Indian in the fray in the Skilling Open online chess tournament, beginning on Sunday.
9. FC Goa start ISL campaign against Chhetri-led Bengaluru A new-look FC Goa, strengthened with the addition of new foreign players and a new head coach, will begin their Indian Super League campaign with a new vigour when they clash with formidable Bengaluru FC, in Margao on Sunday.
10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 90,93,065 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,33,362.
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