| 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. Bihar readies for D-day amid predictions of change Bihar might be on the cusp of a major generational shift in politics as it braced for Tuesday's counting of votes for the assembly election, with most pollsters predicting a landslide for the five-party Grand Alliance led by the young RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. 2. By-polls: Nail-biter in MP as counting for 58 assembly seats in 11 states to be held on Tuesday Counting of votes would be held on Tuesday in assembly byelection to 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh, where the fate of Shivraj Singh Chouhan government hangs in the balance, and 30 seats in 10 other states in the first major pan-India electoral exercise amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 3. Elections for mayors of six municipal corporations of Rajasthan on Tuesday Ward councillors elected last week will vote on Tuesday to choose mayors for six municipal corporations in three cities in Rajasthan. 4. Congress to move no-confidence motion in Meghalaya assembly The Congress will move a no-confidence motion against the NPP-led government in Meghalaya on Tuesday, Leader of Opposition Mukul Sangma said, alleging that it has failed on all fronts. 5. Court at Alibag grants permission to question Arnab at Taloja The Sessions Court at Alibag on Monday granted Raigad Police permission to question Arnab Goswami at Taloja Central Jail for three hours from Tuesday in the 2018 abetment of suicide case. 
6. SC to hear plea against HC order staying 80% reservation of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients A Special Bench of the Supreme Court is scheduled on Tuesday (November 10) to hear an appeal filed by the Delhi government to lift a High Court stay of its direction to 33 hospitals to reserve 80% of its ICU beds to treat COVID-19 patients. 7. EU to impose tariffs on U.S. imports in Boeing case from Tuesday The European Union will start applying tariffs on imports of $4 billion of U.S. goods from Tuesday following an award from the World Trade Organization in case on subsidies for planemaker Boeing, EU trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis said on Monday. 8. NGT bans firecrackers in places where air quality is “poor” The National Green Tribunal directed that there would be a total ban on sale or use of all kinds of firecrackers between November 10 and 30 in all cities and towns across the country where the average ambient air quality in November fell under the ‘poor’ and above category. 9. Indian Premier League 2020 final | Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Capitals in Dubai The unmatched legacy and hegemony created by the ‘galacticos’ of Mumbai Indians will be thoroughly challenged by a young Mumbaikar Shreyas Iyer, who will lead a passionate-but-unpredictable Delhi Capitals in a cracker of an Indian Premier League final on Tuesday. 
10. 15th Finance Commission submits its report to President The 15th Finance Commission said it has taken the unique requirements of each of India’s 28 States on board and come up with State-specific considerations in its report submitted to President Ram Nath Kovind. 11. France to host EU video summit Tuesday on terror response French President Emmanuel Macron will on Tuesday host a video summit about an EU-wide response to recent attacks in Europe blamed on Islamist radicals, his office said. 12. McCarrick: What's known about the abusive US ex-cardinal The Vatican on Tuesday will release its report into the rise and fall of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick. 13. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 85,85,287 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,26,980. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day’s biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter. Click here to get it in your inbox. | 
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