| 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. Dilli Chalo | 5th round of talks with farm leaders Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, Food Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State of Commerce and Industry Som Parkash, who will be present in the meeting, will deliberate on the points that farmer leaders had raised and offer possible solutions. Farmers have given a Bharat Bandh call for December 8, saying they will intensify agitation if demands are not met.
2. Japan spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples Hayabusa2 is flying smoothly according to plan, Yuichi Tsuda, project manager at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, said at a briefing ahead of the critical separation of the capsule from the spacecraft on Saturday. 3. RJD to hold demonstration in Patna against agri bills The Rashtriya Janata Dal will take out a demonstration in Patna on Saturday in protest against the agriculture bills. 4. Nadda begins 120-day national tour with visit to Uttarakhand BJP chief J.P. Nadda will address a meeting of the Amdebkar Nagar Mandal at the Hindu National Inter College and also hold deliberations with eminent personalities from Dehradun on Saturday. 5. Final phase of Rajasthan Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad polls on Saturday Polling will be held from 7.30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to elect 908 members of 46 Panchayat Samitis and respective Zila Parishad members. 
6. Delhi riots | Police carried out ‘insidious’ prosecution, Pinjra Tod member Devangana Kalita tells court Prosecution will counter the arguments of the accused on Saturday. 7. Yediyurappa appeals to pro-Kannada outfits to give up Karnataka bandh plans on Saturday Various pro-Kannada organisations are up in arms against the formation of the Maratha Development Authority, which the Chief Minister had announced on November 14 and earmarked ₹50 crore for the ‘overall development of Maratha people’. 8. ISL | Fowler plots East Bengal revival against NorthEast United SC East Bengal will look to register their first win of the season when they take on NorthEast United FC in the Indian Super League in Vasco on Saturday. 9. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 96,07,651 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,39,750. 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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