| 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. SC says will form panel to resolve deadlock; protesters not impressed - follow up Farmer leaders welcomed the Supreme Court’s observations on Wednesday as a “moral victory” but added that setting up a new committee would not resolve their concerns. They also sent an official rejection of the Centre’s proposals to amend the three contentious farm laws, vowing to continue their agitation until the laws are repealed.
2. Launch of communication satellite CMS-01 on-board PSLV-C50 on Thursday  Countdown begins for launch of communication satellite CMS-01 on-board PSLV-C50.
3. Congress, BJP lock horns over Assam’s Tiwa council polls Stage is set for elections tothe 36-member Tiwa Autonomous Council (TAC), comprising parts of four districts of central Assam, scheduled to be held on Thursday, officials said.
4. HC verdict on Thursday on pleas by Delhi BJP MP, MLA against summons in defamation case The Delhi High Court is likely to pronounce on Thursday its decision on the pleas of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and BJP MLA Vijender Gupta seeking quashing of the summons issued against them in a defamation complaint filed by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
5. 10 AC local services on Central Railway’s main line in Mumbai from Thursday Ten air-conditioned local train services will be operated on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus-Kalyan section in Mumbai from Thursday, replacing the ordinary suburban services, the Central Railway said.
6. Karnataka’s Padubidri beach to open for tourists from Thursday  The Udupi district administration has decided to allow domestic and foreign tourists to the blue flag-certified Padubidri beach from Thursday.
7. Chinese capsule returns to Earth carrying moon rocks A Chinese lunar capsule has returned to Earth with the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years.
8. Tatas vs Mistry - arguments to continue on Thursday Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) Group on Wednesday questioned in the Supreme Court the manner in which Cyrus Mistry was removed as the chairman of Tata Sons in October 2016 and claimed that there was an ex-facie breach of Articles of Association in the process.
9. ‘Test of Night Life’: India face Aussie might in Pink Ball affair A peerless Virat Kohli and his “fearless” India would look to unleash their might on an Australian team which is ready for revenge but not exactly in ‘pink of health’ ahead of the first Day/Night Test starting in Adelaide on Thursday.
10. ISL: Odisha target revival of fortunes against Bengaluru Struggling Odisha FC will look to arrest their slide in the Indian Super League when they face a formidable Bengaluru FC at the GMC Stadium in Bambolim on Thursday.
11. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments  The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 99,50,068 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,44,551.
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