| 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. Modi to virtually inaugurate construction of Agra metro project on Monday Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate via videoconferencing the construction of the Agra metro project at 11:30 AM on Monday, according to an official statement.
2. Vijayashanti likely to join BJP on Monday  Telugu actor Vijayashanti on Sunday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.
3. Karnataka Assembly’s winter session from Monday
The winter session of the Karnataka Assembly starting in Bengaluru Monday is likely to be a stormy affair amid speculations that the ruling BJP might introduce bills against cow slaughter and “love jihad”.
4. Supreme Court verdict on Amish Devgan plea against FIRs on remarks on sufi saint The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce on Monday its verdict on a plea of TV news anchor Amish Devgan seeking quashing of FIRs lodged against him for his alleged defamatory remark against Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in a show telecast on June 15.
5. J&K DDC elections phase 4 on Monday  Over 7 lakh voters to decide fate of 249 candidates.
6. 1 dead, 290 taken ill in A.P. due to mysterious disease - follow up More than 140 of the patients have returned home after treatment at hospital while the condition of others was stable, medical and health officials in West Godavari district said.
7. Coronavirus | Serum Institute seeks emergency use nod for Covishield in India The SII became the first indigenous company to apply to the DGCI seeking emergency use authorisation for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in the country, citing unmet medical needs due to the pandemic and in the interest of the public at large, official sources said.
8. SP decides to organise farmer rallies in all districts of U.P. on Monday  The Samajwadi Party will organise farmer rallies in all districts of Uttar Pradesh from December 7 with its chief Akhilesh Yadav slated to take part in such a rally in Kannauj district on a tractor, the party said in statement on Sunday.
9. Men’s Ski World Cup in Italy moved to Monday amid heavy snowfall The second men’s World Cup giant slalom this weekend was postponed for a day and moved to Monday as heavy snowfall in the Italian Alps made the race impossible on Sunday.
10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 96,72,065 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,40,846. 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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