The Morning Filter: India-U.K. PM summit
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1. PM Modi to hold virtual summit with British counterpart Boris Johnson PM Narendra Modi will hold a virtual summit with his British counterpart Boris Johnson on Tuesday during which they will unveil a 10-year roadmap to further broadbase bilateral ties. 2. Night curfew extended to more areas in Tripura With the surge in coronavirus cases in Tripura, the state government decided to extend night curfew to all local and urban bodies and nagar panchayat areas as well as the number of hours under it, officials said. Tripura chief secretary, Manoj Kumar on Monday passed the order which said that the night curfew will be in force indefinitely from Tuesday. 3. Stalin to chair DMK MLAs meeting The DMK announced convening a meeting of the party's newly elected MLAs on May 4 here, where party chief M K Stalin is likely to be elected their Legislature Party Leader. 4. As virus cases surge, Punjab seeks more oxygen tankers from Centre Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh appealed to the Centre for more oxygen tankers, saying the state did not have enough tankers to transport oxygen for seriously ill COVID-19 patients. The CM said the currently has only 15 tankers at its disposal, with two more likely to come in by Tuesday. 5. Opposition MLAs to discuss pandemic situation in Goa MLAs of Opposition parties in Goa are slated to meet on Tuesday to discuss the current pandemic scenario in the coastal state. "Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat has convened a meeting of all Opposition MLAs tomorrow at his chamber in the Assembly complex to discuss the alarming COVID-19 situation in Goa," a release said. 6. Delhi to receive 205 tonnes of oxygen by Tuesday: Railways The railways will deliver its biggest consignment of 205 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen (LMO) to Delhi by Tuesday morning, the national transporter said. While 120 tonnes of LMO in an 'Oxygen Express' with six tankers will be delivered to Delhi from Durgapur in West Bengal, 85 tonnes in four tankers will be delivered to the national capital from Hapa in Gujarat, it said on Monday. 7. IPL | CSK bowling coach L Balaji's testing positive inside bubble puts Delhi games in fix Chennai Super Kings bowling coach L Balaji testing positive for COVID-19 has left the BCCI in a fix about the next few IPL games in Delhi after postponement of Monday's evening match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ahmedabad. 8. IPL | Resurgent Mumbai Indians favourites against SunRisers Hyderabad Back in the groove after two consecutive wins, defending champions Mumbai Indians will be firm favourites to put it past the turbulence-hit and bottom-placed SunRisers Hyderabad in an IPL game on Tuesday. Mumbai will enter the game after their four-wicket win over in-form Chennai Super Kings courtesy Kieron Pollard's blitzkrieg. 9. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases in India recorded in the last 24 hours stands at 3,51,555, taking the tally in the country to 2,02,59,343 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 2,22,138. 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. |
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