The Morning Filter: Orange alert

The Hindu Newsletter - Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today [The Hindu Logo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Linkedin]( [Instagram]( Thursday 27, August 2020 [alt_text]( The Morning Filter [Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today]( [alt_text]( 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. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive [coronavirus](cases reported from India now stands at 33,07,714 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The toll from the disease stands at 60,649. 2. North India to witness intense rainfall over next 4 days; orange alert for Uttarakhand for August 27-28: IMD The weather department has forecast intense rainfall activity over[several parts of north India]( for the next four days and issued an orange alert for Uttarakhand for August 27 and 28 and a yellow alert for the subsequent two days. 3. Stormy GST Council meet in offing; States’ revenue shortfall, compensation to be discussed [ Photograph used for representational purposes only ] The 41st meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, to be held via video conferencing, has just one agenda for discussion — making up for shortfall in States’ revenues, sources said. 4. Defence seems bent upon delaying Babri mosque demolition trial: Court While making his exasperation clear, Special Judge S.K. Yadav rejected the defence counsel’s requests to grant them time till August 31 for filing written arguments and directed them to ensure filing the same by Thursday. 5. Three capital cities | Andhra Pradesh High Court will commence hearing from Thursday Supreme Court refuses to entertain A.P. plea against HC status quo order. 6. At Opposition meeting, CMs plan to move Supreme Court on JEE, NEET States ruled by political rivals of Bharatiya Janata Party are likely to file a [joint review petition]( in the Supreme Court against the Union Education Ministry’s decision to go ahead with JEE and NEET in September. 7. Pranab Mukherjee’s renal parameters ‘slightly deranged’ [ Former President of India and Bharata Ratna awardee Pranab Mukherjee. File ] Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s [renal parameters have shown a decline]( while he continues to remain in coma, the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) hospital said. 8. New Zealand mosque attacks | Final day of hearing on Thursday Attacker Brenton Harrison Tarrant told a New Zealand judge Wednesday he will not speak in his defence at his sentencing hearing for the mass shooting of worshippers at two Christchurch mosques. 9. Kamala Harris will be Democrats’ main counter to Trump on Thursday Democratic vice presidential nominee [Kamala Harris plans to deliver a speech](condemning President Donald Trump on Thursday for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The speech will come hours before Trump is set to accept renomination for a second term. 10. Mike Pence accepts Republican vice-presidential nomination [ U.S. Vice President Mike Pence delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican vice presidential nominee during an event of the 2020 Republican National Convention held at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S, August 26, 2020. ] Mike Pence has formally accepted the Republican vice-presidential nomination for the November 3 election in the United States. The nomination was accepted on the third night of the National Republican Convention on Wednesday. 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. Today's Top Picks [alt_text]( [International Booker Prize: Marieke Lucas Rijneveld’s “The Discomfort of Evening” wins]( [alt_text]( [17 dead dolphins wash up on Mauritius beach near oil spill site]( [alt_text]( [Manoranjan Byapari: From the kitchen to his real love – books]( [alt_text]( [Venkaiah Naidu lauds Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash who won ‘world’s fastest human calculator’ title]( You are receiving this email because you are a user of [thehindu.com]( If you do not wish to receive any such emails, [unsubscribe here.](mailto:rm-0b4vjj0tbf2f90kauhrxfebysa8hkxf@newsalert.thehindu.com?subject=Unsubscribe&body=You will be unsubscribed from our mailing list.) To ensure you continue to receive emails from The Hindu in your inbox, please add newsletters.th@newsalert.thehindu.com to your contact. If you can't see the mailer, please [click here.]( Group Sites [The Hindu]( | [இந்து தமிழ் திசை]( | [Business Line]( | [BL on Campus]( | [Sportstar]( | [Frontline]( | [The Hindu Centre]( | [Images]( | [roofandfloor]( | [Classifieds]( Copyright @ 2020 ,THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. [About Us]( | [Contact Us]( | [Digital Subscription](