The Morning Filter: Unlock 5.0 expanded

The Hindu Newsletter - Here are the biggest news stories of the day [The Hindu Logo]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Linkedin]( [Instagram]( Thursday 01, October 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: - [New Unlock 5.0 guidelines to come into effect]( Cinema halls, entertainment parks, and swimming pools are to open, and States have been given the flexibility to decide if they wanted to open schools from October 15. - Bihar Assembly polls | Nominations begin for the first phase 71 of the total 243 seats will go to polls in the first phase; nominations close on October 8. - Election Commission hold press conference on Bihar today evening The Election Commission on Wednesday removed Bihar Excise Commissioner B. Karthikey Dhanji from the post before the State Assembly polls, while the seven-member poll panel headed by CEC Sunil Arora heard representatives of political parties on arrangements for conduct of elections during COVID-19 pandemic. - Congress to continue meeting on Bihar polls Congress on Wednesday held internal deliberations on seat-sharing arrangements, candidates for Bihar polls. - Chandrasekhar Rao to hold meeting on strategy on inter-State water issues [ K. Chandrasekhar Rao ] K. Chandrasekhar Rao The Telangana Chief Minister has convened a meeting on Thursday with officials of the Water Resources Department to discuss the strategy to be adopted at the apex council meet convened by the Centre on October 6. - West Bengal BJP top brass to meet Amit Shah on Thursday The organisational restructuring of BJPs central unit sparked discontent in the Bengal unit as senior leader Rahul Sinha, who was dropped as national secretary, expressed his anger over being left out. - Coronavirus |[Latest numbers]( and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 63,03,418 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The toll from the disease stands at 98,751. 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]( [Ideal body weight of Indian men now 65 kg, women 55 kg]( [alt_text]( [Southwest monsoon ends with over 8% surplus]( [alt_text]( [Russia reports 'non-standard' air leak on International Space Station]( [alt_text]( [Zomato, Swiggy get notices from Google for violating Play Store norms]( 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-0b4wqu96bf2f90kauhrxfebysa8hk0u@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](