The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter. Happy Monday and here’s to starting your week one step ahead of the news. The big stories to watch out for today: 1) 406 people who returned from Wuhan to be discharged All 406 persons are going to be discharged from ITBP facility in a phased manner from today onwards based on the advisory issued by the Ministry of Health with due medical procedures and protocols. The group includes seven Maldives citizens. 2) Indians on board cruise ship off Japan continue to test positive for coronavirus A total of 138 Indians, including 132 crew and 6 passengers, were among the 3,711 people on board the ship, Diamond Princess, that arrived at the Japanese coast earlier this month. Two more Indians tested positive on Sunday. 3) Airtel, Voda Idea, Tata Tele likely to pay AGR dues today: DoT source “Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Tata Teleservices have said that they will make payments on Monday. DoT will take action after evaluating the amount paid by them,” an official source told PTI. 4) UN chief Guterres in Pakistan: follow up Important for India and Pakistan to ‘de-escalate, both militarily and verbally’, he has said. New Delhi has responded saying: “India's position has not changed. Jammu & Kashmir has been, is and will continue to be an integral part of India.” Guterres began a three day visit to Pakistan on Sunday. 5) Delhi Cabinet: Kejriwal unlikely to make major changes in portfolios Most Cabinet ministers will take charge of their respective offices today 6) Evacuation of U.S. passengers from quarantined ship begins American passengers began evacuating a cruise ship quarantined off Japan early this morning (Japan time) boarding around a dozen buses at a port in Yokohama. 7) 13th Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals in Gandhinagar Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be officially inaugurating the CMS COP 13, which is being attended by 1,800 delegates from nearly 130 countries. 8) Laureus World Sportsman of the Year awards Golfer Tiger Woods, champion marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge and Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton are the top contenders to grab the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award in Berlin. The ceremony will be hosted by Hugh Grant. Follow up on the days major stories with perspective delivered in a concise, conversational style with The Evening Wrap newsletter.
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