The Morning Filter Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to busy the news day ahead. Here are the stories likely to play out today: 1) AGR dues follow up: Vodafone-Idea response awaited after Airtel offers to pay After Airtel informed the DoT that it would pay its Adjusted Gross Revenue dues before the next Supreme Court hearing on the matter on March 17, the response of Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) is awaited. VIL’s liability is estimated to be around Rs 53,038 crore including Rs 24,729 crore of spectrum dues and Rs 28,309 crore in licence fee and the company has already warned that it may have to shut down if no relief is given. 2) Protest alert across Tamil Nadu State intelligence issued an alert that Muslim organisations have planned protests across Tamil Nadu to condemn police action on protesters in Chennai. Protests across Chennai against the Citizenship Amendment Act on Friday turned violent in some parts as police clashed with protesters. 3) Day 2 of Erdogan's visit to Pakistan; India response to Turkey as Erdogan raises Kashmir in Pak parliament The Indian government is expected to issue a response after Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan raised the issue of Kashmir in Pakistan’s parliament during a two day visit there. He also announced that Turkey will back Pakistan in its efforts to come out of the Grey List of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which is meeting this week in Paris. 4) Zuckerberg wants ‘new framework’ for digital tax “We also want tax reform and I’m glad the OECD is looking at this,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says, in published extracts of a speech he will make in Germany today. 5) Fifth edition of Difficult Dialogues in Goa The annual conference hosted by the International Centre Goa will feature discussions on “After the Aadhar Judgement: Do people have the right to privacy?”; “Gender, the legal profession and the courts: Is there a backlash?”; and “Reforms in the administration of justice: What can help?” among other topics. 6) Portuguese president to arrive in Goa on Saturday on two-day visit Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will arrive in Goa today on a two-day visit during which an MoU on water management and sewerage will be signed, officials said in Panaji. 7) ED files third chargesheet in Moin Qureshi case Rouse Avenue Court’s Special Judge Anuradha Shukla Bhardwaj will consider the chargesheet today at 10 a.m. 8) Badminton | Asia Team Championships in Manila India now face defending champions Indonesia in the semis today. 9) Churchill face Aizawl FC at home Hosts Churchill Brothers will have their task cut out when they lock horns with a revitalised Aizawl FC in an I-League match in Margao. Get perspective on the day’s major developments, delivered in a concise, conversational format, with The Hindu’s Evening Wrap newsletter
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