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. Five missing youths from Arunachal likely to be handed over by China on Saturday: Rijiju
The PLA on Tuesday had conveyed that the five youths, who went missing on September 4 from the Sino-Indian border in Upper Subansiri district, were found by them across the border. 2. Social activist Swami Agnivesh's last rites to be performed His last rites will be performed on Saturday at Agnilok Ashram in Behelpa, Gurgaon at 4 p.m. Before that, his body will be kept at his office in 7, Jantar Mantar Road so people can pay their last respects. 3. Supreme Court gives go ahead to NLAT-2020 but restrains NLSIU from declaring results The Bench said that since the examination is scheduled to be held on Saturday, it can be conducted but neither results nor any admission of students can be done. 4. Nadda to address BJP workers ahead of polls BJP president J.P. Nadda, who is in Bihar, will address BJP workers and leaders on Saturday, where he will share the vision for the State for the next five years if the NDA came back to power. 5. Delhi Metro resumes full services Delhi Metro resumed its full services today with the Airport Express Line reopening after a hiatus of over 170 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 6. 80 additional trains on popular routes from today The Indian Railways will start running 80 additional trains to cater to demand on popular routes from September 12, onwards. Travellers have been able to reserve seats on these trains, which will run in addition to the existing 230 special passenger trains, since September 10. 7. Intra-Afghan dialogue in Qatar The negotiations are set to begin on Saturday in Qatar's Doha which also hosted the talks between the Taliban and the U.S. sides that resulted in their agreement on February 29. 8. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 46,57,386 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 77,528. 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. Click here to get it in your inbox. |
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