| 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. PM to interact with farmers on Friday In a major outreach to farmers, the BJP has made plans to ensure participation of over one crore of them at thousands of venues across the nation on Friday when Prime Minister Narendra Modi transfers ₹18,000 crore to nine crore farmers and interacts with a section of them. 2. Govt. sends fresh invite to protesting farmers for talks  Visitors click pictures at the farmer protest site in Singhu border, New Delhi on December 24, 2020. Unions say include repeal of farm laws in agenda. 3. Former CEO of rating agency BARC arrested in TRP scam Partho Dasgupta was arrested by Crime Intelligence Unit from the jurisdiction of Rajgad Police Station in Pune district and will be produced before a court in Mumbai on Friday, an official said. 4. President to visit Diu from December 25 to 28 The President will inaugurate the Jalandhar Circuit House in Diu on Friday. 5. Darjeeling toy train service will resume from Friday Three daily joy ride services will be run between Darjeeling and Ghum stations from Friday, the NFR spokesman said from Maligaon. 6. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,01,47,282 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,47,152. 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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