| 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. Bird flu confirmed in seven States The Centre said bird flu outbreak has been confirmed in seven States — Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, while test results are still awaited for Delhi and Maharashtra samples. 2. Mamata announces free COVID-19 vaccination In a letter to West Bengal’s health workers, Chief Minister Mamata says that her government would provide the COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to the people, became available to the public domain. 3. Nadda to address rally in Assam The BJP president will be on a two-day tour of poll-bound Assam from Monday during which he will address a rally in Silchar and attend a number of other party programmes. 
4. Supreme Court to hear pleas on farm laws, ongoing farmers' agitation at Delhi borders Amid a deadlock in the government's negotiations with protesting farmer unions, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a clutch of pleas challenging the new farm laws as well as the ones raising issues related to the ongoing agitation at Delhi borders. 5. Supreme Court to hear Aadhaar review pleas A five-judge bench will take up in-chambers a batch of review pleas challenging the September 26, 2018 verdict. 6. Sri Lankan Navy apprehends nine Indian fishermen Fishermen operating mechanised boats decided to strike work indefinitely from Monday, urging the Centre to expedite steps for the release of the fishermen from Sri Lankan custody at the ealiest. 7. AI's all-women cockpit crew takes off on historic San Francisco-Bengaluru flight The flight number AI176 left San Francisco on Saturday at 8.30 p.m. (10 a.m. IST) and would arrive in Bengaluru at 3.45 a.m. IST on Monday, according to Air India sources. The total flight time on this route will be more than 17 hours depending on the wind speed on that particular day. 
8. U.S. diplomats in extraordinary protest against Donald Trump for riot American diplomats have drafted two cables condemning President Donald Trump’s incitement of the deadly assault on the Capitol and calling for administration officials to possibly support invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. 9. ISL | ATK Mohun Bagan vs Mumbai City in top-two clash Leaders Mumbai City FC would look extend their eight-match unbeaten streak when they take on ATK Mohun Bagan in a top-two clash of the Indian Super League in Margao on Monday. 10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,04,65,688 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,51,220.
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