| 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. Farmers defer tractor march by a day over poor weather forecast Protesting farmer unions have postponed their proposed tractor march from January 6 to January 7 due to a bad weather forecast. Addressing a press conference at Singhu Border here, union leaders said thousands of farmers will take out the tractor march from all protest sites to the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) on January 7. 2. Jaishankar in Sri Lanka on an official visit  External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday reached Colombo for a three-day visit during which he will hold discussions with Sri Lanka's top leadership on the entire gamut of bilateral relations. Jaishankar’s visit from January 5 to 7 follows an invitation by his Sri Lankan counterpart Dinesh Gunawardena and is his first foreign visit of the year. This is also the first by a foreign dignitary to Sri Lanka in the new year. 3. Sourav Ganguly to be discharged from hospital Well know cardiologist Devi Shetty on Tuesday called on BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and met the team of doctors treating him at a city hospital and announced that the former Indian cricket captain will be discharged from the hospital on Wednesday. Speaking to journalists at the Woodlands Hospital where Mr Ganguly has been admitted Dr. Shetty said that the mild heart attack which he suffered had not caused any damage to his heart and will not affect his life style and life span. 4. Georgia deciding U.S. Senate control in election's final day Georgians cast high-stakes final votes Tuesday in elections to determine the balance of power in the new Congress, deciding Senate runoff elections sure to shape President-elect Joe Biden's ability to enact what could be the most progressive governing agenda in generations. 5. Indian Super League | East Bengal look to keep revival going, Goa eye third win on trot Boosted by their first-ever Indian Super League victory, SC East Bengal will look to continue the good form when they take on FC Goa at the Tilak Maidan Stadium here on Wednesday. The new year brought new fortunes for debutants SC East Bengal as they finally bagged their first win in the ISL, brushing aside Odisha FC 3-1 in their last outing. 6. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,03,73,838 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,50.159. 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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