| 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. Farmer's protest - follow up Govt. offers to put on hold three farm laws for 1-1.5 years to end protest; Farmer unions to discuss internally
2. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris sworn in as President, Vice President of the United States respectively  While the transfer of power was not peaceful in the world’s oldest constitutional republic, that transfer did occur on Wednesday on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, as Joseph R. Biden Jr. was sworn in as the 46th President of the U.S. Kamala Devi Harris was sworn in as the Vice-President by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
3. Coronavirus vaccines sent by India reach Bhutan and Maldives - follow up It is learnt that two million doses of Covisheild vaccines, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India (SII), will reach Bangladesh on Thursday while one million doses will be supplied to Nepal.
4. Conditions of Varavara Rao's detention cruel, inhuman: HC told The High Court will continue hearing the arguments on the writ petition filed by Rao's wife on Thursday.
5. BJP chief Nadda on 2-day visit to Lucknow from Thursday  The BJP's national president will be on a two-day visit to the Uttar Pradesh capital from Thursday, party sources said in Lucknow.
6. Ports review meeting to begin on Thursday, to deliberate on future action plan A three-day ports review meeting will be conducted from Thursday to deliberate on a future action plan, including development of satellite ports by all major ports, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said in a statement on Wednesday.
7. ATK Mohun Bagan eye comeback against Chennaiyin FC ATK Mohun Bagan will look to put up a better show after dropping five points in their last two games when they take on Chennaiyin FC in an Indian Super League fixture at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao on Thursday.
8. Sharma, Bhullar set to tee off in star-studded field at Abu Dhabi Shubhankar Sharma and Gaganjeet Bhullar will tee off in a star-studded field in their first start of the 2021 season at the Abu Dhabi Golf Club on Thursday.
9. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments  The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,06,10,772 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,54,287.
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