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. U.S. House races to oust Trump U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday that he is opposed to invoking the 25th Amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office. 2. Protesters plan to burn copies of contentious farm laws today Protesting farmers have planned to burn copies of the three controversial farm laws on Lohri. 3. Trump heads to Texas border in final days to showcase wall Trump will be flying on Tuesday (Wednesday IST) to Alamo, Texas, a city in the Rio Grande Valley near the US-Mexican border. 4. Yediyurappa cabinet expansion set for Wednesday 7-8 new Ministers to take oath: CM 5. IAF ferries 286 stranded passengers between J&K, Ladakh Another sortie of the AN-32 Kargil Courier has been planned between Kargil and Srinagar and Kargil and Jammu on Wednesday. 6. Pompeo off to Europe on final trip as Secretary of State Pompeo will visit Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday. 7. Laggards Odisha look to extend two-match unbeaten run against Chennaiyin Laggards Odisha FC will be eager to extend their two-match unbeaten run when they take on an out-of-sorts Chennaiyin FC in an Indian Super League clash in Bambolim on Wednesday. 8. Sabalenka into Abu Dhabi final with 14th straight win Sabalenka will rise to seventh in the world rankings if she wins the Abu Dhabi title on Wednesday. 9. Thailand Open | Saina, Prannoy test negative for COVD-19 hours after testing positive Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy were cleared to play in the Thailand Open after they tested negative for COVID-19, invalidating their previous positive results that had forced them out of the tournament hours earlier on a chaotic Tuesday. 10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,04,95,143 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,51,592. 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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