| 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. COVID-19 vaccination drive, day 2 No case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported so far, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. 2. PM to flag-off 8 trains connecting Statue of Unity in Kevadiya with different parts of country Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag-off eight trains connecting different regions of the country with Kevadiya, home to the Statue of Unity dedicated to Vallabhbhai Patel, in Gujarat on Sunday via video-conferencing. 3. First phase of voting for over 1,200 panchayats in Himachal Pradesh The first of the three-phase Panchayati Raj institution elections in Himachal Pradesh will be held on Sunday. Voting in 1,227 gram panchayats will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The remaining two phases are slated to be held on January 19 and January 21. 4. Delhi Police issues advisory, asks commuters to avoid Nagar Kirtan procession routes According to the advisory, the procession of Nagar Kirtan organised by the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee will start around 9.30 a.m. on Sunday from Gurudwara Rakab Ganj Sahib and is likely to terminate late in the evening at Gurudwara Guru Singh Sabha in Hari Nagar. 5. No delay to Australian Open after 47 players hit by Covid chaos  Australian Open chief Craig Tiley insisted Sunday the Grand Slam would begin as scheduled next month, while admitting it was "not a great situation" for the 47 players who have been confined to their hotel rooms. The tournament was thrown into disarray on Saturday when three people tested positive to Covid-19 on two of the 17 charter flights that brought players and their entourages to Melbourne and Adelaide. 6. ISL | Jamshedpur FC, NorthEast United eye consistency to revive playoff hopes Coming off back-to-back defeats, Jamshedpur FC will look to get back to winning ways and revive their playoff hopes when they take on struggling NorthEast United FC in their Indian Super League match in Vasco on Sunday. 7. Aus. vs. India 4th Test, Day 3 | Australia ramp up the pressure as India 161-4 at lunch Australia's pacemen raised the pressure to take two wickets and leave India 161 for four at lunch on day three of the fourth test decider in Brisbane on Sunday. Josh Hazlewood had India number three Cheteshwar Pujara caught behind for 25 and Mitchell Starc had stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane edge to the slips for 37 on an overcast day at the Gabba. 8. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments  The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,05,58,198 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,52,339.
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