| 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. Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget 2021 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday will deliver her promised budget like no other that is expected to provide relief to the pandemic-hit common man as well as focus more on driving the economic recovery through higher spending on healthcare, infrastructure and defence amid rising tensions with neighbours. 2. Theatres across India to operate at 100 per cent capacity from today On Sunday, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar released a new set of Standard Operating Procedures to help functioning of cinema halls with adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. 
3. RJD says in talks with Trinamool to fight Bengal polls together RJD principal general secretary Abdul Bari Siddiqui and national general secretary Shyam Rajak will meet Mamata Banerjee on Monday. 4. Railrestro to resume food delivery in trains RailRestro, an authorised catering partner of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and a food aggregator platform, on Sunday said it will resume restaurant food delivery services on trains from February 1. 5. Colombo port trade unions hope SL govt will decide on ECT deal Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked the trade unions to discuss the issue with him on Monday ahead of a Cabinet meeting. 6. Military stages coup in Myanmar A military coup was taking place in Myanmar early on Monday and State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi was detained under house arrest, reports said, as communications were cut to the capital. 
7. ISL | Bottom-placed Odisha FC face Jamshedpur FC in clash of laggards Virtually out of contention for a play-offs spot, bottom-placed Odisha FC will play for pride when they take on Jamshedpur FC in an Indian Super League match in Bambolim on Monday. 8. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,07,58,171 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,54,443.
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