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. Parliamentary proceedings Five extra hours have been added to the duration of discussion in Rajya Sabha on a motion thanking the President for his address to allow debate on the farmers' protest against three agri reform legislations. 2. Year-long commemoration of Chauri Chaura incident to begin today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday inaugurate a year-long commemoration of the Chauri Chaura incident, an outbreak of violence a century ago that led Mahatma Gandhi to halt his non-cooperation movement against the British. 3. President to visit Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh from today The President will leave for Bengaluru on Thursday evening. 4. Future Retail moves HC against order to maintain status quo on deal with Reliance Kishore Biyani, CEO and founder of India's Future Group FRL's appeal was mentioned before a Joint Registrar of the High Court who allowed it to be listed for hearing on Thursday, a lawyer associated with the case said. 5. Congress to bring resolution against farm laws in Haryana Assembly Leader of Opposition in the Haryana Assembly Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the party MLAs will march towards the Haryana Raj Bhavan on Thursday if the Governor did not give them time for a meeting. 6. NCP's Prachanda-led faction to stage general strike in Nepal today The ruling Nepal Communist Party's splinter faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Madhav Kumar Nepal has announced a country-wide general strike against Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli-led government on Thursday. Pushpa Kamal Dahal, leader of the splinter group in the governing Nepal Communist Party, participates in a protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 29, 2020 7. Buoyant NEUFC look to snatch fourth spot from Goa Back in contention for a playoff berth after a hat-trick of wins, a buoyant NorthEast United will look to enter the top four when they face FC Goa in a Indian Super League fixture in Vasco on Thursday. 8. Unbeaten TRAU look for second win against Punjab FC Third-placed Tiddim Road Athletic Union (TRAU) would look to notch up their second win of the I-League when they clash with ninth-placed Punjab FC at the Kalyani Municipal stadium in Kalyani on Thursday. 9. Real Kashmir seek win against Arrows to rise in I-League table Unbeaten so far but with just one win from four matches, Real Kashmir FC will seek full points against bottom-placed Indian Arrows when the two sides face each other in an I-League game in Kalyani on Thursday. 10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,07,77,694 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,57,247.
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