| 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. PM Imran Khan to hold talks with Gotabaya Rajapaksa Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will meet President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday, the foreign ministry has confirmed. 2. Sasikala factor | AIADMK asks cadres to take vow in 'Amma's name' to guard party Wary of the V K Sasikala factor, the AIADMK asked its cadres to take a pledge, in the name of J Jayalalithaa on the former Chief Minister's birth anniversary on February 24 by lighting a lamp in their houses, to guard the party. 3. Toolkit case | Shantanu Muluk moves Delhi court for anticipatory bail Shantanu Muluk, who is accused along with Disha Ravi in connection with allegedly being involved in sharing a "toolkit" on social media related to the farmers' protest, Tuesday moved a Delhi court seeking anticipatory bail. The application moved by Muluk is likely to come up for hearing today before Additional Sessions Judge Dharmender Rana. 
4. Demonstration against Centre in Puducherry The Congress and constituents of the Secular Democratic Alliance in Puducherry will stage a demonstration here on Wednesday to protest the alleged 'murder of democracy' by the Centre holding it responsible for the fall of the V Narayanasamy-led government here.
5. Classes to begin for 6th to 8th standard students in Telangana The Telangana government decided to start classes for sixth to eighth standard students from Wednesday. 6. Rajasthan Budget to be a paperless exercise The Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government in Rajasthan will present its third budget, which will be a paperless exercise. "The state budget 2021-22 will be paperless this time. And the legislators will be provided soft copies of the budget speech and other related documents in tablets instead of hard copies," a senior Finance Department official said. 7. Madhya Pradesh Assembly session The Madhya Pradesh Assembly was adjourned for the day on Tuesday after paying tributes to prominent political personalities who died recently and people who lost their lives in a glacier burst in Uttarakhand and last week's road accident in Sidhi district of the state. The proceedings of the house will resume at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. 8. Milan Fashion Week | Black Lives Matter in Italian Fashion campaign A digital runway show by five Italian fashion designers of African origin opens Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, one tangible result of a campaign launched last summer by the only Black Italian designer belonging to the Milan fashion chamber.  9. Vijay Hazare Trophy | Bihar player tests positive for COVID-19 The Vijay Hazare Trophy has seen its first case of COVID-19 with a Bihar player returning positive for the virus, following which all the other cricketers are being tested. 10. Ind vs Eng third Test | India venture into unknown, England seek answers for 'pink ball turner' A virgin Motera strip has become the big talking point as India captain Virat Kohli prepares the right pink ball questionnaire to trouble a spoilt-for-choice England in the day-night third Test starting here on Wednesday. 11. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,10,28,750 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,57,967.
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