| 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. Registration for next phase of COVID-19 vaccination to open at 9 am today The next phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive for people above 60 years and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities will begin from March 1 and registration on the Co-WIN 2.0 portal will open at 9 a.m. on Monday.
2. Budget Session of Punjab Assembly from Monday The session will be held from March 1 to 10.
3. Chhattisgarh CM to launch flight services from Bilaspur today  Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel will virtually inaugurate the flight services from Bilasa Bai Kewat airport (Chakarbhata) at around 2:30 pm, connecting the town to Delhi via Jabalpur and Prayagraj cities, the release said.
4. Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Rathod resignation Amid furious Opposition clamour, Maharashtra Forest Minister and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Rathod on Sunday resigned from the Maharashtra cabinet. Mr. Rathod tendered his resignation to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
5. Final phase trial of contactless ticketing system to begin in 3,000 Delhi cluster buses from today The final phase of trial of contactless ticketing system will begin in the around 3,000 cluster buses run by the Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System (DIMTS) through the 'Chartr' app from Monday, a transport department statement said.
6. Golden Globe awards 2021  Hollywood’s award season kicks off Sunday at a very different Golden Globes, with a mainly virtual ceremony. Usually a star-packed party that draws Tinseltown's biggest names to a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom, this pandemic edition is being broadcast from two scaled-down venues on opposite coasts.
7. NEROCA face stern test against RoundGlass Punjab FC In a tight corner, NEROCA FC would look to get itself out of the relegation zone when they take on fourth-placed RoundGlass Punjab FC in an I-League match in Kalyani on Monday.
8. Sri Lanka appoint Tom Moody as Director of Cricket  Former Australia all-rounder Tom Moody has been appointed as the Sri Lanka director of cricket, the country's cricket board said on Sunday. Moody's appointment is effective from Monday.
9. ISSF Shotgun World Cup | Trap competitions begin today Indian shooters drew a blank in the skeet mixed team competition at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup with the pairs of Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Ganemat Sekhon and Angad Bajwa finishing seventh and 10th respectively.
10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,11,11,947 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,58,517.
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