The Morning Filter: Peagasus hearing in SC

1. Second anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 Past two years saw people silenced, ripped off jobs, says Gupkar alliance. 2. Pegasus row: SC to hear batch of pleas seeking probe into alleged snooping The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India and senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, seeking independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter. 3. First anniversary of Ram mandir bhumi pujan Yogi Adityanath to visit Ayodhya on Thursday. 4. Antilia case: Court to decide on NIA plea on charge sheet, Waze's default bail today Waze, an accused in the case, is currently in jail under judicial custody. 5. Met dept predicts more rainfall in flood-hit Bengal The already grim flood situation in south Bengal is likely to worsen with the Met department on Wednesday predicting heavy rainfall in the region owing to a cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal and the presence of an active monsoon trough. 6. Jaishankar to attend swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected Iranian president: MEA External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on Thursday. 7. Go First to start flights connecting Doha with three Indian cities from today Go First, previously known as GoAir, on Wednesday announced that it will start flights connecting Doha in Qatar with Mumbai, Kochi and Kannur in India from Thursday onwards. 8. India beats Germany 5-4 to win Olympic men's hockey medal after 41 years The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games here on Thursday, August 5, 2021. 9. Tokyo Olympics | India's Vinesh Phogat loses in quarters Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat suffered a massive upset defeat at the Olympic Games after being pinned by Belarus' Vanesa Kaladzinskaya in the 53kg quarterfinals to not only go out of the gold medal race but also face the risk of getting eliminated, here on Thursday, August 5, 2021. 10. Tokyo Olympics: Day 14 India Schedule Athletics: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in men's 20km race walk event: 1:00pm IST. Golf: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar in women's individual stroke play round 2: 4:00am IST. Wrestling: Anshu Malik vs Valeria Koblova (ROC) in repechage round of women's freestyle 57kg; second bout after 7:30am IST start. Ravi Dahiya vs Zavur Uguev (Russian Olympic Committee) in men's freestyle 57kg final; ninth bout after 2:45pm IST start. Deepak Punia in men's freestyle bronze medal match; 11th bout after 2:45pm IST start. Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day's biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter.

The Morning Filter 05 AUGUST 2021

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Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today 1. Second anniversary of abrogation of Article 370   Past two years saw people silenced, ripped off jobs, says Gupkar alliance. 2. Pegasus row: SC to hear batch of pleas seeking probe into alleged snooping The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India and senior journalists N Ram and Sashi Kumar, seeking independent probe into the alleged Pegasus snooping matter. 3. First anniversary of Ram mandir bhumi pujan Yogi Adityanath to visit Ayodhya on Thursday. 4. Antilia case: Court to decide on NIA plea on charge sheet, Waze's default bail today   Waze, an accused in the case, is currently in jail under judicial custody. 5. Met dept predicts more rainfall in flood-hit Bengal The already grim flood situation in south Bengal is likely to worsen with the Met department on Wednesday predicting heavy rainfall in the region owing to a cyclonic circulation over the north Bay of Bengal and the presence of an active monsoon trough. 6. Jaishankar to attend swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected Iranian president: MEA External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of newly-elected Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran on Thursday. 7. Go First to start flights connecting Doha with three Indian cities from today Go First, previously known as GoAir, on Wednesday announced that it will start flights connecting Doha in Qatar with Mumbai, Kochi and Kannur in India from Thursday onwards. 8. India beats Germany 5-4 to win Olympic men's hockey medal after 41 years     The Indian men's hockey team rewrote history as it claimed an Olympic medal after 41 years, beating a plucky Germany 5-4 to claim the bronze in an edge-of-the-seat play-off match of the ongoing Games here on Thursday, August 5, 2021. 9. Tokyo Olympics | India's Vinesh Phogat loses in quarters Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat suffered a massive upset defeat at the Olympic Games after being pinned by Belarus' Vanesa Kaladzinskaya in the 53kg quarterfinals to not only go out of the gold medal race but also face the risk of getting eliminated, here on Thursday, August 5, 2021. 10. Tokyo Olympics: Day 14 India Schedule Athletics: K T Irfan, Rahul Rohilla and Sandeep Kumar in men's 20km race walk event: 1:00pm IST. Golf: Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar in women's individual stroke play round 2: 4:00am IST. Wrestling: Anshu Malik vs Valeria Koblova (ROC) in repechage round of women's freestyle 57kg; second bout after 7:30am IST start. Ravi Dahiya vs Zavur Uguev (Russian Olympic Committee) in men's freestyle 57kg final; ninth bout after 2:45pm IST start. Deepak Punia in men's freestyle bronze medal match; 11th bout after 2:45pm IST start.   Morning Filter will return tomorrow. Follow up on the day's biggest stories and get concise analysis by The Hindu with the Evening Wrap newsletter.

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