The Morning Filter: UN vote on Sri Lanka

The Hindu Newsletter - The big news stories to follow today [logo] The Morning Filter Tuesday | 23 March, 2021 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Morning Filter newsletter, your guide from The Hindu on the major news stories and events to follow today. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today [ Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka. File ]( 1. Vote on resolution against Sri Lanka at UNHRC postponed to Tuesday The [vote on a critical resolution against Sri Lanka]( at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva has been postponed to Tuesday, as Colombo stepped up efforts to garner international support ahead of the voting which is being seen as an acid test for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. 2. Putin to get coronavirus vaccine shot in Russia on Tuesday President Vladimir Putin said he will get a [coronavirus](vaccine shot on Tuesday, several months after widespread vaccination has started in Russia. 3. Afghan foreign minister arrives in India on three-day visit [ External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Mohammed Haneef Atmar during a meeting, in New Delhi. ] Afghan Foreign Minister [Mohammad Haneef Atmar arrived in New Delhi]( on Monday on a three-day visit against the backdrop of renewed efforts to speed up the peace process in Afghanistan. Atmar is scheduled to hold extensive talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar later in the day with a focus on the Afghan peace process and ways to further bolster bilateral cooperation in a range of areas. 4. Loan moratorium: SC to pronounce verdict on Tuesday on pleas for relief from trade bodies The Supreme Court will on Tuesday pronounce verdict on a batch of pleas by various trade associations, including from real estate and power sectors, seeking extension of loan moratorium and other reliefs in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. 5. Focus on Dhawan, as India eyes winning start in ODI series against England [ Shikhar Dhawan. File ] Struggling opener Shikhar Dhawan will be the focus in a spoilt-for-choice Indian team when it takes on world champion England in a three-match ODI series starting here on Tuesday with the visitors eyeing a positive end to their tour after Test and T20 debacles. 6. India vs South Africa | Indian women to play for pride The final T20, to be played on Tuesday, therefore may be of little consequence as far as the rubber goes, but the [Women in Blue]( will surely want to avoid a whitewash. They will have to come up with an improved display, especially in fielding and bowling. 7. Rajasthan: Nomination process for bypolls to 3 Assembly seats begins The nomination process for the bypolls to three Assembly constituencies in Rajasthan is set to begin from Tuesday. The last date for filing nominations is March 30 while the scrutiny of papers will be held on March 31. 8. Israeli election seen as referendum on divisive Netanyahu [ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File ] [Israelis vote Tuesday]( in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 9. Coronavirus | [Latest numbers]( and developments The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 1,16,52,756 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,61,410. [underlineimg] 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. Today's Top Picks [[ The poster of Akshi that won best Kannada film. ] Wild Karnataka wins national award in non-feature category]( [[ Mahendra Kumar Sharma (standing, fourth from left), with the West Zone team at the inter-zone women’s cricket tournament in 1974. Special Arrangement. ] The man who batted for women’s cricket]( [[border=0] Asuran, Oththa Seruppu Size 7 bag national awards]( [[ A water recharge well at Cubbon Park in Bengaluru. ] World Water Day: Cubbon Park rejuvenation project helped recharge up to 100 million litres annually]( Copyright @ 2021, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD. If you are facing any trouble in viewing this newsletter, please [try here]( If you do not wish to receive such emails [go here](mailto:rm-0bfay6yvbf2f90kauhrxfebysa8hkr8@newsalert.thehindu.com?subject=Unsubscribe&body=You will be unsubscribed from our mailing list.)