Morning Filter: Yediyurappa to meet PM today

1. PM to inaugurate projects worth ₹1,100 crore in Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate and dedicate to the nation a host of projects worth over ₹1,100 crore, including a newly-built five-star hotel atop the redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station, on Friday, said Gujarat government officials. 2. SC to take stock of decongestion measures The top court on Friday will take stock of the situation in relation to its May 8 order in a suo motu case of 2020 which was meant to decongest prisons in view of the spread of COVID-19 contagion in prisons. 3. Yediyurappa expected to meet PM, central Ministers, BJP leaders "I'm going to Delhi tomorrow with an intention to meet several central Ministers and the Prime Minister to discuss the development of the State, irrigation projects that are pending and other issues," Mr. Yediyurappa said on Thursday. 4. Court rejects bail application of PDP leader Waheed Parra A special court on Thursday rejected the bail plea of PDP leader Waheed Parra, the second time in five months, and decided to hear on Friday arguments on the chargesheet filed against him, officials said. 5. Maharashtra board SSC results to be released The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) will be declared on the MSBSHSE's official website at 1 pm on Friday, an official said. 6. Schools in Haryana set to reopen The Haryana government has decided that students of Classes 9 to 12 of all government and private schools in the State will be allowed to attend school from July 16 onward, with the permission of their parents. 7. Melbourne to lockdown for five days Melbourne's fifth lockdown of the pandemic will apply across Victoria state, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday. 8. Zomato IPO oversubscribed 4.8 times The IPO is open for subscription till Friday in a price band of ₹72-76 per share. 9. Coronavirus in India | Numbers and developments The Delta Plus variants constituted less than 1% of coronavirus samples that were sequenced in India in June and continuing outbreaks in India were primarily being led by the Delta variant, said a report from the India Sarscov2 Genome Consortium. The overall number of positive coronavirus cases in India in the country to 3,10,25,720 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 4,12,563. 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. [logo] The Morning Filter 16 JULY 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 1. PM to inaugurate projects worth ₹1,100 crore in Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi will [virtually inaugurate]( and dedicate to the nation a host of projects worth over ₹1,100 crore, including a newly-built five-star hotel atop the redeveloped Gandhinagar railway station, on Friday, said Gujarat government officials. 2. SC to take stock of decongestion measures [The Supreme Court of India. File.]  The top court on Friday will take stock of the situation in relation to its [May 8 order]( in a suo motu case of 2020 which was meant to decongest prisons in view of the spread of COVID-19 contagion in prisons. 3. Yediyurappa expected to meet PM, central Ministers, BJP leaders "I'm going to Delhi tomorrow with an intention to meet several central Ministers and the Prime Minister to discuss the development of the State, irrigation projects that are pending and other issues," Mr. Yediyurappa said on Thursday. 4. Court rejects bail application of PDP leader Waheed Parra [Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra. File]  A special court on Thursday [rejected the bail plea of PDP leader Waheed Parra]( the second time in five months, and decided to hear on Friday arguments on the chargesheet filed against him, officials said. 5. Maharashtra board SSC results to be released The results of the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) will be declared on the MSBSHSE's official website at 1 pm on Friday, an official said. 6. Schools in Haryana set to reopen The [Haryana government has decided]( that students of Classes 9 to 12 of all government and private schools in the State will be allowed to attend school from July 16 onward, with the permission of their parents. 7. Melbourne to lockdown for five days Melbourne's fifth lockdown of the pandemic will apply across Victoria state, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said on Thursday. 8. Zomato IPO oversubscribed 4.8 times [ Zomato has raised over ₹1,800 crore in funding from Tiger Global, Kora and others. ]  The [IPO is open for subscription]( till Friday in a price band of ₹72-76 per share. 9. Coronavirus in India | Numbers and developments The [Delta Plus variants constituted less than 1%]( of coronavirus samples that were sequenced in India in June and continuing outbreaks in India were primarily being led by the Delta variant, said a report from the India Sarscov2 Genome Consortium. The overall number of positive [coronavirus cases in India]( in the country to 3,10,25,720 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 4,12,563. [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. 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