The Morning Filter: Farmers vacate Singhu protest site

1. Ashes of Gen Rawat, his wife to be taken to Haridwar on Saturday: Family Ashes of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife, who were given a final send-off with full military honours in Delhi this evening, will be taken to Haridwar on Saturday, their family said. The mortal remains of General Rawat and Madhulika Rawat were consigned to flames at the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment, two days after they and 11 others, all from the armed forces, were killed in a helicopter crash in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. 2. Pack up: Farmers at Singhu dismantle a makeshift town, many leave for home Large parts of the Singhu border protest site lay vacant on Friday after a number of farmers bundled up their belongings and headed home on tractors, while others worked long hours to dismantle the makeshift accommodations they built painstakingly over the last year. Tractors bedecked with colourful lights rolled out of the protest site blaring songs of victory. The elderly flaunted their colourful turbans and danced with the youngsters. 3. PM Modi to inaugurate Saryu Nahar National Project in UP's Balrampur Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district on Saturday and inaugurate the Saryu Nahar National Project which will provide assured water for irrigation of over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers of the region, his office said. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the project has been built at a total cost of over Rs 9,800 crore, out of which more than Rs 4,600 crore was provisioned in the last four years. 4. President Kovind arrives in Dehradun to participate in IMA event President Ram Nath Kovind arrived here on Friday to take part in an event of the Indian Military Academy (IMA). Kovind will review the passing out parade of the IMA and address the cadets on Saturday. 5. Delhi’s air quality recorded in 'very poor' category The air quality in the city was in the “very poor” category on Friday as the AQI was recorded at 314 at 4 pm, officials said. Neighbouring Faridabad (291), Ghaziabad (284), Greater Noida (271), Gurgaon (294) and Noida (296) recorded their air quality in the “poor” category. An Air Quality Index (AQI) between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe". 6. Omicron tally rises to 32, symptoms mild: Centre With the detection of seven new cases of the Omicron variant of novel coronavirus in Maharahstra, the total number of cases in the country touched 32 on Friday. Maharashtra now has 17 cases, followed by nine in Rajasthan, three in Gujarat, two in Karnataka, and one in Delhi. 7. MP: At 3-day national water meet, Scindia asks people to conserve for future generations Conserving water is not just the responsibility of the government, but that of people too, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Friday at the inaugural event of the three-day 'Rashtriya Jal Sammelan'. Water has to be conserved to conserve life, he said at the function in which noted conservationist Rajendra Singh and other experts are taking part. 8. ATK Mohun Bagan hope to plug defence, avoid hat-trick of defeats Heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan would be eyeing to plug holes in its defence to avoid the ignominy of a hat-trick of defeats when it takes on an unbeaten Chennaiyin FC in an Indian Super League match here on Saturday. After starting off in style with thumping wins over Kerala Blasters FC and arch-rivals SC East Bengal, the Mariners have slumped to back-to-back losses against nemesis Mumbai City FC and Jamshedpur FC to slip out of top-five. 9. First Ashes Test - Australia vs England - Day 4 Joe Root set a record for most runs in a calendar year by an England test batter and shared an unbroken 159-run stand with Dawid Malan on Friday to lead a rally in the Ashes series opener against Australia. Root was unbeaten on 86 and Malan was 80 not out when England reached 220-2 at stumps on Day 3. The England skipper has 1,541 runs so far in 2021, beating Michael Vaughan’s record of 1,481 runs in 2002. Mohammad Yousuf holds the test record with his 1,788 runs in 11 matches for Pakistan in 2006. 10. Boxing among 3 Olympic sports in danger of losing 2028 spot Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon were set a target of about 18 months to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The governing bodies of boxing and weightlifting were described as problem children by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, who has long voiced concerns with the leadership of those sports and issues with corruption and doping. Modern pentathlon has effectively been told by the IOC to remove equestrian jumping from the event, provoking a backlash from angry athletes. 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 11 DECEMBER 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. Ashes of Gen Rawat, his wife to be taken to Haridwar on Saturday: Family Ashes of Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and his wife, who were given a final send-off with full military honours in Delhi this evening, will be taken to Haridwar on Saturday, their family said. The mortal remains of General Rawat and Madhulika Rawat were consigned to flames at the Brar Square crematorium in Delhi Cantonment, two days after they and 11 others, all from the armed forces, were killed in a helicopter crash in Coonoor in Tamil Nadu. 2. Pack up: Farmers at Singhu dismantle a makeshift town, many leave for home [ It’s time to wrap up: Farmers dismantling tents at the Singhu border on Thursday. SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA] Large parts of the Singhu border protest site lay vacant on Friday after a number of farmers bundled up their belongings and headed home on tractors, while others worked long hours to dismantle the makeshift accommodations they built painstakingly over the last year. Tractors bedecked with colourful lights rolled out of the protest site blaring songs of victory. The elderly flaunted their colourful turbans and danced with the youngsters. 3. PM Modi to inaugurate Saryu Nahar National Project in UP's Balrampur Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh's Balrampur district on Saturday and inaugurate the Saryu Nahar National Project which will provide assured water for irrigation of over 14 lakh hectares of land and benefit about 29 lakh farmers of the region, his office said. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said the project has been built at a total cost of over Rs 9,800 crore, out of which more than Rs 4,600 crore was provisioned in the last four years. 4. President Kovind arrives in Dehradun to participate in IMA event President Ram Nath Kovind arrived here on Friday to take part in an event of the Indian Military Academy (IMA). Kovind will review the passing out parade of the IMA and address the cadets on Saturday. 5. Delhi’s air quality recorded in 'very poor' category [Anti smog gun being used against dust and air pollution at Civil Lines, even as the air quality remains in 'Very Poor' category, in New Delhi on Tuesday.] The air quality in the city was in the “very poor” category on Friday as the AQI was recorded at 314 at 4 pm, officials said. Neighbouring Faridabad (291), Ghaziabad (284), Greater Noida (271), Gurgaon (294) and Noida (296) recorded their air quality in the “poor” category. An Air Quality Index (AQI) between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe". 6. Omicron tally rises to 32, symptoms mild: Centre With the detection of seven new cases of the Omicron variant of novel coronavirus in Maharahstra, the total number of cases in the country touched 32 on Friday. Maharashtra now has 17 cases, followed by nine in Rajasthan, three in Gujarat, two in Karnataka, and one in Delhi. 7. MP: At 3-day national water meet, Scindia asks people to conserve for future generations Conserving water is not just the responsibility of the government, but that of people too, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Friday at the inaugural event of the three-day 'Rashtriya Jal Sammelan'. Water has to be conserved to conserve life, he said at the function in which noted conservationist Rajendra Singh and other experts are taking part. 8. ATK Mohun Bagan hope to plug defence, avoid hat-trick of defeats Heavyweights ATK Mohun Bagan would be eyeing to plug holes in its defence to avoid the ignominy of a hat-trick of defeats when it takes on an unbeaten Chennaiyin FC in an Indian Super League match here on Saturday. After starting off in style with thumping wins over Kerala Blasters FC and arch-rivals SC East Bengal, the Mariners have slumped to back-to-back losses against nemesis Mumbai City FC and Jamshedpur FC to slip out of top-five. 9. First Ashes Test - Australia vs England - Day 4 [England’s captain Joe Root. File Photo] Joe Root set a record for most runs in a calendar year by an England test batter and shared an unbroken 159-run stand with Dawid Malan on Friday to lead a rally in the Ashes series opener against Australia. Root was unbeaten on 86 and Malan was 80 not out when England reached 220-2 at stumps on Day 3. The England skipper has 1,541 runs so far in 2021, beating Michael Vaughan’s record of 1,481 runs in 2002. Mohammad Yousuf holds the test record with his 1,788 runs in 11 matches for Pakistan in 2006. 10. Boxing among 3 Olympic sports in danger of losing 2028 spot Boxing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon were set a target of about 18 months to make changes in order to keep their status as Olympic sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Games. The governing bodies of boxing and weightlifting were described as problem children by International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, who has long voiced concerns with the leadership of those sports and issues with corruption and doping. Modern pentathlon has effectively been told by the IOC to remove equestrian jumping from the event, provoking a backlash from angry athletes. [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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