Morning Filter: results of 5 State polls today

1. Counting of votes in five States today The counting of votes for the recently-concluded assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand will begin at 8 a.m. today. EC sends special officers for counting of votes in Varanasi, Meerut. 2. Congress calls first CLP meeting today The first meeting of the Congress legislative party will be held today after the results of the Punjab Assembly polls are declared. 3. Fatigued and war-weary Sumy students head home to safety Exhausted but elated, around 600 Indian students, who waged a tough battle for survival before being pulled out of war-battered Ukrainian city of Sumy, are now on way to Poland on a train from where they will likely be flown back home today. An official said India could end the evacuation exercise today and urged those remaining to take the last flights out. 4. Venkaiah Naidu arrives in Mizoram on two-day visit According to officials, Naidu is scheduled to address the closing day of the ongoing budget session of the State assembly today. 5. Gopichand likely to contest for BAI’s General Secretary post Gopichand, who guided Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu to bronze and silver medals at the Olympics, is expected to file his nomination for the post today. 6. Indian women aim for improved batting show against formidable New Zealand Having pummelled arch-rivals Pakistan in a one-sided lung-opener, India will face an infinitely tougher challenge in hosts New Zealand and would endeavour to put up an improved batting show in their second ICC Women’s World Cup league stage game in Hamilton today. [logo] The Morning Filter 10 MARCH 2022 [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. Counting of votes in five States today [Police personnel on duty at Diksha Bhawan Gorakhpur University counting centre, a day before counting of votes for U.P. Assembly polls, in Gorakhpur, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. ] The counting of votes for the recently-concluded assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand will begin at 8 a.m. today. EC sends special officers for counting of votes in Varanasi, Meerut. 2. Congress calls first CLP meeting today The first meeting of the Congress legislative party will be held today after the results of the Punjab Assembly polls are declared. 3. Fatigued and war-weary Sumy students head home to safety [Indian Ambassador to Ukraine Partha Satpathy interacts with Indian students, onboard a special train carrying 600 students from Sumy University at Lviv Railway Station, in Ukraine. They will travel to Poland and are expected to board evacuation flights to India, on Thursday. ] Exhausted but elated, around 600 Indian students, who waged a tough battle for survival before being pulled out of war-battered Ukrainian city of Sumy, are now on way to Poland on a train from where they will likely be [flown back home today](. An official said India could end the evacuation exercise today and urged those remaining to take the last flights out. 4. Venkaiah Naidu arrives in Mizoram on two-day visit According to officials, Naidu is scheduled to address the closing day of the ongoing budget session of the State assembly today. 5. Gopichand likely to contest for BAI’s General Secretary post Gopichand, who guided Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu to bronze and silver medals at the Olympics, is expected to file his nomination for the post today. 6. Indian women aim for improved batting show against formidable New Zealand Having pummelled arch-rivals Pakistan in a one-sided lung-opener, India will face an infinitely tougher [challenge in hosts New Zealand]( and would endeavour to put up an improved batting show in their second ICC Women’s World Cup league stage game in Hamilton today. Today’s Best Reads [[More than 1 million children fled Ukraine since start of Russian invasion -UNICEF] More than 1 million children fled Ukraine since start of Russian invasion -UNICEF]( [[South Korean conservative declares win in presidential race] South Korean conservative declares win in presidential race]( [[Nod for Covovax vaccine for 12-17 age-group] Nod for Covovax vaccine for 12-17 age-group]( [[Sreesanth hangs up his boots] Sreesanth hangs up his boots]( Copyright @ 2022, 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](