Morning Filter: Sri Lankan Parliament to meet today

1. Sri Lanka Crisis | Parliament to meet today Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s acting President after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned. Sri Lanka’s Parliament will meet today. 2. Monsoon session | Om Birla to meet party leaders today Ahead of the Monsoon Session, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is set to meet party leaders today. 3. Ferocious Godavari batters life in A.P. districts Hundreds of villages, mainly the lankas (island villages), along the course of Godavari are reeling under the worst flood as the swollen river has been discharging 20.61 lakh cusecs of water as of Friday evening, with an indication that it will cross 22 lakh in the next few hours; IMD issues orange alert forecasting very heavy rains in MP, rail traffic to Nagpur affected; Teenage boy killed in house wall collapse in Belagavi. 4. UP’s Jalaun district gears up for PM’s visit to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway Elaborate arrangements are underway for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway today. 5. Amit Shah to be chief guest at national conference of ARDBs Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will be the chief guest at National Conference of Agricultural Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) to be held in the national capital today. 6. Biden lands in Saudi Arabia to meet the king, crown prince President Joe Biden touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday, preparing to meet for the first time with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, an encounter intended to reset their two countries’ longstanding partnership despite U.S. criticism of human rights abuses in the oil-rich kingdom. 7. Aishwary stars as India continues strong show at Changwon Shooting WC Two Indians reached the ranking round while at least one other looked poised to qualify with two finals scheduled for today, day seven of competitions. 8. Cricket continues in Sri Lanka despite the economic crisis The first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka gets underway in Galle today. [logo] The Morning Filter 16 JULY 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. Sri Lanka Crisis | Parliament to meet today [A general view of the vandalised office of the Sri Lankan president inside his official residence on July 15, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. ] Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s acting President after Gotabaya [Rajapaksa resigned](. Sri Lanka’s Parliament will meet today. 2. Monsoon session | Om Birla to meet party leaders today Ahead of the Monsoon Session, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is set to meet party leaders today. 3. Ferocious Godavari batters life in A.P. districts [Fisherfolk families staying in boats as Godavari flood water enters their areas at Chintoor in Alluri Sitarama Raju district on Friday. Photo: Special Arrangement. ] Hundreds of villages, mainly the lankas (island villages), along the course of Godavari are [reeling under the worst flood]( as the swollen river has been discharging 20.61 lakh cusecs of water as of Friday evening, with an indication that it will cross 22 lakh in the next few hours; IMD issues orange alert forecasting very heavy rains in MP, rail traffic to Nagpur affected; Teenage boy killed in house wall collapse in Belagavi. 4. UP’s Jalaun district gears up for PM’s visit to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway Elaborate arrangements are underway for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to inaugurate Bundelkhand Expressway today. 5. Amit Shah to be chief guest at national conference of ARDBs Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will be the chief guest at National Conference of Agricultural Rural Development Banks (ARDBs) to be held in the national capital today. 6. Biden lands in Saudi Arabia to meet the king, crown prince [Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and U.S. President Joe Biden meet at Al Salman Palace upon his arrival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, July 15, 2022. Photo: Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via Reuters] President [Joe Biden touched down in Saudi Arabia]( on Friday, preparing to meet for the first time with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, an encounter intended to reset their two countries’ longstanding partnership despite U.S. criticism of human rights abuses in the oil-rich kingdom. 7. Aishwary stars as India continues strong show at Changwon Shooting WC Two Indians reached the ranking round while at least one other looked poised to qualify with two finals scheduled for today, day seven of competitions. 8. Cricket continues in Sri Lanka despite the economic crisis The first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka gets underway in Galle today. 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