Morning Filter: EWS quota hearing continues

6. RSS chief in Ahmedabad to attend seminar [logo] The Morning Filter 14 SEPTEMBER 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. EWS quota hearing to continue today [A general view of main building of the Indian Supreme court In New Delhi, India on Thursday, 26 September 2019. Supreme court is Indian Apex court situated at Bhagwan Das road in New Delhi.] A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, which commenced the hearing on a batch of pleas [challenging the validity of the 103rd Constitution amendment]( that provided for the EWS quota, heard the submissions during a day-long hearing of arguments by three lawyers appearing for the PIL petitioners opposed to the EWS quota. 2. Xi’s 1st foreign visit since COVID outbreak to take part in SCO summit Xi Jinping, 69, will travel to Kazakhstan today — his first visit abroad after the coronavirus pandemic broke out over two years ago — and later to Samarkand in neighbouring Uzbekistan to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other leaders of the eight-member grouping will also take part. Mr. Modi is expected to be in Uzbekistan during September 15-16. 3. Odisha witnesses intense rainfall due to monsoon surge: IMD [ Photo used for representational purpose only.] The rain will continue till Wednesday morning. 4. AAP to start month-long campaign from today The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to roll out a month-long campaign today to highlight the BJP-controlled civic body’s “failures” in the national capital, starting with organising trips for the public to three infamous garbage hills located at the city borders. 5. Exhibition on Hyderabad Liberation Day to open in twin city Secunderabad today The event slated to be hosted at Parade Grounds will be hosted as part of the Hyderabad Liberation Day celebrations planned by the central government. [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat. File.] Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will be on a one-day visit to Ahmedabad today to attend a seminar organised by the city-based Bharatiya Vichar Manch (BVM). 7. Queen’s coffin leaves Edinburgh cathedral for London return The coffin will stay overnight at Buckingham Palace. It will be taken to the Houses of Parliament today, where it will lie in state for four days before Monday’s funeral. 8. China’s third-ranked leader Li Zhanshu to meet Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari today [Chinese National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Chairman Li Zhanshu.] [Li Zhanshu on Tuesday held talks with Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba]( and other top political leaders of Nepal during which they discussed matters of mutual interests. 9. Coal auction continues today Of the eight mines on sale on the first day, five coal mines are fully explored and three mines are partially explored mines. The total geological reserves for these eight coal mines are 2,157.48 million tonnes (MT). The remaining two blocks will be put on sale on Wednesday under the second attempt of the fourth round of commercial coal mine auction. 10. Can’t micro-manage BCCI functioning, says SC; to pass order on tenure of office bearers [A policeman walks past a logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during a governing council meeting of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at BCCI headquarters in Mumbai April 26, 2010. ] The top court, which said that the cooling off period will not be scrapped between the tenures of office bearers as “the purpose of the cooling off period is that there should be no vested interest,” said it will continue with the hearing today and pass order. 11. Mohammedan Sporting bank on home support against mighty Mumbai City Lone surviving city challengers Mohammedan Sporting will look to exploit the home advantage and make the Durand Cup final for a second time in as many years when they face mighty Mumbai City FC in the semifinals in Kolkata today. Today’s Best Reads [[Twitter shareholders endorse Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout deal] Twitter shareholders endorse Elon Musk’s $44 billion buyout deal]( [[BCCI | Cooling-off period after one term for office-bearers is ‘too stringent’: SC] BCCI | Cooling-off period after one term for office-bearers is ‘too stringent’: SC]( [[India, Nepal to speed up ‘Ramayana Circuit’ projects] India, Nepal to speed up ‘Ramayana Circuit’ projects]( [[Russia makes bid to woo Indian tourists to counter western sanctions] Russia makes bid to woo Indian tourists to counter western sanctions]( 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](