Morning Filter: Chennai witnesses record showers as rain lashes Tamil Nadu

1. PM Modi to inaugurate over 3,000 EWS flats in Delhi on Wednesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 3,024 newly constructed Economically Weaker Section flats in Delhi as part of an in-situ slum rehabilitation project on Wednesday evening, his office has said. During the programme at Vigyan Bhawan, the slum dwellers at Bhoomihin camp will also be handed over keys to the flats, thereby giving them the ownership and a sense of security, a PMO statement said. 2. ‘Invest Karnataka’ meet from today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural function of ‘Invest Karnataka 2022’, a global investors’ meet being held in Bengaluru, on Wednesday via video conferencing. The Prime Minister’s Office said the meet is aimed at attracting prospective investors and setting up development agenda for the next decade. 3. Rains lash Tamil Nadu, Chennai witnesses record showers It was record rains for Chennai and suburbs on Tuesday that began overnight, leading to inundation in a string of localities in city and on the outskirts, while two persons were killed in rain related incidents. For the first time in three decades, Nungambakkam, a core city area recorded 8 CM in a single day and suburban Red Hills 13 CM followed by 12 CM in Perambur, also in the city. 4. President Murmu on 4-day visit to Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim President Droupadi Murmu will be on a four-day visit to Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim from Wednesday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Tuesday. The President will attend the civic reception in Kohima to be hosted in her honour by the Nagaland government on Wednesday. 5. Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif arrives in China on maiden visit Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Beijing Tuesday night on an official visit to China during which he will meet President Xi Jinping and the two leaders are expected to discuss measures to ramp up strategic all-weather ties as the Chinese leader is set to begin his record third five-year term. 6. Arrangements complete for first phase polls to elect panches, sarpanches in Haryana: EC Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh has said all preparations pertaining to the first phase voting to elect panches and sarpanches on Wednesday have been completed. The polling will be held to elect 2,607 sarpanches and 25,968 panches in nine districts: Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar. 7. US Fed starts policy meeting with further rate hike expected US central bankers started their two-day policy meeting on Tuesday with persistently high inflation backing expectations of another rate hike -- a fourth straight steep increase as price pressures fail to ease quickly enough. 8. Delhi University gears up to welcome first-year students The Delhi University is all set to welcome the students admitted through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) as the new semester begins on Wednesday. Though admissions to 70,000 seats in various DU colleges are still underway, the academic year for the first semester students will commence on Wednesday. 9. Israelis vote in 5th general elections in four years Israelis voted for an unprecedented fifth time in four years to break the political impasse that has paralysed the country, with a large number of voters exercising their franchise in the election in which longtime former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to stage a comeback. 10. ICC Twenty20 World Cup | Chance for India batters to get their act right against Bangladesh Rishabh Pant’s flair and chutzpah at the top might be in demand but India could still persist with an out-of-form KL Rahul when it takes on a relatively weaker Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup, on Wednesday. Matches against Bangladesh across formats are always like a proverbial banana peel where slipping remains a possibility but India would certainly start favourite in their penultimate Super 12 match. [logo] The Morning Filter 02 NOVEMBER 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. PM Modi to inaugurate over 3,000 EWS flats in Delhi on Wednesday [Low-income group (LIG) flats offered by the DDA in Narela in Delhi. File photo: ] Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 3,024 newly constructed Economically Weaker Section flats in Delhi as part of an in-situ slum rehabilitation project on Wednesday evening, his office has said. During the programme at Vigyan Bhawan, the slum dwellers at Bhoomihin camp will also be handed over keys to the flats, thereby giving them the ownership and a sense of security, a PMO statement said. 2. ‘Invest Karnataka’ meet from today Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural function of ‘Invest Karnataka 2022’, a global investors’ meet being held in Bengaluru, on Wednesday via video conferencing. The Prime Minister’s Office said the meet is aimed at attracting prospective investors and setting up development agenda for the next decade. 3. Rains lash Tamil Nadu, Chennai witnesses record showers [The Nungambakkam weather station in Chennai recorded 8.4 cm of rainfall on Tuesday, which is the third-highest in the last 72 years and the highest in the last 30 years. ] It was record rains for Chennai and suburbs on Tuesday that began overnight, leading to inundation in a string of localities in city and on the outskirts, while two persons were killed in rain related incidents. For the first time in three decades, Nungambakkam, a core city area recorded 8 CM in a single day and suburban Red Hills 13 CM followed by 12 CM in Perambur, also in the city. 4. President Murmu on 4-day visit to Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim President Droupadi Murmu will be on a four-day visit to Nagaland, Mizoram and Sikkim from Wednesday, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Tuesday. The President will attend the civic reception in Kohima to be hosted in her honour by the Nagaland government on Wednesday. 5. Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif arrives in China on maiden visit [Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif ] Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Beijing Tuesday night on an official visit to China during which he will meet President Xi Jinping and the two leaders are expected to discuss measures to ramp up strategic all-weather ties as the Chinese leader is set to begin his record third five-year term. 6. Arrangements complete for first phase polls to elect panches, sarpanches in Haryana: EC Haryana State Election Commissioner Dhanpat Singh has said all preparations pertaining to the first phase voting to elect panches and sarpanches on Wednesday have been completed. The polling will be held to elect 2,607 sarpanches and 25,968 panches in nine districts: Bhiwani, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Panchkula, Panipat and Yamunanagar. 7. US Fed starts policy meeting with further rate hike expected US central bankers started their two-day policy meeting on Tuesday with persistently high inflation backing expectations of another rate hike -- a fourth straight steep increase as price pressures fail to ease quickly enough. 8. Delhi University gears up to welcome first-year students [Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif ] The Delhi University is all set to welcome the students admitted through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) as the new semester begins on Wednesday. Though admissions to 70,000 seats in various DU colleges are still underway, the academic year for the first semester students will commence on Wednesday. 9. Israelis vote in 5th general elections in four years Israelis voted for an unprecedented fifth time in four years to break the political impasse that has paralysed the country, with a large number of voters exercising their franchise in the election in which longtime former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hoping to stage a comeback. 10. ICC Twenty20 World Cup | Chance for India batters to get their act right against Bangladesh Rishabh Pant’s flair and chutzpah at the top might be in demand but India could still persist with an out-of-form KL Rahul when it takes on a relatively weaker Bangladesh in the T20 World Cup, on Wednesday. Matches against Bangladesh across formats are always like a proverbial banana peel where slipping remains a possibility but India would certainly start favourite in their penultimate Super 12 match. 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