Morning Filter: Random testing of international passengers to start

1. 16 Army personnel killed after truck falls into gorge in North Sikkim The bodies of the deceased will be transported to their respective native places by air and road on Saturday, a defence spokesperson said in Guwahati. 2. Civil aviation ministry issues guidelines for random testing of international arriving passengers With random coronavirus testing of international arriving passengers set to start from Saturday, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has said that airlines’ crew members will have to bring such identified passengers to the testing facility at the airport. 3. PM Modi to address 75th ‘Amrut Mahotsav’ of Swaminarayan Gurukul Sansthan The infamous serial killer Charles Sobhraj’s release from the central jail of Nepal on medical and age grounds has been delayed by a night as the Department of Immigration couldn’t make adequate arrangements for his stay. He is to be released today. 4. Bharat Jodo Yatra to enter national capital on Saturday Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, family members of freedom fighters and senior Congress leaders will be joining Rahul Gandhi as the Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi on Saturday before it takes a nine-day long break. 5. OBC reservation in UP urban local body polls: Allahabad HC to hear case on Saturday The bench on Friday could not hear arguments on the issue of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the urban local body elections. While giving its order on petitions pertaining to the elections, a bench of Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Saurabh Lavania said the stay on issuing notification for the polls would continue till Saturday. 6. CBI arrests former ICICI Bank CEO-MD Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak Kochhar in Videocon loan case The Kochhars were called to the agency headquarters and arrested after a brief questioning session. The CBI has alleged that they were evasive in their responses and did not cooperate in the investigation. The couple will be produced before a special CBI court on Saturday. [logo] The Morning Filter 24 DECEMBER 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]( Dear reader, We have now made it easier for you to manage your The Hindu newsletter subscriptions in one place! 1. Visit [The Hindu newsletters page]( 2. Click MANAGE tab and then click LOGIN / SIGN UP 3. If you don’t have an account with The Hindu, please click SIGN UP OR If you already have an account with The Hindu with this email ID, please login using the email ID Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today 1. 16 Army personnel killed after truck falls into gorge in North Sikkim The bodies of the deceased will be transported to their respective native places by air and road on Saturday, a [defence spokesperson said]( in Guwahati. 2. Civil aviation ministry issues guidelines for random testing of international arriving passengers With random coronavirus testing of international arriving passengers set [to start from Saturday]( the Ministry of Civil Aviation has said that airlines’ crew members will have to bring such identified passengers to the testing facility at the airport. 3. PM Modi to address 75th ‘Amrut Mahotsav’ of Swaminarayan Gurukul Sansthan The infamous serial killer Charles Sobhraj’s release from the central jail of Nepal on medical and age grounds has been delayed by a night as the Department of Immigration couldn’t make adequate arrangements for his stay. He is to be released today. 4. Bharat Jodo Yatra to enter national capital on Saturday Actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan, family members of freedom fighters and senior Congress leaders will be joining Rahul Gandhi as the [Bharat Jodo Yatra enters Delhi]( on Saturday before it takes a nine-day long break. 5. OBC reservation in UP urban local body polls: Allahabad HC to hear case on Saturday The bench on Friday could not hear arguments on the issue of reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in the urban local body elections. While giving its order on petitions pertaining to the elections, a bench of Justice DK Upadhyay and Justice Saurabh Lavania said the stay on issuing notification for the polls would continue till Saturday. 6. CBI arrests former ICICI Bank CEO-MD Chanda Kochhar, husband Deepak Kochhar in Videocon loan case The Kochhars were called to the agency headquarters and arrested after a brief questioning session. The CBI has alleged that they were evasive in their responses and did not cooperate in the investigation. The couple [will be produced before a special CBI court]( on Saturday. Interested in Science? Our "Science For All" weekly newsletter takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! 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