Police question migrant workers over suspected Bangladeshi nationality; documents being verified for legal status and possible action.
Police questioned about fifteen migrant workers on suspicion of being Bangladeshi and began citizenship verification, coordinating with West Bengal police to verify addresses found on recovered Aadhaar cards; only four Aadhaar authentications succeeded by OTP, and police stated that legal action would follow if individuals are found to be residing illegally.

Punjab cabinet approves tehsil elevation, land law amendments recognising digital land records, and age relaxation for special educators.
The cabinet upgraded Banur to tehsil status and created Hariana sub tehsil to improve local service access. It approved amendments to the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887 reforming the appeals process, legally recognising digital land records and digital signatures, and launched an e services portal for land-related services. A one time upper age relaxation for contractual Special Teacher Educators under the Samagra Shiksha scheme was approved to enable regularisation and preserve inclusive education without extra fiscal cost.

Parul University's 9th convocation honoured graduates and promoted artisan-made Khadi scarves to support rural livelihoods.
Parul University held its 9th convocation with about 12,000 participating graduates and over 23,000 attendees, recognised 104 gold medallists, 44 merit awardees, three President's Medal recipients, three startups, and 135 PhD scholars, and announced a program in which rural women artisans produced over 16,000 handcrafted Khadi scarves to generate income, enhance skills, preserve Khadi heritage, and support local manufacturing and rural livelihoods.

Cipla launches #InhaleTheChange to boost insulin adherence through awareness, support, and less invasive inhalation options.
Cipla launched #InhaleTheChange, a nationwide awareness and patient support initiative using digital storytelling, on-ground outreach, and a patient support program to reduce fear, routine complexity, and social stigma that hinder insulin initiation and adherence, while highlighting less invasive inhalation approaches and advising consultation with a registered medical practitioner.

Global markets were mixed as China's drills near Taiwan, commodity supply changes, and rate-cut expectations moved assets.
China's military exercises near Taiwan coincided with thin holiday trading and mixed regional equity moves, with Taiwan's Taiex up while Hong Kong and mainland benchmarks were weaker. South Korea's Kospi rose sharply after a regulatory change removed an investment warning for a major chipmaker. Gold and silver eased despite prior record highs, with China shifting silver from an export quota to an export licensing system, tightening supply; oil rose over USD 1 per barrel. Expectations of US rate cuts and light year-end liquidity further influenced prices across equities, commodities, and FX.

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Orchids The International School launches 'Parentology' with Times of India Parenting to offer practical, professional parenting content.
Orchids The International School and Times of India Parenting launched 'Parentology', a year long, multi channel content initiative offering practical, professional parenting guidance, educator perspectives and student-driven storytelling to strengthen parental connection with in school experiences and support holistic child development.

Navi Mumbai International Airport opening emphasised an inclusive, worker-centered launch with leadership visibly greeting passengers.
Navi Mumbai International Airport opened with an inclusive public infrastructure launch that prioritised worker recognition and stakeholder inclusion: a drone tribute to workers, communal singing of the National Anthem, personalised welcomes to first flyers, and visible leadership presence in place of formal VIP ceremony or long speeches.

Cyber fraud involving digital arrest and fake trading apps used mule accounts and layered transfers to siphon crores.
Investigations uncovered a digital arrest scam and a fake investment scheme that coerced victims into transferring Rs 30 lakh and Rs 31.45 lakh respectively into mule accounts; proceeds were layered through a partnership firm and multiple downstream accounts across states. Technical surveillance, bank account scrutiny and mobile location analysis informed multi state raids, resulting in arrests of individuals identified as authorised signatories and managers of first and second tier mule accounts, seizure of financial instruments and devices, and identification of further absconding associates.

Samarjit Lankesh's intense performance and power-packed fight scenes in Vrushabha are generating strong audience and social media buzz.
Samarjit Lankesh's performance in Vrushabha is singled out for intense screen presence and committed acting, with power-packed fight sequences noted for their physicality and dramatic impact; this on-screen work has generated strong organic social media engagement, trending on X and elevating his profile alongside the film's lead, Mohanlal.

Telangana assembly session: KCR returns after long absence and the house is adjourned until January 2.
The assembly opened with obituary references and a two-minute silence, conducted a brief zero hour, and was adjourned until January 2. The session was politically notable for the unexpected return of the Leader of the Opposition, K Chandrasekhar Rao, after about two years of absence, and for heightened tensions between the ruling party and the opposition over river water allocations and the Palamuru-Rangareddy irrigation project.

Sengar sentence stay prompts survivor's call for hanging; Aravallis definition put in abeyance, experts sought.
The Supreme Court stayed a Delhi High Court order that had suspended Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life sentence in the Unnao rape case, leaving the original sentence operative pending further review, and kept in abeyance its November 20 directions defining the Aravalli hills and ranges, prompting calls for an expert inclusive panel to reassess the definition.

Iranian currency collapse prompts traders' protests as inflation, sanctions, fuel pricing and tax plans amplify market distress.
Rapid depreciation of the rial to about 1.4 million per dollar has spurred traders' protests and shop shutdowns as inflation surges. Reported drivers include recent fuel price changes, proposed tax increases, reimposed international sanctions and asset freezes through a UN "snapback," and geopolitical tensions, all cited as exacerbating capital flight, market anxiety, and sharp currency loss, while official statistics show large year-on-year rises in food and medical prices.

Sensex declines on foreign fund outflows and thin year-end trading, with selling in utilities, IT and oil & gas.
Foreign institutional outflows and thin year-end trading extended the market downtrend, pushing Sensex lower for a fourth day and Nifty below 26,000; selling concentrated in utilities, IT and oil & gas, Reliance Industries cited as a major drag amid reported government compensation claims, while smallcap and midcap indices weakened and sectoral performance was mixed.

Bihar minister's assistant professor appointment withheld over name discrepancy, government asks commission to review and enforces RTE seat reservation.
A ministerial appointment as assistant professor was withheld due to a name discrepancy between educational certificates and the election affidavit; the state government has asked the Bihar State University Service Commission to review the decision, noting that the onus of appointment lies with the commission. The government also pledged to enforce the Right to Education 25% reservation, employ Aadhaar seeding to prevent duplication, and implement MoUs and programs focused on girls' education while reporting reduced dropout figures.

Unnao rape case: stay on sentence suspension keeps the accused in jail pending appeal and other sentence.
Supreme Court stayed a high court order that had suspended Kuldeep Singh Sengar's life sentence in the 2017 Unnao rape case while his appeal proceeds; the high court had suspended the sentence on account of time already served. Sengar nonetheless remains in custody because he is serving a separate ten-year sentence for the custodial death of the survivor's father.

Uttar Pradesh strengthens electronics manufacturing via Bharat Electronics Yatra to boost buyer-supplier linkages and attract investment.
Uttar Pradesh supports and hosts the Bharat Electronics Yatra, a phased nationwide buyer-connect and industry outreach programme by electronica India and productronica India, aimed at strengthening manufacturing clusters, supply-chain linkages, regional buyer-supplier engagement and investment attraction for the electronics value chain, beginning in North India and aligning exhibition content with on-ground demand and policy priorities.

Industrial production rose 6.7% year-on-year in November, led by manufacturing and mining, despite power contraction.
Industrial production expanded 6.7% in November, led by manufacturing at 8.0% and mining at 5.4%, while power contracted 1.5%. The National Statistics Office revised October growth to 0.5% from a provisional 0.4%. Despite November gains, April-November industrial growth decelerated to 3.3% from 4.1% a year earlier, reflecting the month's sectoral performance, the revised estimate, and the year to date slowdown in the Index of Industrial Production.

Sensex drops amid foreign fund outflows and thin year-end trading, with selling in oil and IT stocks.
Equity indices slipped over successive sessions as selling in oil & gas and IT stocks, combined with net foreign institutional outflows and thin year end liquidity, drove index declines; domestic institutional buying partially offset the weakness while global market cues and higher Brent crude influenced sentiment.

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