Morning Digest | 120 sender IDs blocked for bulk messaging over China link; first list of BJP candidates for Karnataka polls either today or tomorrow, and more

The Hindu’s Morning Digest brings readers a select list of stories to start the day.

Telecom authorities block 120 sender IDs for bulk messaging over China link

As many as 120 headers operated by a group linked to a Chinese entity were blocked by telecom authorities in the past two months based on information provided by the Union Home Ministry. Headers are used by banks, marketing companies, utility providers and even government offices to send bulk texts (SMS) to consumers and customers. Header, also known as sender ID, is a unique combination of characters or numbers representing the brand or company name of the message sender.

BJP Central Election Committee meets, first list likely either today or tomorrow

After two days of hectic backroom parleys to decide on party’s candidates in the upcoming Assembly polls in Karnataka, BJP Central Election Committee met in New Delhi on Sunday evening and reportedly almost finalised the first list of candidates. Party sources said the first list likely to include candidates for 120 - 150 seats will be announced either on Monday or Tuesday. Candidates can begin to file nominations from April 13 and the last date is April 20. 

Supreme Court to hear today batch of pleas on identification of minorities at State-level

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a batch of pleas seeking the identification of minorities at the State-level. A Bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Ahsanuddin Amanullah will take up for hearing the petitions raising various issues related to the identification of minorities, including challenging the constitutional validity of the National Minority Commission Act, 1992 and the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutes Act, 2004.

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