| Welcome to The Morning Filter, your guide to the busy news day ahead. We hope you are staying safe. Here are the latest updates and the big news stories to follow today:
1. Modi, Bhutanese PM to jointly launch RuPay card Phase-II on Friday Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering will on Friday launch RuPay card Phase-II that will allow Bhutanese card holders to access RuPay network in India.
2. Night curfew in Ahmedabad from Friday as COVID-19 cases spike  The curfew will be in force between 9 pm and 6 am from Friday and remain in operation till further orders.
3. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting hosted by Malaysia on Friday The meeting on Friday is due to be conducted via video conferencing due to the pandemic.
4. Coronavirus | India’s COVID-19 tally crosses 9 million The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India crossed 90 lakh (9 million) on November 19, according to data collated from various State Health Departments.
5. Kerala gold smuggling case | ‘Leaked’ audio kicks up a row  A ‘leaked’ audio recording of an accusatory mobile phone conversation, purportedly between gold smuggling case accused Swapna Suresh and an anonymous person, has kicked up a row.
6. Wisconsin issues recount order sought by Trump in two counties The recounts in Milwaukee and Dane counties, where Joe Biden outpolled Donald Trump by a more than 2-to-1 margin, will begin on Friday and must be done by December 1.
7. Germany marks 75th anniversary of landmark Nuremberg trials Nuremberg trials began on November 20, 1945, in what is now seen as the birthplace of a new era of international law.
8. Harsh Lodha removed as director of 4 MP Birla Group investment cos; moves court The Lodha group has filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court challenging the removal. The petition is scheduled for hearing from Friday.
9. ISL-7: India’s first major tournament since COVID-19 lockdown set for kick-off Behind closed doors and with a raft of health safety measures in place, football’s Indian Super League (ISL) will kick off here on Friday and become the country’s first major tournament to be organised since the enforcement of a COVID-19 lockdown eight months ago.
10. Coronavirus | Latest numbers and developments
 The number of positive coronavirus cases reported from India now stands at 90,00,843 at the time of publishing this newsletter. The death toll from the disease stands at 1,32,171.
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