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• A minute's silence has been observed in New Zealand, marking one week since the deadly eruption of White Island volcano.


• The tribute was held at 14:11 local time (01:11 GMT), the exact moment of the eruption.


• Sixteen deaths have been confirmed while two bodies are still missing, believed to be in the water off the island.


• About 20 people remain in intensive care with severe burns.

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• The United States quietly expelled two Chinese embassy officials in September after they drove onto a sensitive military base in Virginia, The New York Times reported.


• The newspaper, which cited multiple people with knowledge of the episode, said it appeared to be the first time in more than 30 years that the US has expelled Chinese diplomats on suspicion of espionage.

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• Prime Minister Boris Johnson will unveil a new government that wields a sweeping mandate to take Britain out of the European Union after years of acrimonious debate.


• Boris Johnson's simple promise to "get Brexit done" resonated in a snap election that became a re-run of Britain's 2016 EU membership referendum.


• A narrow majority had then opted to quit the European project. UK leaders have been arguing about how -- or even whether to cut ties with the other 27 nations in the bloc ever since.

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• A major climate summit wrapped up in Madrid with a compromise deal that left little to show, prompting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to lament a "lost opportunity" to act.


• Almost a fortnight of COP25 talks just squeezed out hard-earned compromises from countries over a global warming battle plan that fell well short of what science says is needed to tackle the climate crisis.

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• A powerful earthquake struck near the southern Philippines city of Davao, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there was no threat of a tsunami.


• The magnitude 6.8 quake was centered 61 km (38 miles) southwest of Davao on the southern island of Mindanao, at a depth of 28.2 km, the USGS said, revising down the magnitude from an earlier 6.9.


• The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no tsunami threat from the quake, based on available data.

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• The siege outside Delhi police headquarters against alleged atrocities on Jamia university students and the Citizenship Amendment Act has spilled into early hours of Monday with the demonstrating groups, including students from Jawaharlal Nehru University, refusing to vacate the busy traffic intersection.


• The protestors have blocked the busy road outside the central Delhi office compound and are raising slogans against alleged ill-treatment of students of the Jamia Millia Islamia University during a police crackdown on miscreants who had allegedly infiltrated a peaceful protest by varsity student and indulged in violence and arson in South Delhi earlier in the day.

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• As polling for the fourth phase of Assembly elections began in Jharkhand, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters to be a part of the festival of democracy by coming out to vote in maximum numbers.


• “Today is the fourth round of polling in the Jharkhand Assembly elections. I request all voters to cast their vote and become a part of the sacred festival of democracy,”

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• China has said that positive effects of the second informal summit between its President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are gradually showing, and the country is keen to promote defence and security cooperation with India for regional peace and stability.


• Chinese ambassador Sun Weidong also said that discussions were underway between the two sides to operationalize a high-level economic and trade dialogue mechanism to further boost bilateral trade and investment as decided by Modi and Xi.

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• New Arms (Amendment) Act has come into force with President Ram Nath Kovind giving his assent to a Bill cleared by Parliament earlier this week to help the government in controlling the proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition in the country.


• Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval to the Act which provides for enhancement of period of arms license from three years to five years and issuance of arms license in its electronic form for rationalizing and facilitating the licensing procedures for use of firearms by individuals as well as to curb crimes committed by using illegal firearms.

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• Railway stations across the country are required to obtain necessary environmental permissions as several polluting activities take place there, the National Green Tribunal has said.


• A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said there can be no dispute about the proposition that the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 also applies to major railway stations.

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• Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has announced jobs for its unit "Kaiga site" in Karnataka.


• A total of 137 vacancies have been announced by NPCIL in Driver, Technician, Stipendiary Trainee/ Technician, Scientific Assistant and Stipendiary Trainee/ Scientific Assistant posts. Registration process for the recruitment would begin on December 17.

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• In a bid to stop the flow of traditional hard-bound copies of dissertations and save trees,the Madhya Pradesh Medical Science University has introduced a novel idea, as per which PhD researchers and post-graduate students can now submit their thesis in digital formats.


• Talking to PTI, Vice-Chancellor of this Jabalpur-based university, Dr. R S Sharma, said the students can now submit the PDF file of their thesis instead of the traditional format.

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• For SoftBank Group, financial technology firm OneConnect's IPO should have been a vindication of an aggressive China investing strategy.


• Instead, embarrassed bankers had to slash the offering size and cut its price as investors baulked at a business model seen too reliant on majority owner Ping An Insurance.


• The IPO valued OneConnect at $3.7 billion, about half its worth last year when SoftBank's Vision Fund invested $100 million, and its stock finished flat in its debut.

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• The S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indexes opened higher in trade tracking positive Asian cues as investors welcomed a trade agreement between Beijing and Washington over the weekend, but enthusiasm was capped by lingering scepticism about the deal and ongoing relations between China and the United States.


• The S&P BSE Sensex rose as much as 175 points and the NSE Nifty 50 index advanced 48 points to hit an intraday high of 12,086.70.

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• Man Utd nearly fell to their fifth loss of the Premier League season but were rescued by teenager Mason Greenwood who came off the bench to score the equaliser against Everton 13 minutes from full-time.


• Greenwood's strike earned Man Utd a 1-1 draw away to Everton.

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• Real Madrid missed the chance to replace Barcelona at the top of La Liga ahead of Clasico but salvaged a 1-1 draw against Valencia as Karim Benzema scored a dramatic injury-time equaliser.


• Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois ventured up for a final corner at Mestalla and it was his header that caused panic in the Valencia box, before the ball fell perfectly for Benzema to strike in the 95th minute.

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• Kevin De Bruyne scored twice and teed up Raheem Sterling for Manchester City's other goal as Arsenal crumbled to another humiliating 3-0 home defeat.


• Victory sees City close the gap on runaway leaders Liverpool back to 14 points and edge to within four of second-placed Leicester, who they host next weekend.

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• Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh, who was crowned as Miss World 2019, dedicated her win to the girls around the world.


• "Please know that you're worthy and capable of achieving your dreams. This crown isn't mine but yours," she posted on Instagram. Thanking her mother for supporting her, Singh wrote, "I wish to become even half the woman you are."

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• Rajasthan's Suman Rao, who had represented India at the Miss World 2019 beauty pageant held, was crowned Miss World Asia.


• The other Miss World 2019 Continental winners are Trinidad & Tobago from Caribbean, France from Europe, Brazil from Americas and Cook Islands from Oceania. Jamaica's Toni-Ann Singh won the title of Miss World 2019.

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• AirAsia India has appointed Ankur Garg as its Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) to manage operations related to network and revenue management, marketing and sales, and cargo.


• Garg, who was formerly the Vice President of Revenue Management at IndiGo, will take over the role from Sanjay Kumar. The carrier is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Malaysia-based AirAsia Berhad.

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• Former Union Minister ID Swami died at the age of 90 today in Faridabad, Haryana.


• He was suffering from heart disease and was admitted to the hospital in Faridabad.


• Mr. Swami was Union Minister of State for Home Affairs in 1999 in former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government.