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• A rare and huge leak of Chinese government documents has shed new light on a security crackdown on Muslims in China's Xinjiang region, where President Xi Jinping ordered officials to act with "absolutely no mercy" against separatism and extremism, The New York Times reported.


• Human rights groups and outside experts say more than one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim minorities have been rounded up in a network of internment camps across the far-western region.


• The 403 pages of internal papers obtained by the Times provide an unprecedented look into the highly-secretive Communist Party's controversial crackdown, which has come under increasing international criticism, especially from the United States.

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• As historic floods inundated Venice more than half a century ago, one reader in Scotland wrote to the Guardian newspaper in London to express worry about the fate of the "astonishing, but soon-to-vanish" Italian city. "This is certainly the moment to draw attention not to the cats of Venice but to its buildings, which are slowly but surely disintegrating," the reader wrote.


• "Once the 'pearl of the Adriatic,' undoubtedly one of the wonders of the world, stucco is now peeling off its palaces Will, somebody does something quickly?"

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• A North Korean nuclear test in 2017 was so powerful that it moved the surface of Mount Mantap, the test location, as the explosion was 17 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima, a team of researchers from the Indian space agency said.


• The three-member team of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) comprising K.M. Sreejith, Ritesh Agarwal and A.S. Rajawat has published their research paper in the Geophysical Journal International.

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• If President Donald Trump is so concerned that the impeachment hearings are stacked against him, he should get off Twitter and testify.


• That was the message House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer espoused as they pushed back on accusations from the president that the impeachment inquiry is not fair.


• “If he has information that is exculpatory, that means ex, taking away, culpable, blame, then we look forward to seeing it,” Pelosi said in an interview with CBS’ Face the Nation.

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• Presidency Minister Jerjes Justiniano said that the negotiations proposed by envoy Jean Arnault would involve lawmakers from Morales political party, mobilized groups and representatives of interim leader Jeanine ĭũez and be mediated by the United Nations and the Roman Catholic Church.


• Shadowed by street violence and food shortages, a U.N. envoy is urging the government of Bolivia self-proclaimed interim president and supporters of self-exiled leader Evo Morales to begin talks on peacefully resolving a crisis that has already claimed 23 lives, an official said.

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• The European Union has offered technical assistance to Pakistan for the implementation of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan by the country, according to a media report.


• A joint press release issued at the conclusion of the 10th session of the European Union-Pakistan Joint Commission in Brussels said that the two sides emphasised the importance of the implementation of FATF action plan by Pakistan, the Dawn reported.

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• Maharashtra has been placed under the President's rule and even after weeks since the Maharashtra election results were announced, there is no government in sight in the state.


• After bitter fallout of alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party has now moved to knock on the doors of rivals Congress and NCP.


• Sonia Gandhi and Sharad Pawar will be holding a crucial meeting this morning to discuss government formation in Maharashtra.

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• The parliament will begin its winter session shortly where key bills like the Citizenship Bill, Personal Data Protection Bill (2019), and Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019 will be tabled.


• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will move the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2019 for further amendment, while Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will move the motion to elect two members of Lok Sabha to serve as members of the Council of the Institutes of Technology today.

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• India has granted visa-on-arrival facility to the citizens of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with an aim to enhance people-to-people contacts and trade relations, officials said.


• The visa-on-arrival facility for the UAE nationals came into effect. It will be available for a period of up to 60 days with double entry for business, tourism, conference, and medical purposes, a government official said.

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• Indian American and former Pepsico head Indra Nooyi was on Sunday inducted into the prestigious Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery along with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in recognition of their accomplishments, impacting America's shared history, development and culture.


• "To be an immigrant, a South Asian immigrant of colour, a woman to be included in the Portrait Gallery... it really says that we are the country where people look for the people who make a positive impact and celebrate them.

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• In the run-up to the Delhi Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday said a mega mass contact campaign will start from November 18 which will be spearheaded by AAP MLAs in their respective assemblies, senior party leader Gopal Rai said.


• During the campaign, 'jan samvads' will be held at all the 14,000 booths of 70 Vidhan Sabha constituencies under the leadership of respective MLAs.

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• CGPSC Librarian and Sports Officer admit card 2019: The Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) has released the admit card for Librarian and Sports Officer exam on its official website.


• It is suggested that the candidates who have to appear for the CGPSC Librarian and Sports Officer Exam can download their admit card from the official website--psc.cg.gov.in.

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• NTA or The National Testing Agency is expected to release the IIFT Admit card 2020 soon. Concerned candidates can check their admit card at the official website of NTA IIFT iift.nta.nic.in.


• The NTA IIFT exam will be conducted on December 1, 2019.

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• CSIR-CSIO Recruitment 2019: Attention candidates, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh have released an official notification for the recruitment process of SMO and technical assistants. The notification was published on the official website i.e. Csio.res.in.


• As per the notification, there are 27 posts available. Candidates can visit the official website to apply for the posts.

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• Soon after taking over as RBI governor almost a year ago, Shaktikanta Das decorated his 18th floor office overlooking the Arabian Sea with two statues of Lord Jagannath, a form of the Hindu god Vishnu.


• Revered in Mr Das's native Odisha state, Jagannath is depicted with round, lidless eyes that are always watching over the welfare of devotees. It's an appropriate adornment.

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• Domestic stock markets started Monday's session on a positive note amid gains in Asian peers. The S&P BSE Sensex index rose as much as 185.71 points to touch 40,542.40 in the first few minutes of trade, and the broader NSE Nifty benchmark climbed to as high as 11,946.15, up 50.7 points from the previous close.


• Gains across sectors - led by banking, metal, pharma and energy shares - supported the upmove in the markets. At 9:20 am, the Sensex traded 136.65 points - or 0.34 per cent - higher at 40,493.34, while the Nifty was up 35.80 points (0.30 per cent) at 11,931.25.

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• The Indian rupee appreciated by 19 paise to 71.59 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday tracking gains in domestic equity market and weakening of the American currency vis-a-vis other currencies overseas.


• Forex traders said market participants were enthused after the US and China negotiators held 'constructive' call on trade deal.

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• The Indian eves once again dominated the West Indies women as they registered a 5-run win over them to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match rubber in Guyana. Anisa Mohammed won the toss for the fourth time and West Indies elected to bowl first, a decision that paid dividends in a match reduced to 9-overs a side because of the weather disruption.


• The West Indies slow bowlers were all over the India batters who looked to maximize their scoring in the limited overs available.

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• Gareth Southgate believes England still have room for improvement despite the "ruthless" 4-0 rout of Kosovo that ensured they will be among the top six seeds at Euro 2020.


• Southgate's side booked their Euro 2020 berth by thrashing Montenegro 7-0 and they finished a dominant qualifying campaign by dispatching Kosovo in Pristina thanks to goals from Harry Winks, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford and Mason Mount.


• Although England weren't at their best, it was a rewarding finale for the Group A winners, who clinched the high seeding that should help them avoid a tough group in the finals.

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• Max Verstappen underlined his potential as a champion of the future with a commanding victory for Red Bull in an astonishing and crash-hit Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.


• The 22-year-old Dutchman twice passed newly-crowned six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in a thrilling contest that had two safety car interventions and saw the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc clash and retire, before clinching the eighth victory of his career.

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• The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) will now officially be known as World Athletics, a statement said.


• The IAAF was founded in 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation but changed its name to the International Association of Athletics Federations in 2001. The name change was suggested to make the sport more accessible.

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• Supreme Court Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde was sworn in as the 47th Chief Justice of India by President Ram Nath Kovind.


• SA Bobde, 63, succeeds Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi; he will serve as the leader of the judiciary till April 23rd, 2021. Justices NV Ramana, UU Lalit and DY Chandrachud are next in line.