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• The PM will push for a general election if the EU proposes to delay Brexit until January, No 10 has indicated.


• Boris Johnson "paused" his Brexit bill on Tuesday after MPs rejected his plan to get it signed off in three days.


• Now EU leaders will consider whether to grant a delay to the 31 October Brexit deadline and what length it would be.

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• Turkey and Russia have agreed what they called a "historic" deal aimed at keeping Kurdish forces away from Syria's border with Turkey.


• Turkey this month launched an offensive to drive out the Kurdish forces from their southern frontier and create a buffer zone.


• Russia is an ally of Syria's Bashar al-Assad and has raised a concern about foreign interference in Syria.

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• China is drawing up a plan to replace Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam with an "interim" chief executive, the Financial Times reported, citing people briefed on the deliberations, which would bring to a close Lam's rule after months of often-violent pro-democracy protests.


• Lam has become a lightning rod for protests over fears that Beijing is tightening its grip, limiting the freedoms enjoyed under the "one country, two systems" principle enshrined when colonial ruler Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997.


• Sources told the FT that officials in China want the situation in Hong Kong to stabilize before making a final decision, as they do not want to be seen to be giving in to violence.

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• Hong Kong's legislature formally withdrew planned legislation that would have allowed extradition of people to mainland China. The planned bill had sparked widespread protests in the city.


• However, the move only meets one of the five demands by pro-democracy protestors and may not lead to the end of months-long protests.

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• Like most college campuses in early 2003, Harvard University was atwitter on one issue in particular: the imminent Iraq invasion.


• The Bush administration's push to overthrow Saddam Hussein was debated and picked over in dorm rooms, argued about in lecture halls and scrutinized in term papers.

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• Terror needs to be eradicated, so rights and freedoms mean something, a top Indian-American attorney has said as several US lawmakers underscored the importance of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir after the revocation of its special status.


• Ravi Batra's remarks came while responding to a Congressional subcommittee on human rights in South Asia.

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• The Supreme Court refused to accept the CBI contention that ''flight risk'' of economic offenders be viewed as a "national phenomenon" because several such persons including industrialist Vijay Mallya have fled the country.


• The top court, which granted bail to senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case, said there cannot be a "straight-jacket formula" for this so as to deny bail to an accused due to conduct of other offenders.

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• As Tamil Nadu continues to battle heavy rainfall, flood warning has been issued for 12 districts that are in the downstream sides of the Cauvery River.


• Sources said the alert was issued as water inflow in the dam had increased earlier in the day and water is likely to be released

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• ADelhi court dismissed a complaint against BJP MP Gautam Gambhir by AAP leader Atishi Marlena who accused him of concealing the information that he was enrolled as a voter in two Assembly constituencies of Delhi, an offence punishable under law.


• Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal said the allegation against Gambhir was "baseless and not legally sustainable".

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• SSC CGL Registration 2019: Attention candidates, the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) have released the official notification for the combined graduate level examination (CGL) 2019 tier- 1 for recruitment of Group B' and Group C' posts in various Ministries/ Departments/ Organizations in the Government of India.


• The notification was published on the official website of SSC i.e. ssc.nic.in. Candidates can visit the official website to check notification and apply for various posts. As per the notification, the last date to apply is November 22, 2019.

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• The Left-affiliated All India Students' Association (AISA) on Tuesday accused the Jawaharlal Nehru University's administration of "curtailing students' freedom of movement" by closing the gates of School of International Studies as early as 6 pm.


• However, the administration said the move is aimed at ensuring the security of students and preventing outsiders from entering the building.


• The AISA claimed that the JNU administration sent a notice to students of the School of International Studies (SIS) informing them about the timings for closing the gate.

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• Indian Overseas Bank links payout of additional benefits to branch staff with performance


• Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has decided to link payout of a list of additional benefits for staff members with performance against a series of parameters at the end of every month through the remainder of 2019-20.

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• The Union Cabinet approved the merger of state-run telecom operators BSNL and MTNL along with "attractive" VRS package for employees.


• The government will raise ₹15,000 crore via sovereign bonds for the revival of the companies and will provide them 4G spectrum on an administrative basis. Assets of BSNL and MTNL worth ₹38,000 crore will be monetised.

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• US shared office space startup WeWork and SoftBank Group have confirmed an up to $8-billion fund infusion, where SoftBank will commit $5 billion, while a $3-billion tender offer will be issued in buybacks for shareholders.


• After the closing and the tender offer, SoftBank will own about 80% of the startup. SoftBank will, however, not hold a majority of voting rights.

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• Netherlands defender Virgil van Dijk is one of the seven Liverpool players on the 30-man shortlist for this year's Ballon d’Or.


• Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, who have won the award 10 times between them, are included, while PSG forward Neymar missed out. Last year's winner Luka Modric and Paul Pogba were other high-profile omissions.

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• The Asian Academy Creative Awards 2019 Regional Winners were announced. The awards will be presented over two nights on December 5 and 6, 2019 at the Victoria Theatre, Singapore. These awards are the constituent event of the Singapore Media Festival and hosted by the Singapore Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA).


• Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt ‘Gully Boy’, India’s official entry to the 92nd Oscar Awards, was named as the best film from India. It is directed by Zoya Akhtar.

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• Sporting goods giant Nike named a new CEO to take over from Mark Parker, who will continue to lead the company's board of directors.


• John Donahoe will replace Parker as president and chief executive officer effective January 13, Nike said in a statement.


• Parker said the change was part of Nike's efforts to accelerate the "digital transformation" of the company's business.

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• Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been formally elected unopposed as the new Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president. Ganguly formally took over as the new boss at the apex body's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Mumbai.


• Sourav Ganguly arrived at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai for the AGM. Notably, Ganguly filed his nomination for the role of BCCI president after eleventh-hour drama earlier this month. He has been elected unopposed as the president of richest body in world cricket.

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• Ashok Malik, former press secretary to the president, has been appointed as policy advisor in the Ministry of External Affairs with the rank of additional secretary, an order by the Department of Personnel and Training said.


• The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of Ashok Malik, a distinguished fellow in the Observer Research Foundation, as policy advisor in the Ministry of External Affairs on contract basis, the order said.

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• A senior US official who penned a newspaper column anonymously last year warning of the dangers of President Donald Trump is coming out with a book.


• The book, "A WARNING," by the author of the column published in The New York Times, is to be published on November 19, The Washington Post and CNN reported.


• In the September 2018 column titled "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration," the anonymous official described Trump as "impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective."